Streamers Drive UK TV Production Sector Revenues To Record $5B High In 2022, But Pact Boss John McVay Forecasts “Tough” 2023 & “Shaky” 2024

Ed Meza @edmezavar Fred Kogel, CEO of leading German film and TV group Leonine Studios, which distributes the “Expendables” and “John Wick” movies in Germany, made the case for a new generation of action stars during the Zurich Summit over the weekend, where he was presented with Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award. He noted that many of today’s action stars are the same ones he watched on the big screen back in the 1980s, among them Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise.

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Featherstone and Liz Murdoch‘s Sister saw revenues skyrocket by $100M last year, although the This is Going to Hurt and Chernobyl producer failed again to turn a profit.

CoJo will be back in the saddle next year.36-year-old country star Cody Johnson just announced the first leg of his upcoming ‘The Leather Tour’ that will send him to venues all over North America from January through June 2024.The 13-concert trek — which will likely expand soon — is named after his upcoming ninth studio album “Leather.”“This round of songs… is the best..I have ever recorded,” the 36-year-old singer said in a statement. “Each album should outdo the last one.”And while Johnson is bringing his very best to the stage, he’s not going it alone.Along the way, he’ll be joined by special guests Justin Moore, Chris Janson and Dillon Carmichael.Need tickets ASAP?We’re here to help make that happen.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Oct.

There were so many celebs in attendance at the Saint Laurent fashion show at Paris Fashion Week and we have photos of all the VIPs!

A £4.95 jumper discovered in a Highland charity shop has ended up raising £1000 to help those facing a terminal illness.

The partner of an experienced hillwalker who disappeared while out in the Highland Perthshire hills over eight months ago has renewed pleas for help from the public.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor “Smash,” the TV series about the making of a fictional Broadway musical, takes an early step toward becoming a real-life Broadway musical on Sept. 22, with a pair of industry readings led by Tony nominees Robyn Hurder and Kerry Butler.

. Now, it seems our girl has turned her attention to another fruit: watermelon. The actor was recently spotted lugging one after a stop by the farmer's market in Malibu, where she has been living with since 2021.

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Broadcasting union Bectu has waded into the U.S. labor dispute with an open letter to the AMPTP, urging it to financially support UK crew who are “suffering hardship” and to “resume negotiations” with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.

Frasier reboot has detailed how the show will honour John Mahoney following his death.The actor, who played Frasier’s father Martin Crane across the original show from 1993 to 2004, died at the age of 77 in 2018 due to complications from throat cancer.In the pilot episode of the upcoming reboot, which sees Kelsey Grammer return in the title role, Mahoney’s character receives a special tribute.“It’s a wonderful scene at the end of the show,” director James Burrows, who helmed the first two episodes of the revival, told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s about two-and-a-half, three minutes without any laughs.

K.J. Yossman The U.K. TV industry delivered a total sector revenue of almost £4 billion ($5 billion) in 2022.

John McVay, the boss of the UK TV producer trade body, has ignited a war of words with the British actors union as the pair prepare to thrash out a new deal that could be influenced by events Stateside.

Dwayne Johnson loves making fans’ day.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Nichols spent two decades considering how to approach what would become his new film The Bikeriders because he did not want to glamorize motorcycle culture.

“This is our family – you and me, kid.”

“From the beginning?” Kathy asks the interviewer. “Yes, please,” he responds. Flash back to 1965 Chicago and the rise of the Vandals. “The was the golden age of bike riders,” she says.

Jaden Thompson 20th Century Studios has released the trailer for Jeff Nichols’ upcoming motorcycle gang drama “The Bikeriders,” starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy. The film opened the Telluride Film Festival on Aug. 31 to critical acclaim.

Austin Butler is starring in his next big film.

It’s been seven long years since Jeff Nichols dropped “Midnight Special” and “Loving” on moviegoers back in 2016. Now he’s back with his latest film, “The Bikeriders,” fresh off its world premiere at Telluride last weekend.  And given reviews out of the festival, it sounds like “The Bikeriders” will be worth the wait (read The Playlist’s review of the film here).