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Martin Scorsese was presented with the Berlin Film Festival’s Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on Tuesday evening, with old friend German director Wim Wenders paying a warm personal tribute to the director.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Back in August 2023, as two labor strikes were roiling Hollywood and preventing stars from promoting blockbusters, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures decided to postpone the release of “Dune: Part Two.” The studios feared that without Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya on the press circuit, the big-budget science fiction sequel wouldn’t live up to its box office potential on its initial November date. “My first thought was ‘Oh, crap,'” remembers Chris Randleman, chief revenue officer of the Texas-based cinema chain Flix Brewhouse.

the last name of Sussex rather than Mountbatten-Windsor.This moniker would have angered the late Prince Philip if he was still alive — according to a royal expert. The Duke of Edinburgh died in April 2021 at the age of 99, and the surname of Mountbatten-Windsor was bestowed upon his male-line descendants since 1960.Royal expert Ingrid Seward penned for the Daily Mail how the Greek prince would have been royally peeved — and would “turn in his grave” — at the Duke of Sussex’s choice to change his kids’ names.

The bad news might be over…. and at this point that counts as good news for the global TV drama business, analysts say.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Industry executives, creatives and international buyers came together to preview an exclusive selection of upcoming high-end German series at the Up Next: Germany showcase at the Berlinale Series Market, the dedicated serial content arm of the EFM running between Feb. 19-21. Four projects were selected for the showcase: Dystopian drama “A Better Place” imagines the aftermath of a revolutionary state-led program that eradicates all German prisons.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Kirsten Niehuus, head of German film fund Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, is confident that the changes to film funding proposed by the German government recently will have a “very positive effect on the production scene in Berlin-Brandenburg.” The proposed changes to the funding system were presented last week to German lawmakers in the Bundestag by commissioner for culture and media Claudia Roth (see here). Speaking to Variety Saturday at a party Medienboard hosted at Berlin’s Holzmarkt, Niehuus said the changes “will mean that we would have a tax system in place that could compete, for instance, with Budapest or Prague, so that not so many German productions would go and shoot somewhere else, and more foreign productions would come and shoot in Germany.” Looking at the media landscape across Germany she notes that one major challenge is the decision by high-end outlets such as Paramount+, HBO and Sky to cancel local productions, and she noted “the streamers are not such reliable partners anymore.” She added: “So I think producers are having a really hard time at the moment.” On a happier note, the Berlin government raised Medienboard’s budget by Euros 6 million over the next two years, which will be targeted at the exhibition sector in the region, allowing for the upgrading of facilities at movie theaters.

Harrison Ford left behind something more than his toothbrush when he departed a London rental.

A youthful crowd of industry professionals filed into a bustling room at the Gropius Bau Saturday afternoon for the inaugural AfroBerlin symposium here at the Berlin Film Festival. 

Renee O'Connor, who starred as Gabrielle in the popular fantasy series Xena: Warrior Princess, has made a rare appearance on social media, 23 years after the show ended.The 52 year old actress is now working as the founder and artistic director of House of Bards Theatre Company; located in the Arts District of San Pedro, California. She surprised fans by popping up on Instagram where she interviewed fellow actress Rachel Levy about her experience in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Writing in the caption, Renee said: "Thank you, Rachel Levy, for coming to share your experience creating the role of Puck, for the House of Bards Theatre Company’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

As Gogglebox returns to our screens with a brand new series, once again viewers will be treated to a mischievous cast of avid telly critics as they share their views about the week’s best shows and movies to hit our screens. Yet while some of the stars appear on the show alongside their families, others prefer to keep their partners out of the spotlight.

Helen Mirren made a statement about AI while accepting her Lifetime Achievement award at the 37th Annual American Cinematheque Awards on Thursday night (February 15) in Beverly Hills, Ohio.

Emiliano De Pablos Pink Parrot Media, the Montreal and Madrid-based international sales house, has revealed a flurry of deals for the German-Canadian CG animated fantasy feature “Elli and Her Monster Team!,” which is making its market premiere at the EFM. Underlining the appetite for toon family features by European distributors, the film has been sold to Just Entertainment in Benelux, Bim Distribuzione in Italy, NOS Lusomundo in Portugal, Flins&Piniculas in Spain and GPI for Baltics. “Elli” has also been acquired by Pro Films in Bulgaria, Rocket Releasing for CIS, Forum (Czech Republic/Slovak), MCF Megacom Film (Former Yugoslavia), Cinetel (Hungary), Forum for Poland, Romania and Israel, and Front Row in the Middle East.

Jennifer Lopez is going out on tour this summer!

Twin sisters who spent time as two of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Bunnies have revealed the tycoon's creepy pre-sex routine. Karissa and Kristina Shannon moved into the famous mansion in 2008, when they were just 18.

EXCLUSIVE: German production and sales company Augenschein, whose credits include Joseph Gordon-Levitt thriller 7500 (pictured) and Anna Kendrick sci-fi Stowaway, has sold a minority stake to Erfttal Film, the longtime shareholder in All Quiet On The Western Front producer Amusement Park.

Two heavyweights of German television and film are uniting.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Leading German media groups have blasted government plans to overhaul the country’s film funding system. Germany’s commissioner for culture and media (BKM), Claudia Roth, Tuesday presented her wide-ranging reform plans ahead of the start of this year’s Berlin Film Festival. The wide-ranging overhaul aims to make German film funding simpler, more efficient and more transparent.

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Media says it ended 2023 on “a good note” after posting earnings of €335M ($358.5M) in its fourth quarter financials.

Alex Ritman “Kneecap,” the wildly raucous comedy biopic about the Irish rap group that became one of the unexpected hits of this year’s Sundance, has scored more international sales. The film, the debut feature of director Rich Peppiatt starring the band members as themselves along with Michael Fassbender, was already picked up in Park City by Sony Pictures Classics, which acquired all rights to the title for North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Middle East.

A perfect gift for any thrill-seeker this Valentine's Day is a trip to somewhere sunnier than the freezing UK like Spain or Italy.