Film and TV Briefing: Friday 24 May 2024

In the news

Major restructure planned for ITV media and entertainment (Broadcast Now)

Comcast announces new streaming bundle including: Peacock, Netflix Basic and Apple TV+ (Variety)

Culture, Sport and Media Committee told accessible routes into film are disappearing (The Guardian)

Scarlett Johansson makes statement regarding OpenAI’s ‘Sky’ voice (Deadline)

‘Bridgerton’s’ season 3 has show’s greatest opening weekend (Hollywood Reporter)

Pixar Animation Studios commencing layoffs (Deadline)

Fiona Harvey, ‘Baby Reindeer’s’ “Real-Life Martha” makes statement about planned lawsuit (Deadline)

UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer speak to Culture Media and Sport Committee (ScreenDaily)

Georgia Brown comments on workforce crisis to UK British Film & High End TV Committee (Deadline)

Donald Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ makes waves at Cannes (BBC News)

George Floyd biopic in development (Variety)

Latest from Cannes’ jury grid (ScreenDaily)

Features and commentary

Scarlett Johansson’s threat of legal action paves way for future battles with AI companies (Hollywood Reporter)

How the film festival circuit has dealt with disruption (Deadline)

How are language learning models being used in Writer’s Rooms? (IndieWire)

AI unlikely to change the cost of production (IndieWire)

Is US Congress being too slow to respond to calls for action in relation to AI? (Variety)

Industry announcement

Screenskills pilots ‘training passport’ with BBC Studios, ITV Studios and Sky (Screenskills)

RTS Student Television Awards nominees announced (RTS)

Equity announces strategy following General Election call (Equity)

Deadline to return Pact Census survey today (Pact)

UK SMEs in creative sector can apply for funding from DCMS (Pact)

Resources

ASA guide to treating mental health responsibly in adverts (ASA)

Legal updates

Judge rules Prince Harry unable to take claims involving Rupert Murdoch to trial (Hollywood Reporter)