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BBC Confirms ‘Celebrity Traitors’ Plus Season 4 Of Civilian Version
It’s official – the BBC is making traitors and faithfuls out of celebrities.BBC Content Boss Charlotte Moore Reflects On Huw Edwards Scandal: "Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing" - Edinburgh The UK broadcaster has just confirmed its long-gestating Celebrity Traitors series and the Claudia Winkleman-hosted show will land next year. The BBC has also greenlit a fourth season of the regular version of The Traitors UK. The news confirms Deadline’s scoop from several months back, when we told you a deal between producer Studio Lambert and the BBC was close. The smash hit show, which has sold around the world, sees contestants live together...
BBC Content Boss Charlotte Moore Reflects On Huw Edwards Scandal: “Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing” – Edinburgh
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” Charlotte Moore said at Edinburgh this afternoon when addressing the Huw Edwards scandal and whether the BBC could have done more. 'The Grand Tour' Producer Recalls "Fight" With BBC To Keep Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Together After 'Top Gear' Imploded The content boss said “the BBC did everything with the evidence it had at that time,” as she dealt with the recent revelation that the corporation was aware its former star news anchor had been arrested in November but then spent five more months on the BBC’s payroll. He pleaded guilty to making...
‘Criminal Record’ Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV+
Criminal Record, starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo, has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV+.Renewed TV Series 2024: A Photo Gallery The thriller, created and written by Paul Rutman, will continue seeing Capaldi’s Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Jumbo’s Detective Sergeant June Lenker as they clash again in a complex murder investigation. In its sophomore season, Jumbo’s June Lenker is set as the senior officer on the scene when far-right counter-protesters attack a political rally. The clash leaves a young man dead, which consumes June with guilt and drives her to bring the unknown killer to justice. June’s best...
‘The Grand Tour’ Producer Recalls “Fight” With BBC To Keep Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Together After ‘Top Gear’ Imploded
Andy Wilman has been reflecting on the turmoil in the weeks after Jeremy Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer and was fired by the BBC.Broadcast TV Cancellations For 2024-25: Photo Gallery The BBC was plunged into crisis in 2015 when the Top Gear “fracas” paved the way for Clarkson and co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May to join Amazon Prime Video to launch The Grand Tour. Wilman, then Top Gear’s executive producer, also moved over. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the executive producer revealed he had to “fight” the BBC to keep the trio of presenters together. The British broadcaster battled...
Paris Prosecutor’s Office Requests Second Trial For Gérard Depardieu Related To Rape Allegations
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has requested that actor Gérard Depardieu stand trial in a criminal court in relation to rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould, French media reported on Thursday.BBC Presenter Jermaine Jenas Fired Amid Reports Of Inappropriate Behavior The investigating judge must now make a decision on whether to endorse the request or not. Arnould’s lawyer Carine Durrieu-Diebolt told French news network BFMTV that the trial request marked a major breakthrough in the case for her client. “For Charlotte Arnould, it’s an enormous step forward in the direction of a trial. She is now impatiently waiting for the end of the...
Paralympics 2024: How Networks In The U.S. & UK Want Their Coverage To Leave A Legacy
In Shoreditch’s uber-trendy Electric Light Station several weeks back, some of the UK’s biggest disabled stars gathered to usher in Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympics, and there was fire in their bellies. 'Dancing With The Stars' Casts Olympic "Pommel Horse Guy" Stephen Nedoroscik For 33rd Season The evening featured talks and appearances from the likes of wheelchair basketball star-turned presenter Ade Adepitan, Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis and The Last Leg host Adam Hills, all of whom will play a part in Channel 4’s coverage when the games kick off next Wednesday. Titled ‘Considering What?’, the network’s Paralympics ad...
TV Academy To Honor Greg Berlanti With 2024 Governors Award
Multi-hyphenate screenwriter, producer, director Greg Berlanti will be honored with the 2024 Governors Award, the Television Academy announced today. Berlanti will be recognized for his significant impact on television and culture by depicting the underrepresented in film and in such iconic series as Dawson’s Creek, Riverdale, All American, The Flight Attendant and You.Modern 'Dorian Gray' Series In Works At Netflix From Katie Rose Rogers, Rina Mimoun & Berlanti Prods. Berlanti began his career in television as a staff writer on the hit show Dawson’s Creek and became the executive producer and showrunner of the series after only one season. He went on to...
