EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can unveil a first-look trailer for rising Japanese director Masaaki Kudo's new feature A Far Shore ahead of its world premiere in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running July 1-9. The timely contemporary tale taps into themes of gender inequality and female…

Staff at French state broadcasting companies France Télévisions, Radio France and France Media Monde were due to strike today in protest of government plans to phase out the TV license fee which traditionally finances their services. From early morning, 24-hour cable news channel France Info was re-running feature…

After temporarily shuttering amid a surge in Covid cases last March, China's Shanghai Disneyland will reopen to the public this week, management at Shanghai Disney Resort said today. Ticket sales and annual pass reservations resume from tomorrow and the park will then return to operations on Thursday, June 30…

Canadian-born comedian Nick Nemeroff passed away suddenly on Monday at age 32. His family and agency announced the news late Monday. No cause of death has been given. Nemeroff, who made appearances on Conan and performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal, was a Juno Award nominee in 2021 for his comedy album, The Pursuit…

Endemol Shine India CEO Abhishek Rege is leaving his post after 15 years with the company. The exec will work closely with his successor, who has yet to be named, during the transition.   Rege joined Endemol in 2007 as Head of Commercial and Legal, and was elevated to Chief Operating Officer in 2012, then CEO in 2017…

Jim Henson's Creature Shop animatronics and visual effects studio, based in Los Angeles, has teamed with Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company to produce life-size puppets for the RSC's stage adaptation of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 hand-drawn classic My Neighbour Totoro. The RSC's most ambitious…

NBC has set Ukraine: Answering the Call, a one-hour primetime special aimed at education and raising funds for those whose lives have been shattered by the escalating war in the country. The special, said to be an answer to the call from President Volodymyr Zelensky who has challenged Americans to use their voices to…

MONDAY UPDATE: With the actuals now counted, Paramount/Skydance's Top Gun: Maverick has soared to $1.007B global through Sunday. That includes $520.8M domestically and $486.1M from 65 international markets for the Tom Cruise-starrer. The international box office weekend came in higher than estimated on Sunday (see…

It’s almost impossible to believe a feature film could be shooting in Ukraine but cameras are rolling on what’s understood to be the first movie shot in the war-torn country since Russia invaded. Mamas Production is working up The Day I Met Spiderman, which is billed as a joint project of the Organization of Ukrainian…

Cannes Directors' Fortnight has appointed former arthouse sales agent Julien Rejl as its new delegate general and tweaked its French name in a move to usher in a new era of inclusivity for the 60-year-old parallel sidebar. Rejl replaces outgoing Directors’ Fortnight head Paolo Moretti who took up the role in September…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for thriller The Most Dangerous Game, a remake of the 1930s classic. Starring are Tom Berenger (Platoon), Chris "CT" Tamburello (MTV's The Challenge), two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club) and Caspar Van Dien (Starship Troopers). North…

Longtime friends and collaborators Antonio Banderas and Andrew Lloyd Webber are joining forces under the banner of new company Amigos Para Siempre (APS), aimed at producing theatre, musicals and live entertainment shows, including some of Webber's best-loved works, for major Spanish-speaking markets. Under the…