Rick Mischel Forms Canadian Toon House After Buying Yeti Farm Creative Animation Studio

EXCLUSIVE: Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell do not court publicity and when the duo welcome Deadline to their London office in early February, it is the first interview they have given about House Productions since they set up the film and TV outfit nearly seven years ago.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. Today we’re talking to UK film veterans Richard Kondal and Patrick Fischer, founders of post-production house Creativity Media and film finance company Creativity Capital. The duo, which sold Creativity Media to Fulwell 73 in 2019, talk us through the jump from post-production to financing to the launch of their new London-based co-production outfit Big Safari, international sales strand Architect and investment in VFX house Koala FX. 

Prince Harry’s immediate decision to fly back to the UK following the announcement of King Charles’ cancer diagnosis prompted fears that the situation was far worse than it seemed. But after a meeting which lasted 45 minutes - with some insiders saying just 12 of these were spent face to face - many of those worries dissipated as the King, 75, looking hale and hearty, waved to the crowds before he took off for Norfolk in a helicopter from Buckingham Palace with Queen Camilla, 76.

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks EMEA is to explore shocking real-life stories of disappearances — from the perspective of the missing people.

Spring fashion usually brings with it the emergence of cargo trousers, and one £39.50 pair from M&S has caught the eye of many shoppers.

Ricky Gervais was once a thriving pop star before he made his career in comedy.The British comedian, 62, actually moonlighted as a singer in the 1980s, forming a band called Seona Dancing.The “Office” star created the pop duo with friend Bill Macrae during their senior year at University College London in 1983.The pair was signed by London Records at the time and even released two tracks: “More to Lose” and “Bitter Heart.”In a resurfaced video, Gervais can be seen crooning his heart out in typical ’80s fashion while Macrae played the piano.“Yearly reminder that Ricky Gervais once performed a would-be New Romantic classic in front of a bunch of grade schoolers,” the account called “Terribly Awesome Covers” captioned the jaw-dropping clip.

cancer-stricken father, King Charles, according to photos obtained by The Post. The Duke of Sussex, who undertook the trip without Markle, 42, was seen entering London’s Heathrow Airport donning blue jeans, a basic white T-shirt and a black jacket.The estranged royal, 39, arrived in the UK around 2 p.m.

Prince Harry met up with his father, King Charles, on Tuesday, 6 February, after making a hasty return to the UK following the Monarch's shock cancer diagnosis. But whilst many might have expected the Royal reunion - after Harry and Charles spent nine months apart - to last at least a couple of hours, it's said to have been for around just 45 minutes.

Unless you’re Quentin Tarantino, if you’re a really intensely celebrated filmmaker, sometimes you just don’t praise anything because it sometimes draws attention away from less work or becomes reductive absorbed. The great Stanley Kubrick once famously said, “I am always reluctant to single out some particular feature of the work of a major filmmaker because it tends inevitably to simplify and reduce the work,” when deciding to praise Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “The Decalogue,” regardless.

EXCLUSIVE: Improv icon Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?) will narrate a Canadian version of the eye-opening but heartwarming Japanese format Old Enough!, in which kids run errands on their own.

King Charles is said to be "doing well" after having a planned procedure on his prostate today, 26 January.The monarch, who was checked in to hospital today while Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, remains in recovery, previously announced he was undergoing the treatment after discovering he had an "enlarged prostate". Now it has been announced that the King has come out of his surgery, and is recovering in his private room. Charles was seen entering The London Clinic on Friday morning with Queen Camilla at his side.

The cost of refurbishing the First Minister's official residence has nearly hit £1 million, it was announced today.

Architects have spoken out on the band’s political views after guitarist Adam Christianson shared a controversial post on social media.As Loudwire reports, Christianson recently faced backlash by retweeting a transphobic and homophobic post from an account on X/Twitter.The original message was written by political commentator Tim Pool, who had quote-tweeted a video shared by American mixed martial arts professional Sean Strickland last week (January 17).Filmed at a press conference in Toronto, Canada, the clip sees MMA Fighting reporter Alexander Lee ask Strickland about a homophonic comment he made on social media in early 2022.The tweet in question read: “If I had a gay son I would think I failed as a man to create such weakness.”Lee mentioned Toronto’s gay and lesbian community before Strickland jumped in and asked: “Are you gay?” The reporter responded by saying he was “an ally of the community”.Strickland then doubled down on his past remarks, asking Lee if he would be OK with having a gay son.

One thing that confused fans during the season premiere of The Bachelor is when the Canadian flag was blurred out on screen.

Twisting My Melon has been halted due to creative disputes.In 2013, ITV announced it was planning to serialise the Happy Mondays frontman’s autobiography Twisting My Melon. Eventually, Jack O’Connell (Skins) was announced as the lead actor in 2019.The film is written by Matt Greenhalgh, who also wrote the script for the Ian Curtis biopic Control, John Lennon‘s origin story Nowhere Boy, and Amy Winehouse‘s Back to Black.Greenhalgh was set to direct the movie as well, however a creative disagreement with the film’s American funders has stalled progressed on the film. In the latest edition of Classic Pop (via Music News), Ryder said: “Matt Greenhalgh wrote the script and was gonna direct.“So we got the money, half-English, half-American and Matt fell out with the Americans.

A hotel in Middleton which houses asylum seekers is set to close in the coming weeks, it has been confirmed.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. UFC is back with two title fights in Jan. 2024! American Sean Strickland is looking to defend his UFC Middleweight Championship belt against Dricus du Plessis, while American Raquel Pennington and Brazilian Mayra Bueno Silva battle for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship during the main card of UFC 297, which is tonight, Saturday, Jan.

Before the MCU‘s “The Avengers” took over the silver screen, a different “The Avengers” held sway over TVs in the UK. And Studiocanal hopes they might replicate the sensation of the original series with a reboot.

Studio Ghibli‘s animated adventure movie The Boy and the Heron is continuing to blaze a trail for anime, in Europe, Asia and North America.

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic 1960s television series The Avengers is getting a remake.