London Film Festival Launches Video Games Strand Alongside Interactive Works
The BFI London Film Festival will launch a new strand for video games during this year’s edition, which runs from October 9 — 20. 'Elton John: Never Too Late' Set For European Premiere At London Film Festival The video games strand will run alongside LFF Expanded, the festival’s programme of Immersive Art and Extended Reality works. Five video game projects will be free to access as part of an installation at Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf on London’s Southbank. The five video game projects are: A Highland Song – follows the journey of protagonist Moira McKinnon, as she navigates the mysteries of the...
Universal International Studios Boss Says U.S. Buyers Willing To Strike More Flexible Deals Amid Market Contraction: “We Are Able To Pull Some Levers” – Edinburgh
Universal International Studios boss Beatrice Springborn has said American buyers are open to more flexible deal-making amid the market contraction. 'The Grand Tour' Producer Andy Wilman Promises "Weepy" Final Episode From Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May -- Edinburgh Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival in a global storytelling session, Springborn, who is also president of Universal Content Productions, said “we are able to pull some levers” in part because streamers are now willing to take rights in less territories. She used the example of reducing the window of time before the We are Lady Parts and Day of the...
‘Bodyguard’ Star Keeley Hawes And ‘The Good Doctor’ Actor Freddie Highmore To Lead Prime Video Thriller ‘The Assassin’
Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) and Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) are set to star in The Assassin, a thriller series penned Harry and Jack Williams for Prime Video. Kerry Condon Joins Andrew Scott & Brendan Fraser In D-Day Movie ‘Pressure’, Filming To Begin Next Month The Williams’ production outfit Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Boat Story, Fleabag) is producing the series in association with ZDF who is the German co-production partner, All3Media International and Stan in Australia. The show’s synopsis reads: Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie (Hawes) has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward (Highmore), visiting from...
Simone Biles Tucks Into Crepes, Croissants & Champagne In ‘Emily In Paris’ Parody
Alongside winning three gold medals and one silver at the 2024 Olympics earlier this month, Simone Biles also found time to channel her inner Emily in Paris.'Emily In Paris' Cast Wants Kim Cattrall Cameo, 'Sex And The City' Crossover: "It's Obvious" The gymnastics star has posted a cheeky video on her social media channels, in which she spoofs the hit Netflix show starring Lily Collins as an ingenue Chicago marketing executive getting to grips with Paris life. The post, teasing the release of part two of Netflix docuseries Simone Biles Rising in October, showed the gymnast seemingly quaffing champagne and tucking into...
People’s Choice Country Awards To Honor Miranda Lambert With Country Icon Award
Miranda Lambert is set to receive the Country Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards.People’s Choice Country Awards 2024 Nominations: Beyoncé, Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves & Shaboozey Lead List The country star will be honored with the special trophy for her decades-long career as one of the genre’s most recognizable stars. “A tour de force in country music for more than 20 years, Miranda Lambert’s groundbreaking albums continue to capture the hearts of fans around the world,” said Jen Neal, Executive Vice President, Live Events and Specials, NBCUniversal Entertainment. “We’re so excited to celebrate her career, fierce individualism and innovation...
Philippines-Shot Film ‘The Last Resort’ Hires ‘Legally Blonde’ Writer Karen McCullah, Exec-Produced By Manuel V. Pangilinan
EXCLUSIVE: Asia Pacific Films (APF) announced that it will produce and finance romantic comedy The Last Resort (working title), with 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah attached to the project. Set to begin production in the Philippines in early 2025, the film is executive produced by a group led by APF chairman and Filipino billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan, and produced by Ernesto “Bong” Sta. Maria Jr. and RJ Collins (True Memoirs of an International Assassin, The Wrath of Becky). Simon Heo and Akshay Mehta serve as co-producers. The Last Resort follows a hotel...
