Andy Heyward’s Genius Brands Buys WOW! Unlimited Media for $53 Million
Andy Heyward’s Genius Brands has acquired Canadian animation production house WOW! Unlimited Media in a deal valued at $53 million. WOW! brings to Genius a...
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$24 Million Adventure Movie ‘Jim Button and the Wild 13’ Sold to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)
Munich-based sales agency Global Screen has closed a raft of sales on its live-action family adventure “Jim Button and the Wild 13.” The adaptation of...
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California school board member caught on hot mic saying ‘f— you’ at parent
The president of a California school district was caught cursing on a hot mic during a school board meeting Tuesday after a parent gave a...
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Valerie Bertinelli mocks author over Twitter posts about wife’s ‘pronoun’ incident
Actress Valerie Bertinelli sounded off Wednesday after a Lebanese-Canadian behavioral scientist and writer claimed his wife had an awkward encounter with a suspected transgender server...
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Mediawan, Leonine Studios Team on French Adaptation of ‘YouTopia’ (EXCLUSIVE)
French media conglomerate Mediawan is to adapt Leonine Studios’ digital event show “YouTopia” for the French market. The deal is an early example of a...
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‘Ali & Ava’ Review: Two Lonelyhearts Connect in Clio Barnard’s Outside-the-Box Musical
Maybe she was kidding, but director Clio Barnard recently described “Ali & Ava” as her shot at making a “social-realist musical.” The phrase, which slipped...
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Royal Television Society Sets In-Person 2022 Program Awards, Calls for Diversity
The U.K.’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has opened entries for the RTS Program Awards 2022, in partnership with Audio Network. After a pandemic-forced hybrid event...
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Camiel Schouwenaar’s ‘Bigman,’ About a Paralyzed Soccer Player, Acquired By M-Appeal (EXCLUSIVE)
M-Appeal, the Berlin-based sales outfit, has acquired world rights to Dutch title “Bigman,” which follows best friends Dylan and Youssef, as they dream of becoming...
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Amazon Sets Licensing Deal for Bollywood Blockbusters With India’s Yash Raj Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Upcoming Bollywood blockbusters with A-list talent from leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films will stream on Amazon Prime Video four weeks after their theatrical release....
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‘Roh’ Review: A Disquieting Rural Malaysian Folk-Horror Tale
Though horror movies have increasingly gravitated toward jump scares and computer-generated FX, often the genre’s most unsettling exercises eschew such tricks for quiet, unadorned menace....
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‘Roh’ Review: A Disquieting Rural Malaysian Folk-Horror Tale
Though horror movies have increasingly gravitated toward jump scares and computer-generated FX, often the genre’s most unsettling exercises eschew such tricks for quiet, unadorned menace....
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Florida surgeon general, attacked by Left, promises state won’t be ‘senseless’ in COVID response
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo promised Wednesday on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that the Sunshine State’s officials are “not going to be senseless” in their...