Public Funding and European Fiction
An annual report from the European Audiovisual Observatory and the European Film Agency Research Network provides updated figures on how European theatrical fiction films are being financed, based on the(…)
Chapter 11 for Village Roadshow is Not a ‘Joker’
Hollywood-based Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the holding company of Village Roadshow Pictures and Village Roadshow Television, and its majority owner is private(…)
GMA Chairman Gozon Gets Communicator of the Year Award
GMA Network chairman Atty. Felipe L. Gozon was bestowed the Communicator of the Year Award in the Executive Leader category by the International Association of Business Communicators Asia Pacific.
The Award(…)
GRO Studios Sets Up London Affiliate
Torfinnur Jákupsson, the creator behind Faroese drama series Trom, has launched Red Herring Story, a new London-based development company. A U.K. affiliate of GRÓ Studios, the first Faroese film and television(…)
Trump Shuts Down Voice of America
The Voice of America (VoA) radio service, which the U.S. established in 1942 with a mandate to combat Nazi and Japanese — and later Soviet — propaganda, was despised by(…)
Blink49 Acquires Pier21 Films
Blink49 Studios has acquired Canadian prodco Pier21 Films. The deal includes Pier21’s current productions, its content library, and projects in active development.
Founded in 2011 by industry veteran Laszlo Barna and(…)
Rainbow Options Rights to Saga ‘Game of Gods’
Italy-based Rainbow has optioned the rights to adapt Game of Gods, a best-selling mythological saga by Hazel Riley.
Counting over 6.8 million reads on story-telling platform Wattpad in less than two years, the first(…)
Big Media Secures Sales for ‘Has#tag Homicide’
Currently in production and slated to be delivered by the end of this year, Big Media’s newest series Has#Tag Homicide has been picked up by New York-based FilmRise, as well(…)
Fifth Season Inks Deals for ‘Godzilla Minus One’
Fifth Season has secured a number of global broadcast and digital sales for the Japanese epic kaiju film Godzilla Minus One (2023), the latest installment in the Godzilla franchise.
Sales for the feature film, produced(…)
Italian Series Fest Set to Take Place in Rimini & Riccione
The inaugural Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF) — an international festival organized by APA Associazione Produttori Audiovisivi in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Culture and SIAE (Italian Society of(…)









