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Malnay is MD and EVP atAMC Networks International& CEE. The honors will be given at the upcomingNATPE Budapestevent. The North Star Award is, NATPE said, for leaders who have had a bar-raising impact. George Levendis (L) and Malnay B. Levente (R) will receive NATPE awardsNatpe Europe Other categories include The Shift Disturber Award for execs who are driving transformative change. The NATPE Honors Europe Awards will become an annual tradition, the Brunico-owned org said....

EXCLUSIVE:Haunting in ConnecticutscreenwritersAdam SimonandTim Metcalfeare adapting a contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecrafts short storyHerbert West: Reanimator. Alton, IL-based production and finance shingle Woodlake Entertainment is fully financing the project. H.P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West–Reanimator' The Peter Cornwell-directed feature follows a family that is forced to relocate for their sons health. They begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home and uncover a sinister history. Metcalfe is also repped by Innovative Artists and Goodman Genow....

The decision isnt exactly surprising, sinceHallmark Medialaunched its own service and membership program in September. Hallmark and Peacock have enjoyed a successful partnership since 2022, according to a Hallmark statement. That includes e-cards and surprising gifts. ‘The Way Home’Hallmark In other words, members can earn reward points based on content that they are watching. Those points, or rewards, can be used in Hallmark stores. We give content to inspire their lives and their rewards to help them live it....

They want to be relevant, they want to be heroes of the movement, he said. What they failed in the beginning at they achieved in the end, he said. He simply did not take no for an answer, Lucey said. Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court in rape retrialGetty If he was told, no, he simply got what he wanted by force. Lucey and Aidala did agree on one point today....

ImaxCEORich Gelfondurged calm amid noise aroundtariffs,China, and speculation about the potential impact on the Hollywood slate. Imax has a division in China and hefty exposure there. So were not letting the noise distract us from the opportunity ahead. Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts opens in China April 30Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Watch on Deadline The company todayposted its best Q1 global box officeever. Thunderbolts* from Marvel Studios opens April 30 in China....

Kari Skogland will direct the pilot, as well as executive produce. Mackie executive produces via his Make It With Gravy production company alongside Jason Spire for Inspire Entertainment. The series is set to film in Hungary. Jack KesyChris Laszlo Kesy most recently starred in the titular role of Hellboy inHellboy: The Crooked Man. In TV, he previously starred in TNTsClawsand FXsThe Strain.Kesy is repped by Paradigm and Range Media Partners.

More than 35 years later,John Goodmanis saying goodbye to Dan Conner. Its something Im going to miss for a while. Showing up every day and just being here with everybody. Eric McCandless/ABC Its a great place to work. Emma Kenney, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Ames McNamara, Sara Gilbert, Jay R. Ferguson and John Goodman in ‘The Conners’ (Disney/Justin Stephens)Disney/Justin Stephens

A series about the Rev. The project hails fromBill Hader, who also is being eyed to potentially star, andDaniel Zelman. Hader and Zelman will co-write and serve as co-showrunners. Bill Hader and Jim JonesRobert Trachtenberg/AP Hader also will direct if the project moves forward. According to the logline, the project tells the story of Jones and his people. The poisonings followed the murder of U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan by Temple members at Port Kaituma, ordered by Jones....

The judge set a tentative June 11 hearing date to consider the transaction. The filing lists all films fromThe Matrix,JokerandAnalyze ThistoMiss Congeniality,Zoolander, Oceans ElevenandSherlock Holmes. Prospective bidders for Village Roadshow can now seek access to an electronic data room with financials for due diligence. The JokerWarner Bros. Pictures The company is entertaining offers for all or parts of its business.

EXCLUSIVE:The TV and film productionsustainabilitysector is welcoming a new player. Zsofia Szemeredy, formerly International Manager at BAFTAs environmentally-focused arm Albert, has launchedLeverage Point Entertainment(LPE). It will also help with building sustainable elements into funding applications and provide broader strategic advice. Zsófia SzemerédyLeverage Point Entertainment Were at a tipping point, and each of us has a unique leverage point to drive real change. Besides working at Albert, Szemeredy was co-founder and CEO of a specialised sustainability consultancy....

The company will file a certified final vote tally with the SEC later today. There was also significant pushback from bondholders. The transaction set a $4.6-billion enterprise value onLionsgate Studios. Lionsgate’s LA headquartersGetty Its got a long tradition in media including Viacom and CBS splitting (then merging again). News Corp. and Fox separating. Comcast is the process of spinning out its cable networks into a separate company. Discovery is setting itself up to maybe do the same....

I was there documenting the world of the Israeli ultra-nationalists who have settled there, illegally under international law. That programme, titledUltra Zionists, went out on the BBC in 2011. I went on to other stories. BBC/Mindhouse Productions Filming took place in two blocks. Filming of this kind carries risks. The narratives around Israel and the Palestinians are fiercely contested. (L-R) Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham in ‘No Other Land’Yabaya Media/Dogwoof/Everett Collection...

Four decades have passed sinceLuc Bessonfound fame as an emerging 26-year-old director with thrillerSubwaystarring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert. It was really two actors and a director because of the lockdown. It felt good to be uniquely creative without the pressure of money. Luc Besson filming skydiving scene from June & John with a smartphoneEuropaCorp Luke Stanton Eddy co-stars as downtrodden officer worker John opposite Matilda Price as the free-spirited June....