Film and TV Briefing: Friday 10 May 2024
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Review finds risks to impartiality over BBC’s migration coverage (BBC)
Disney and Warner to offer bundle of streaming services including Disney+, Hulu and Max in the US (BBC)
South by Southwest is coming to London in June 2025 (IndieWire)
Isabelle Huppert is named as the Venice Film Festival jury President (The Hollywood Reporter)
Bob Iger considers Disney+ password sharing crack down to be essential to compete with Netflix (IndieWire)
Could AI create future TV show ideas? (BBC)
Kate Winslet to receive the CineMerit Award at the Munich Film Festival (The Hollywood Reporter)
Disney on renewing their deal with the NBA (Variety)
Fremantle’s revenue drops by 10% in Q1 of 2024 (Deadline)
Group representing French freelance film festival workers calls for a strike ahead of Cannes Film Festival (IndieWire)
Rebel Wilson on losing money on ‘Bridesmaids’ after being paid $3,500 (The Hollywood Reporter)
Marvel Studios to reduce their output and release fewer films and series per year (IndieWire)
Baz Luhrmann on ‘Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)’ (The Guardian)
Kim Kardashian is booed during her Tom Brady roast appearance (Variety)
‘Unfrosted’ reaches 7.1 million viewers on Netflix (IndieWire)
‘The Shape of You’ author discussed the film adaption and addresses the changes that were made (IndieWire)
‘Clarkson’s Farm’ receives 4 million views in four days (Broadcast)
Features and commentary
Michael Douglas on intimacy coordinators (IndieWire)
A review of The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ (Variety)
Industry announcements
The BFI announce the line up for the UK Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival (BFI)
New National Executive Committee elected by Prospect members (Bectu)
Resources
Pact provide clarification about Holiday Pay (Pact)
The 2024-2025 Awards Season Calendar (Deadline)
Legal updates
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran (Variety)
Kevin Spacey to face trial in the UK after alleged sexual assault (Variety)
Class action filed against Apple Studios alleging violation of labour laws on the ‘Palm Royale’ set (The Hollywood Reporter)
