EFM Partners With Winston Baker, Yanibes on New Finance Forum, AfroBerlin Initiatives Amid Growing German Industry Woes (EXCLUSIVE)

Starz on Wednesday canceled after two seasons and removed the horror comedy starring Courteney Cox from its digital platforms. In an interview published Thursday, Minx star Jake Johnson told Deadline that he did not expect a Season 3 renewal for the period erotic comedy, which had been rescued by Starz after its cancellation by Max.

Karl Lagerfeld Docuseries In Works At Canal+

Netflix has a new YA hit on its hands with My Life With The Walter Boys.

has already been renewed for a second season. Everybody try to contain yourselves.“I am beyond thrilled that My Life With the Walter Boys has been renewed for a second season,” series creator Melanie Halsall told .

Selome Hailu Netflix has renewed “My Life With the Walter Boys” for a second season. The series is based on a WattPad novel of the same name by Ali Novak, which has since been published as a book. The coming of age story that follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) after losing her family in a tragic accident.

Alec Baldwin had to be escorted by police through the streets of New York after being confronted by pro-Palestine protesters.The actor was seen walking by the demonstration near West 29th Street on Monday (December 18) when he was approached by the protesters opposing Israel’s military attacks in Gaza against Hamas.In footage of the incident, a protester asks Baldwin: “You work for Hollywood. Do you condemn Israel?”In response, Baldwin replied: “You’ve already got your mind made up… because I’m in Hollywood? Well, you ask stupid questions.

EXCLUSIVE: CJ 4DPLEX and Europe’s Kinepolis Group are expanding their longstanding partnership to include 21 further ScreenX auditoriums across Europe and North America. The Kinepolis openings bring the cinema chain’s total of ScreenX screens to 26. This pact will give Kinepolis the largest ScreenX footprint in mainland Europe.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The quest for a new way to measure TV audiences has taken years of tests, dozens of efforts to sample upstart technologies and hours of debates among big media companies, Madison Avenue buying firms and blue-chip advertisers. At present, no one seems to have devised a perfect solution. So Byron Allen decided to try.

Jaden Thompson Studio71 has signed an advertising partnership with Unspeakable, a popular family-friendly content creator on YouTube who has more than 33 million subscribers across four channels and amasses 150+ million views every month. Houston native Nathan Milner, known online as “Unspeakable,” began creating Minecraft content more than ten years ago.

The official German Oscar entry for Best International Feature is an insular, pulse-pounding thriller set within the confines of a school that, for cinematic purposes, doubles as a microcosm of society in general circa 2023 where facts don’t matter, misinformation is rampant, suspicions run hot, divisions run deep, racism still rears its ugly head, and no one can be quite sure where, and even if they want to, fit in.

Ed Meza @edmezavar The German film industry is eagerly awaiting the appointment of the Berlin Film Festival’s new director, expected to be announced tomorrow, and as the guessing game surrounding the choice shifts into high gear, one thing looks increasingly clear: the new head will face considerable financial and political challenges at the Berlinale. Speculation in the local industry has been rife with likely candidates to succeed Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek, who have co-led the Berlinale as artistic and executive directors since 2020 and will step down after this year’s edition when their respective mandates end.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Catherine Martin, the four-time Oscar-winning producer, costume designer and production designer of “Moulin Rouge,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Elvis,” says she is waiting to see what project Baz Luhrmann, her husband and longtime creative partner, will embark on next. Martin is at the Red Sea Film Festival with Luhrmann, whom she started working with on his debut feature, 1992’s “Strictly Ballroom.” Since then, there have been a series of projects marked by their striking visual style, netting Martin a number of nominations and awards. She spoke to Variety.

Selome Hailu Moonbug Entertainment, the studio behind “Cocomelon,” has set its first project in collaboration with game and toy company Toikido: animated preschool series “PeaKeeBoo.” “PeaKeeBoo” focuses on sounds and visuals from nature and draws inspiration from the children’s game peek-a-boo. Season 1 will debut on the Moonbug Kids YouTube channel in 2024.

The Christian-based Trinity Broadcasting Network has been announced as a distribution partner for Dr. Phil McGraw‘s recently unveiled news and entertainment cable TV network Merit Street Media, putting the new brand in more than 65 million homes on DirecTV and Dish, among cable and satellite systems.

at the ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards Tuesday.The “On the 6” singer got candid about her next feature and opened about working with the Oscar winner.“This project was something I didn’t really plan,” she told Entertainment Tonight, also noting how the work is deeply personal to her.Lopez explained: “When the music was done I just thought to myself, ‘There’s more of a story to be told here. There’s been a bigger journey than just a love story here.'”“And so it became a much bigger, fuller project, with an incredible message,” the “Maid in Manhattan” star added. “And I realized I had to really get personal to tell it.”Affleck and Lopez even showed off their massive love at the event, sharing some kisses on the red carpet.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Even a personality as well-known as Dr. Phil McGraw needs a little faith to get by when it comes to launching a new TV venture.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s been a year of evolution for the European Film Market and its TV track Berlinale Series. Management is changing at sister festival Berlinale, with Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian exiting amid worries about finances, and the number of films screened reducing.

Nothing brings a family together like tragedy, right?

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Some of the most powerful figures in Saudi film gathered at the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah for a cocktail party hosted by Film AlUla and Stampede Ventures in partnership with Variety last night. Figures such as Saudi producer and film industry pioneer Faisal Baltyuor and Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy were spotted along with Zeinab Abu Alsamh, general manager of MBC Studios Saudi Arabia. Stampede Ventures head Greg Silverman was celebrating the $350 million three-year deal just signed with Film AlUla, which will bring 10 projects to the region.

Edward Berger To Address Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab