AMC Networks Had Over 6 Million Streaming Subs In Q4; Earnings Beat Street; Stock Pops

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLena Headey will star in and executive produce the Spectrum-AMC Networks series “Beacon 23,” which hails from Zak Penn, Variety has learned.The series is described as a sci-fi psychological thriller. It follows two people whose fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known universe.

Former Game of Thrones star Lena Headey has been tapped as the female lead in Beacon 23, Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks’ psychological thriller series based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Hugh Howey. Headey will also executive produce through her production company, Peephole Productions, as part of her first-look deal Boat Rocker Studios, which co-produces Beacon 23 with Spectrum Originals.

AMC Networks and Alliance of Women Directors have partnered to launch High-Octane Episodic Directing Series, a program of five master classes centered on directing actions and thriller content in scripted television.

Jared Leto looks unrecognizable as he is spotted on the set of Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie “House of Gucci”.

This is Patrizia Reggiani, the Gucci 'Black Widow' being portrayed by Lady Gaga in the new Ridley Scott movie being filmed in Rome. Pictured in a rare outing in Italy where the film is being shot, Ms Reggiani, 72, now looks a frail figure and was helped by her assistant and an unidentified man as she walked along the pavement.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United survived an early scare in their Europa League round of 16 tie first leg against AC Milan when the Italian visitors had two early goals disallowed.After Rafael Leao had seen his fifth-minute strike ruled out for offside, Milan's Franck Kessie thought he had opened the scoring as he controlled the ball from a throw-in and thumped in a shot from the edge of the box.Yet, after being checked by VAR, the strike was ruled out due to the ball

A Missouri pastor is on leave from his church after getting heat over a seriously sexist sermon in which he criticized married women who “let themselves go.”

While the No. 1 exhibitor AMC has traditionally been flexible about theatrical windows despite their pubic uproar against Universal last year, the chain’s CEO Adam Aron speculated today what the landscape would look like when we come out of this pandemic.

AMC Entertainment had a rough end to a rough year, reporting losses of $946.1 million for the final quarter of 2020.The theatre chain had about $20 million more in revenue than media analysts had forecast, however.Wall Street had forecast a loss of $3.15 per share on revenue of $142.35 million.

U.K. TV giant ITV reported an 11 percent drop in advertising revenue for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, but said it made good on its forecast of returning to a slight advertising improvement in the fourth quarter, compared with the year-ago period.

A pastor from Missouri has come under fire for his controversial comments about Former First Lady Melania Trump, which many deemed sexist and misogynistic. Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark of the Malden First General Baptist Church said that women should strive to achieve a figure like Melania’s in order to keep their husband’s attention.

Gigi Hadid embraced motherhood late last year and since then the supermodel has been by her daughter Khai's side. However, over the last few days, Gigi ventured out of home for the Milan Fashion Week.

Gigi Hadid flashes a peace sign to photographers while out and about in Milan, Italy, ahead of fashion week kicking off on Sunday (February 28).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorValue-oriented TV maker Vizio has filed to go public, revealing that its base of over-the-top streaming viewers in the U.S.

AMC Networks, the cable networks company that operates AMC, IFC, WE tv, BBC America and SundanceTV, has reported better-than-expected streaming subscriber growth for 2020 and better-than-feared U.S. advertising trends in the final quarter of the year.

AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll said Friday popular series Better Call Saul will likely return in the first quarter of 2022 after Covid-19 delays.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAMC Networks said it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter despite a decline in revenue as it narrowed losses in its international and other operations due to an increase in revenue from streaming-video subscriptions.The owner of the AMC, Sundance and IFC cable networks said net income came to $2.09 cents a share, or $94.7 million, compared with a loss of 15 cents a share, or $8.58 million in the year-earlier period.