Banijay Global Scripted Boss To Exit After A Year In Post

Hit Bollywood Movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ Remade As TV Series

Harry Styles is one of the world's most adored artists - and his huge army of 'Harries' and 'Directioners' is testament to that. His incredible music and likeable personality are a winning combination - but according to Lauren Lunn-Farrow, a renowned celebrity agent and founder of The Expert Agency, there's more to it than that.

Love Live! School Island Festival 2 alongside its imminent closure.First launched in 2013, the Love Live! games are an extension of the Love Live! multimedia series which also features anime, manga and actual music. The franchise focuses on fictional groups of children who become idols in order to save their school, and the rhythm games follow a similar narrative.An English version of the Love Live! School Island Festival mobile game was launched in 2014 while a sequel was confirmed in 2022, with players able to transfer their process to the new game that was due to entirely replace the original.The servers for the original Love Live! School Island Festival were then shut down on March 31, 2023 with the sequel launching in Japan a couple of weeks later.

EXCLUSIVE: In her third promotion in a little over three years, Netflix‘s Head of Drama Jinny Howe is further expanding her oversight to all of the streamer’s drama areas, adding Spectacle + Event, current series and shows coming out of Netflix’s roster of overall deals to her purview.

​​Viggo Mortensen To Attend Glasgow Film Festival 

Fremantle has backed the new indie run by Channel 4‘s former entertainment boss Phil Harris.

The boss of the UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has said that British cinemagoers are not being fed enough quality local movies to get them back to movie theaters with the frequency of the pre-Covid era.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a famous line from the Spanish poet Antonio Machado that is familiar to most Spaniards: “Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar,” which translates as “Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” 

So, here we are in mid-January, and though we’re staring down the barrel of a tough year ahead, it’s not all wintry doom and gloom on an international box office (and combined global) level. 

MGM Alternative is getting into the gaming world.

Omid Djalili Launches Production Outfit

Jonathan Ross To Host ITV UK Oscars Coverage

The British Film Institute has revealed the list of TV, film, and animation companies that have won funding from its latest £3.3M ($4.2M) Global Screen Fund payout.

‘Ghosts‘ Producer Developing TV Version Of Podcast About Prolific British Con Woman

EXCLUSIVE: Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has achieved his best global box office in a decade with Cannes Jury Prize winner Fallen Leaves which has racked up a total gross of $12.4M, according to figures released by its producers.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay is ramping up efforts to find new properties for its array of scripted labels, appointing experienced industry exec Hannah Griffiths as its first ever Head of Adaptations.

UK’s Jack Thorne-Backed TV Access Project Finds New Lead

‘The Repair Shop‘ Outfit Ricochet Signs Damon Pattison

The operators of a proposed spaceport claim it can launch 30 “tartan rockets” a year from Scotland at a cost of more than £200million.

In a lull for specialty openings early in the new year, three foreign-language films are taking a shot. The Settlers, winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize, and Inshallah A Boy are Cannes alumns and Oscar submissions from, respectively, Chile and Jordan (neither short-listed in a competitive field). Driving Madeleine is a crowd pleasing French film.