Branford Marsalis Boards Broadway’s Louis Armstrong Musical To Create New Arrangements & Orchestrations, Replacing Original Team
EXCLUSIVE: Tony-nominated composer Branford Marsalis (Fences) is joining a revised music team for the upcoming fall Broadway production of A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical to create new musical arrangements and orchestrations, producers said today.Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker Join Broadway Producing Team For ‘Othello’ Starring Denzel Washington And Jake Gyllenhaal The new team, which also includes music supervisor Daryl Waters, dance music arranger Zane Mark and music director Darryl G. Ivey, replaces Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell who served those functions at the show’s pre-Broadway engagements last year in New Orleans and Chicago. A spokesman for the production declined...
Prime Video Confirms ‘Last One Laughing UK’ With Jimmy Carr Presenting — Edinburgh
Prime Video has confirmed it is making a UK version of international format Last One Laughing.2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming Last year, we told you the Amazon streamer was exploring a British version of the show, which has versions on Prime Video in numerous territories, and it’s now going ahead following a tender process. Comedian and presenter Jimmy Carr will host the show, which will run exclusive on Prime Video around the world in 2025. In the series, a group of 10 British comedians will spend the day in a living room-style studio together...
‘Dancing With The Stars’ Casts Olympic “Pommel Horse Guy” Stephen Nedoroscik For 33rd Season
He’s a master at the pommel horse. But how’s his cha cha? 2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming We’ll soon find out soon whether U.S. Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik has what it takes to win the mirror ball: Good Morning America revealed Thursday morning that he will compete on the 33rd season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. When Nedoroscik’s participation in the dance contest was revealed on GMA, the segment began with the bronze medal-winning Team USA gymnast doing a floor routine that showed off his famous pommel horse skills. Nedoroscik became a media darling during the...
‘The Grand Tour’ Producer Andy Wilman Promises “Weepy” Final Episode From Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May — Edinburgh
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are planning to shuffle off the Amazon Prime Video stage with more of a whimper than a bang, according to The Grand Tour’s executive producer.Channel 4 Considering Extra Welfare Measures In True Crime Production As Report Into John Balson Death Set To Publish In "Weeks Not Months" - Edinburgh Andy Wilman said the final episode featuring the Top Gear alumni will be an “unplugged,” emotional affair when it premieres on Amazon Prime Video on September 13. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Wilman said: “They wanted to go a bit back to 2005 or 2006...
David Anderson To Exit Role As Managing Director Of Australian Pubcaster The ABC
ABC Managing Director David Anderson is stepping down from his role at the Australian pubcaster.2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming He has notified the ABC board of his intention to exit and will leave following a recruitment process for his successor. He will stay on until a new Managing Director has been appointed, which will keep him in post until early 2025. Anderson has officially been in post since May 2019, after holding the role in an acting capacity from September 2018. Before that he had worked in various roles for the ABC over a 30-year...
Berlinale Unveils New Selection Committee
Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle has unveiled the selection committee that will help her shape her inaugural Competition and Berlinale Special line-ups for the 2025 edition.Berlin Film Festival Launches New Competitive Section For Debut Films, Ditches Encounters Strand It comprises former Jerusalem Film Festival artistic director Elad Samorzik, Locarno and Festival Scope co-founder Mathilde Henrot, critic Jessica Kiang and Ghana-based festival, art and culture consultant Jacqueline Nsiah. The quartet, which will also contribute to the discovery-focused Perspectives section, will work alongside Tuttle and her co-directors of Film Programming Jacqueline Lyanga and Michael Stütz, as well as the heads of the Panorama, Generation, Berlinale Shorts, Forum and Forum Expanded sections. Tuttle has...
Greek Oscar Committee Chaos Prompts Filmmakers To Withdraw Entries
The Hellenic Film Academy, Greece’s national cinema body, has said it’s “outraged” and is seeking clarity from the country’s cultural ministry after a series of chaotic government-mandated U-turns paralyzed the selection of Greece’s submission to the 96th Academy Awards. 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar - Dates For Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Guilds & More The confusion began in early August when the Greek Ministry of Culture, as is customary, invited a committee of Greek film professionals to select the country’s submission to the international Oscar race. The committee included Milky Way filmmaker Vasilis Kekatos, film critic Leda Galanou, actress Kora Karvounis, and screenwriter Kallia...
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