Russian-Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova’s doc Russians at War makes its North American debut in Toronto this week, following a world premiere in Venice, amid calls from Ukrainian diplomats in Canada for the festival to pull the film. The two-hour work, for which Trofimova embedded with Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine over a period of seven […]
Gemma Arterton has revealed that she once had to resist pressure from an unnamed director to film a sex scene that was written to take place off-camera. Arterton, who has performed alongside Daniel Craig in James Bond movie Quantum of Solace and is currently starring in The Critic, said she “flat out” rejected the director’s […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sky News presenter Belle Donati has left the Comcast-owned network after comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust in an interview with UN ambassador Danny Danon. Deadline understands that Sky News declined to renew Donati’s contract following the exchange in January, which prompted an on-air apology from the network. Donati did not apologize. […]
Daisy Ridley is going from Star Wars to soccer stardom in her latest gig. She has signed on to narrate We Were There, an eight-part doc series about the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar from the country’s Supreme Committee, UK indie Noah Media Group and Host Broadcast Services (HBS). The doc, which runs […]
CAA’s Roeg Sutherland is set to be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions within the film industry. The co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department as well as its International Film Group, will be presented with the award during the festival’s industry-focused Zurich Summit, which takes place […]
EXCLUSIVE: Next week will see one of the buzziest RTS conventions in recent years as the likes of David Beckham, Ted Sarandos and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight take to the stage in London. Helmed by this year’s principal sponsor Netflix, the great-and-the-good of the UK TV industry will gather Tuesday for an event that […]
Caroline Dinenage Returns Unopposed To Culture, Media & Sport Committee Hotseat The UK’s Culture Media & Sport Committee (CMSC), which scrutinizes the work of the film and TV industries, has re-elected Caroline Dinenage as chair. Dinenage, whose father Fred Dinenage was a TV presenter, was the sole nomination and therefore elected unopposed. She had been […]