MIPTV: AMC Networks Streamers Take U.K. Miniseries 'The Drowning'

AMC Networks president and CEO Josh Sapan received compensation worth $11.8 million in 2020, compared with $20.2 million in 2019. In 2018, Sapan had made $20.6 million, following $29.6 million in 2017, $30.5 million in 2016,$17.7 million in 2015 and $40.3 million in 2014, when he benefited from an amended and restated employment agreement that included a onetime special equity retention award.

Josh Sapan, CEO of AMC Networks, saw his total compensation last year dip to $11.8 million from $20.2 million the year before.

Three years after Frances McDormand brought the concept of an inclusion rider public during her 2018 Oscars acceptance speech, a reimagined version of this tool to guarantee inclusive hiring on film and television productionshas been launched.

AMC Theatres is backing away from its plan to authorize 500 million new shares of the company's stock. AMC had sought shareholder approval for the plan, which would have nearly doubled the total number of shares on the market if all 500 million were issued.

AMC Entertainment offered a preview of its quarterly earnings Tuesday, anticipating revenue for the three months ended in March of $148 million, way down from $941.5 million the year before as the box office struggled to revive amid the global pandemic.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentProduction on AMC-Movistar Plus high-end original “La Fortuna,” starring “Supernova’s” Stanley Tucci, wrapped Tuesday in Spain, ending principal photography on one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most ambitious upcoming drama series.Scheduled to bow this fall, “La Fortuna” also marks the first TV show from Oscar winner Amenábar, who directed “The Others” and “The Sea Inside.”Both that ambition and authorship shone through on Monday’s last full day

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentBritish actor Emilia Fox (“Silent Witness”) is set to star as a disillusioned U.K.

AMC and UK’s Alibi have rounded out the the three leads of crime drama series Ragdoll, with Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Irregulars, Killing Eve) and Thalissa Teixeira (Too Close, Trigonometry) joining previously announced Lucy Hale. The series, which begins production today in London, hails from Sid Gentle Films, the British production company behind Killing Eve. Toby MacDonald (Old Boys, The Duchess) and Niall MacCormick (The Victim, The Song of Lunch) will direct.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Seymour is to star in and executive produce the latest original series for AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV, taking the title role in Irish mystery thriller Harry Wild.

‘Love Island’ Travels To Czech Republic & Slovakia ITV Studios is to adapt its hit reality series Love Island for TV Nova in Czech Republic and Markiza in Slovakia. It will premiere in the fall on TV Nova/Markiza streamer VOYO.

Acorn/Sundance Acquire ‘The Drowning’ AMC Networks streamers Acorn TV and Sundance Now have swooped for the U.S. and Canadian rights to four-part identity thriller The Drowning.

Smart and stylish, AMC+’s “Spy City” captures a tumultuous time and place in world history: Berlin just before the forming of the Wall in 1961. The title of the show comes to life in the way writer William Boyd (“Chaplin”) and director Miguel Alexandre present an interlocking story of espionage that brings in multiple operatives from governments around the world.

AMC Networks has picked up U.S. rights to European espionage dramaSpy City in one of the first big domestic deals announced at the digital MIPTV market.

Tim Dams Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced a production slowdown in Hollywood, European shows are gaining unprecedented global traction, becoming a significant catalyst of an ongoing shifting dynamic in IP dominance.Streaming giants have prompted a fundamental shift towards non-English scripted content conquering more global eyeballs, says Guy Bisson of London-based Ampere Analysis.

Emma Thompson. Accepting the award, Ang also referenced his Jane Austen adaptation, saying: 'England has been particularly good to me in my career.

Leonine Confirms U.S. Date For Spy City

filmmaker Chloé Zhao made history at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, becoming just the second woman ever to win Best Direction.

AMC Networks is giving several of its executives expanded responsibilities. Courtney Thomasma,Matt Graham and Blake Callaway are taking on additional oversight as the company reorients around its suite of targeted SVOD platforms, while maintaining delivery to its cable outlets.