WGA Tells Members To Stop Working For Constantin Film “Effective Immediately”

Red Arrow Studios has agreed to sell Gravitas Ventures, the prolific narrative film and documentary distributor with a 3,000-title catalogue, to Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a multi-platform media company with offices and studios in Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, New York, Kansas City and Toronto.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has set his next feature. He will write, direct and produce Blitz based on his original idea. McQueen has set the film at New Regency and McQueen’s Lammas Park will produce alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films.

Summer Walker delivered a live performance of ‘Unloyal’ on US TV last night (November 8) – you can watch it below.The Atlanta singer appeared as the musical guest on yesterday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in support of her second album, ‘Still Over It’ (released November 5).Offering up a soulful, lounge-y version of the track, Walker performed alongside a live band – all dressed in black – against a draped red curtain backdrop.“The voice.

Steve Coogan has been snapped in costume dressed as Jimmy Saville for his role on new drama The Reckoning on Tuesday 2 November. Actor and comedian Steve is starring as paedophile Jimmy Savile in the BBC drama, which has been met with some mixed reactions since the BBC announced the making of show.

U.S. regulators are suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and readers.German media giant Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House, already the largest American publisher, wants to buy New York-based Simon & Schuster, whose authors include Stephen King, Hillary Clinton and John Irving, from TV and film company ViacomCBS.The Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit in the U.S.

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is – as you have no doubt expected for some time – planning a series of children’s books to teach kids about diversity.Speaking to Radio Bob in Germany, he explains: “I’m working on a children’s book with my wife for parents to read to kids about diversity”. They were motivated to work on the project during the Donald Trump presidency, he adds.

Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Slash – as well as Kennedy himself, and two of their bandmates – tested positive for COVID-19.The modern-day guitar great shared the news in an interview with Germany’s Radio Regenbogen, saying (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “The funniest story about this record was the COVID story, because we took a tour bus to Nashville to keep ourselves safe – to get there and not travel commercially.“And then we went and recorded the whole record, and then I got a phone

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorTo the uninitiated, Princess Diana biopic “Spencer” might appear like the quintessential British film, albeit with a Chilean director and an American star. But it is, in fact, German, Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, says.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Writers Guild of America has told members not to work for Germany’s Constantin Film, which the union maintains is not a signatory to the 2020 Minimum Basic Agreement.The WGA instructed members in a message sent Friday afternoon that it is invoking its Working Rule 8 to bar members from working for Constantin Film Development.

The Writers Guild of America today instructed members to immediately stop all work with “Resident Evil” production outfit Constantin films, due to an ongoing dispute with the German-based company over foreign residuals.“We are writing to alert you that effective immediately WGA members are prohibited under working rule 8 from working for Constantin Film Development Inc.,” read a letter to members sent Friday and obtained by TheWrap.More to come

“Army of Thieves” has major “him?!” energy, and that’s part of the charm, for a little while at least. Of all the bad-asses and gritty heroes introduced in Zack Snyder’s Netflix zombie epic “Army of the Dead,” played by the likes of Dave Bautista, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Ella Purnell, the last character you’d expect to get a prequel-spin-off was the harmless German safecracker Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), him with his high-pitched squeals whenever zombies were near.

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“Army of the Dead,” traces over that previous movie without ever improving or even just replicating its lighter elements, especially its chases and safecracking shenanigans.Starring and directed by “Army of the Dead” cast member Matthias Schweighöfer, “Army of Thieves” serves as an origin story for awkward German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Schweighöfer) who, six years before “Army of the Dead,” was just Sebastian, a nebbish Leo Bloom–type bureaucrat.

EXCLUSIVE: Here are your first look images at feature The Magic Flute from executive producer Roland Emmerich.

Marta Balaga About to celebrate the world premiere of “Roof of Leaves,” chosen for Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival’s Testimonies section, German director Anna Caroline Arndt is readying her next projects.

Gemma Collins has told radio host Steve Allen to “kiss her big juicy a**” after he made cruel comments about Strictly Come Dancing star Tilly Ramsay’s weight and compared Gemma to the Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt. The former The Only Way is Essex star took to Instagram to hit back at the LBC host, posting a photo of a creamy chocolate cake from patisserie shop Café Concerto.