Cardinal Trio Pictures Closes Financing Deal With Bakrr Media Group – AFM

EXCLUSIVE: The general wisdom is that the United States mainland was not attacked during World War II.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCelebrated by a VIP evening event at Lisbon’s imposing Jerónimos Monastery, CNN and partner Media Capital will bow CNN Portugal today at 21:00 GMT, marking the biggest news launch for many years in Portugal.A 24-hour Portuguese-language channel, CNN Portugal will be run by Media Capital, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate  which also owns top broadcast network TVI and Plural Entertainment, one of the country’s biggest production entities.Media

EXCLUSIVE: BET has picked up the pilot script of Jinho “Piper” Ferreira’s The Line from Mark Gordon Pictures for development at BET+. Inspired by true events, the show focuses on Oakland activists Ricky and Angela Roberts, who have been local figures in the anti-police movement for years.

LA-based Hackman Capital Partners just announced its latest project — working with the City of Toronto to develop a new complex called Basin Media Studios amid a production boom in that city and a global race to expand capacity to accommodate the explosion of TV and film production. 

Henry Woolf was an actor with a long career on stage and screen that included a dual role in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”A London native, Woolf appeared on British TV in shows including “Doctor Who,” in which he played the Collector in the 1977 serial “The Sun Makers.” He also appeared in “Rutland Weekend Television,” “Steptoe and Son,” and the BBC adaptation of “Prince Caspian.” Woolf had a small but memorable dual role in the cult classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” playing the

EXCLUSIVE:  Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) announced today that Lisa-Renee Ramirez was promoted to President of Lifestyle Networks. Ramirez’s previous title was Executive Vice President and Executive Producer of AMG Television, a title she’s held since she started with AMG in 2008. 

Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S.

Propagate Behind Deepa Mehta-Directed ‘Burnt Sugar’

EXCLUSIVE: A feature doc on one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the row between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, is the first project to emerge from Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media and Sky Studios’ multi-year partnership, with F1 driver Mark Webber set to exec produce.

Rebecca Davis editorCohen Media Group has acquired all U.S.

EXCLUSIVE:  The 1917 Oscar winning studio New Republic Pictures has signed a development financing deal for movies and TV with LA-based Providence Film Group.

Jamie Lang Filmax has announced the first of what is sure to be many key sales for its award-winning Spanish drama “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” to Adler Entertainment in Italy, hot off the heels of an Audience Award at the country’s Rome Film Festival.News of the deal comes as Filmax presents “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” at this week’s American Film Market.Marcel Barrena, a filmmaker with a knack for retelling true stories on the big screen in both documentary and biographical films

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired U.S. rights to Benjamin Louis’ found footage horror film Stoker Hills, starring William Lee Scott (The Butterfly Effect), Danny Nucci (Titanic), Steffani Brass (Six Feet Under) and Tony Todd (Candyman), with plans to release it in theaters and on demand in January.

Top U.S. local TV station owner Nexstar Media Group reported solid third-quarter results, with distribution and core advertising gains offsetting record 2020 political ad spending.

An aspiring Corrie star has plastered her face on a billboard at Media City in a bid to be cast in the soap.

EXCLUSIVE:  As AFM kicks off, Deadline has learned about some executive changes at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Stage 6 Films.

EXCLUSIVE: Haley Bennett has joined the cast of Chinonye Chukwu’s and Orion Pictures’ Till, starring opposite Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison and Jalyn Hall. The film is currently shooting in Atlanta. Chukwu is writing and directing.