BritBox, the U.K. content-focused streaming service launched by BBC Studios and ITV, has promoted Emily Powers to executive vp and head of Britbox North America.
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Anna Marie de la Fuente Breaking Glass Pictures has picked up North American distribution rights to Chilean producer Omar Zuñiga’s directorial feature debut, “The Strong Ones” (“Los Fuertes”).Meikincine Entertainment handled the sale.Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best International Narrative Feature and the Audience Award at OutFest LA as well as Best Narrative Film at Florida’s OutShine Film Festival, “The Strong Ones” has been on the global film festival circuit and will soon have its
.BritBox, the U.K. content-focused streaming service launched by BBC Studios and ITV, has promoted Emily Powers to executive vp and head of Britbox North America.
media reports). Artisan Gateway did not immediately respond to a request for comment.This time last year, the North American box office had brought in just about $9 billion of what would wind up being an $11.4 billion 2019, with China reaching $9.2 billion.
Ryan Gosling and James Garner were perfect as young and old versions of Noah Calhoun in The Notebook, but it turns out that the iconic movie could’ve starred George Clooney and Paul Newman instead! During an interview with Deadline, George recently revealed that he and Paul had eyed the project together so they would work together in something. “We were going to do The Notebook together,” he shared. “Basically, I was going to play him as a young man, and it was funny.
China is officially home to the world's biggest movie box office. Movie ticket sales in China for 2020 climbed to $1.988 billion on Sunday, surpassing North America's total of $1.937 billion, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s year-to-date box office came within a whisker of $2 billion on Sunday, with the latest weekend adding $46.4 million to the running total.
Ryan Gosling and James Garner were perfect as Noah Calhoun in The Notebook, but it turns out that the iconic movie could’ve starred George Clooney and Paul Newman instead.
The wheels are in full motion for Dancing on Ice to return to our screens in January. However, ok.co.uk can exclusively reveal that the show’s pro skaters were worried about the added pressures of being partnered with Rebekah Vardy ahead of the series launch.
Lindsay Blake There are strange true crime cases and there are those that are downright bizarre. The death of Kathleen Peterson falls into the latter category.
Donald Trump is putting NBC on blast at the same time as Hollywood stars.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAs the pivotal 2020 presidential election draws nearer, Bravo has set a new virtual conversation to encourage Black Americans to vote, Variety has learned exclusively.The 90-minute special is entitled “Race in America: Our Vote Counts” will air Sunday, Nov. 1 at 10 p.m.
Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has picked up North American rights to Boys From County Hell, Chris Baugh’s comedy-horror that recently had its world premiere at Sitges.The movie was selected for this year’s Tribeca fest before that event was cancelled. Now, it will premiere on Shudder in the U.S.
Jamie Lang Spain’s top tier soccer division LaLiga was buzzing on both sides of the Atlantic this week.
Two North Carolina men were killed in a shooting on a party bus traveling from Durham to Charlotte last Friday. Police responded shortly after receiving calls before 9 p.m., and found three men with gunshot wounds at the scene, the Guilford County Sheriff's Office tweeted.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American rights to Jackie Chan's latest action film, Vanguard. Directed by Stanley Tong, a wide theatrical release of Vanguard in the U.S.
snuggling up together and even kissing as the paparazzi snapped the shots from afar. Of course Dominic is married to another woman, Catherine FitzGerald, which caused some controversy and questions.During Dominic and Lily’s Roman holiday, the Affair alum wasn’t wearing his wedding ring.
CNN's chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta did not receive the warmest welcome while reporting from the Trump rally in Sanford, Fla. Hours before President Trump made his debut on the campaign trail following his recovery from the coronavirus, Acosta told "The Situation Room" anchor Wolf Blitzer about the planned rallies the president has on his schedule including Iowa and North Carolina, states Acosta asserted should have been "in the bag" for the GOP incumbent. However, a couple of
Anna Marie de la Fuente Comedy sells.
Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to “Supernova,” the romantic drama starring Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth as a married couple coping with one partner’s dementia.Harry Macqueen’s directs the film that made its premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival and will be released in the U.K. by STUDIOCANAL.