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When filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli and Ben Foster were trying to schedule a Zoom meeting to discuss a potential collaboration on Motor City, they quickly discovered that time zones wouldn’t be an issue. “When Potsy emailed me, he said, ‘OK, we can Zoom at 12 p.m. What coast are you on?’ I told him that I…
Filmmaker duo Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney have signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. The actor-writer-directors kicked off their partnership with Sylvio, about a small-town gorilla joining a local TV show, only to see on-air mishaps spark a journey of self-discovery. The film bowed at SXSW in 2017. Their follow up Strawberry Mansion,…
“Because I know the rooster.” Those were the words of a Baghdad-based director named Hasan Hadi when asked how he was able to corral not just a host of non-actor children for his new movie but a particular kind of junglefowl. Hadi – hisThe President’s Cakewill come out this fall from Sony Pictures Classics and…
Podcasting network Lemonada is revealing its upcoming slate of shows, including a renewal of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Wiser Than Me, and a new podcast from Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody. Don’t Listen To Us, the new weekly show from Patinkin and Grody, launches Oct. 15 and will feature the married couple giving advice to listeners, with…
After the end of the flashy Peak TV era, Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer, sees green shoots signaling a hopeful recovery for the global TV business. “The streaming wars kind of came to a crashing end, both with COVID and the strikes, and now there’s been a nice little resurgence…
‘Maddie’s Secret’ Image Credit: Photo Credit: Kayla Rocca Claudia O’Doherty THR’s studio at the 1 Hotel during the Toronto Film Festival is sponsored by Canada Goose. ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Image Credit: Photo Credit: Kayla Rocca Connor O’Malley THR’s studio at the 1 Hotel during the Toronto Film Festival is sponsored by Canada Goose. ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Image…
Why pay a celebrity podcast host millions when you can create your own using AI? Inception Point AI is attempting to do just that, as the company builds a stable of AI talent to host podcasts, and eventually become broader influencers across social media, literature and more. Amid the high costs for producing narrative podcasts…
Another top executive is set to leave Paramount following Skydance‘s acquisition of the global media company. Justin Dini, who had led corporate communications at the company, steered the company’s messaging through a number of critical moments, including the Viacom-CBS merger, the rebranding to Paramount Global, the acquisition of Pluto TV and the launch Paramount+, and…
Reservoir Media has closed a deal to acquire Miles Davis’s publishing catalog, the company announced on Tuesday, giving Reservoir ownership over one of the most iconic catalogs in the history of jazz music. Reservoir didn’t disclose how much it paid for the catalog but confirmed that with the acquisition, the company is joining Davis’s estate,…
Production assistants have emerged victorious in their attempt to unionize The Pitt. Support staffers on the second season of the HBO Max medical drama opted to join a union aligned with LiUNA Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday. Participating production and office assistants unanimously voted to join…
