AMC Networks SVPs David Stefanou & Marco Bresaz Among Creative Executives Impacted By Layoffs

AMC Networks is throwing everything it’s got at Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.

Streaming bundle provider FuboTV said a widespread outage during Wednesday’s France-Morocco World Cup soccer match was caused by a “criminal cyber attack.”

The semi-final World Cup match between France and Morocco on Wednesday night was watched by an average 20.7 million viewers on TF1 from 8pm French time. This is the network’s biggest audience since 2016, and is also the best for any program on any French channel in those six years.

Footballing superstar David Beckham is to break his silence on his decision to be an ambassador for Qatar worth a reported £150M ($184M) tonight.

One of the most pleasant surprises of 2022 is probably just how good AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” actually is. Season 1 took many off-guard with its really strong retelling of the classic Anne Rice tale.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water began its international box office rollout today in such majors as Korea, France, Germany and Italy — and with early sneaks in China. One of the most anticipated movies of recent years, it’s dominating play.

AMC Entertainment plans to offer a co-branded credit card starting in early 2023 for members of its loyalty program, a first in the theatrical exhibition industry and the latest venture by the movie chain, which will also be rolling out its own popcorn for sale at retailers next year.  

One of the most pleasant surprises of 2022 is probably just how good AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” actually is. Season 1 took many off-guard with its really strong retelling of the classic Anne Rice tale.

Paris' iconic Champs Elysee could be closed on Wednesday as police fear clashes between French and Moroccan fans.

The BBC has announced the full range of music programming it will have on its TV channels over the festive break, with documentaries and live performances aplenty to keep you entertained. Very little of it is Christmas music too, so that’s a plusWhen does the festive break actually start though? Covering its back, the Beeb has put forward a schedule that starts this weekend and runs through to 1 Jan.

Antonio Banderas’s latest film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, screened at the Red Sea Film Festival this week, and the actor told the festival audience that he believes his animated feline is likely to return to the big screen in a fifth Shrek movie.

AMC Networks, whose CEO Christina Spade resigned last week, said Monday its board has named James Dolan “interim executive chairman.”

David Preschlack, a former NBC Sports executive who oversaw its regional sports networks and previously had a 20-year run at Disney and ESPN, has been named CEO of the financially challenged Diamond Sports Group.

Saudi Arabia’s emerging fashion design labels have been making their red carpet world premiere over the past few days at the Red Sea International Film Festival, running December 1-10 in the port city of Jeddah.

AMC Network said today it will take write-downs for up to $475 million as it restructures its business to cut costs. That includes up to $400 million for content it calls “strategic programming assessments” and $75 million for organizational restructuring costs including severance.

EXCLUSIVE: Names of programming executives impacted by today’s layoffs across Paramount Global’s CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios are starting to emerge. As expected, all of them are on the Paramount TV Studios side, largely as a result of Paramount+’s scripted originals team being folded into that studio.

Ang Lee has finally found his next big film. And you better believe, there will be a lot of people anxiously awaiting what he has coming.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee has cast his son Mason Lee to play Bruce Lee in a biopic about the legendary martial artist for Sony’s 3000 Pictures.The “Brokeback Mountain” director will helm a script by Dan Futterman (“Capote,” “Foxcatcher”), building on previous versions by Jean Castelli, Alex Law and Mabel Cheung and, most recently Wells Tower.Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee will produce the film, which is untitled for now, along with Ang Lee, Lawrence Grey of Grey Matter Productions, Ben Everard, and Brian Bell. 3000 Pictures’ Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.