By Manori Ravindran
09.04.2020 - 20:21 / deadline.com
By Jake Kanter
International TV Editor
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie is increasingly being talked about as the candidate to beat in the race to replace Tony Hall as director general of the BBC.
Deadline has spoken to several sources familiar with the recruitment process and a consensus is emerging around Davie as the frontrunner, even though the BBC is some way off crowning a successor to Hall.
Deadline hears that BBC chairman Sir David Clementi is yet to begin formal interviews for the
By Manori Ravindran
By Jake Kanter
By Patrick Frater
Music producer Clive Davis is working with the estate of late singer Whitney Houston for the biopicI Wanna Dance With Somebody. Anthony McCarten, the writer behind the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will pen the screenplay, while Stella Meghie, who was behind the Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct.
Music producer Clive Davis is working with the estate of late singer Whitney Houston for the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.Anthony McCarten, the writer behind Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will pen the screenplay, while Stella Meghie, who was behind Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct.Pat Houston will produce the movie on behalf of the Houston Estate, along with Davis, Primary Wave Music's Larry Mestel, Denis O’Sullivan and McCarten.With the backing of the estate, I Wanna Dance
By Elaine Low
British documentary maker Louis Theroux's production company, Mindhouse Productions, has secured a first-look distribution deal with BBC Studios. The arrangement marks a return for Theroux (My Scientology Movie), who left the BBC's commercial arm just last year to set up the independent banner alongside his executive producer Arron Fellows and TV director Nancy Strang, with the aim of to tackling thought-provoking and complex subjects, some with Theroux attached onscreen.
By Jake Kanter
The episodes of the BBC Children's channel CBeebies will run from April 27 through May 1. The network announced Hardy, who had made an appearance on the show in 2016, will be back in a post on Wednesday, reports variety.com.
By Jordan Moreau
Tom Hardy is returning to his role as a bedtime storyteller. BBC Children's channel CBeebies has secured the actor to read books to kids on its long-running seriesBedtime Storiesfrom April 27-May 1.
BBC Studios has named Rebecca Glashow as president of its Americas division. The former co-head of Viacom-owned YouTube brand Awesomeness, Glashow will replace former president Ann Sarnoff, who moved to Warner Bros.
By Peter White
By Jake Kanter
Brad Pitt has revealed that while filming Legends of the Fall, his makeup artist had to apply makeup to his butt.His longtime makeup artist, Jean Black, was just doing her job and covering up a visible tan line.Pitt made the revelation during an appearance on HGTV's Celebrity IOU, alongside the Property Brothers.Brad Pitt is known for both his acting skills and his stunning physique. But according to Pitt, even he needs a little help from his makeup artist now and again.