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Good afternoon Insiders, Jesse Whittock back with you. So much news to get through this week — here’s a pick of the biggest and best stories. Sign up for the newsletter here. BAFTA Film Award Noms Kicking ass and taking noms: After a competitive longlist stage, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer pulled out in front at BAFTA, clocking a leading 13
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Amazon is teasing Prime Video’s offerings for 2024 and released the first looks of projects starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Camila Mendes and more. The sizzle real for the films and television series that will be available on Amazon’s streaming service showcased a first look at Road House. Gyllenhaal is featured at the beginning of
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Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble said Apple and Amazon, two behemoths of the tech world but newcomers to the wide-release movie business, are so far “very pleased” with their results. During a conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss third-quarter results, the major exhibitor boss said Cinemark’s conversations with the two tech firms indicate they
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EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is not moving forward with the previously ordered second — and final — season of comedy-drama A League Of Their Own, co-created and starring Abbi Jacobson, Deadline has learned. It joins fellow Prime Video/Amazon Studios hourlong freshman series The Peripheral, which also had its Season 2 renewal reversed. As Deadline reported earlier
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Jeff Blackburn, who spearheaded Amazon’s push into video, has joined Roku’s board of directors. The election of Blackburn at Roku’s annual shareholder meeting represents an expansion of Roku’s board, an upsizing signaled by the streaming company last April. “Jeff’s extensive experience in digital media and technologies makes him a great addition to our board of
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The power of a wide theatrical release was realized this weekend by streamer Amazon in its pivot back to the big screen with MGM/United Artists Releasing’s Creed III. It easily minted the best opening ever for the Seattle-based parent, as well as for the Rocky franchise, with $58.6M domestic, $100.4M worldwide. While Amazon has snapped
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EXCLUSIVE: In a major bidding war among top streamers, Amazon Prime Video has landed All Stars, a half-hour comedy series starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, with a big two-season straight-to-series order. The project comes from Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine, with the company’s Lauren Neustadter also executive producing. The Devil Wears Prada writer
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SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes looks from the first episode of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which debuted on September 1. A new episode of Inside The Ring will drop every week of Season 1 of Rings of Power. Stick around for Episode 2 later today.  “Our
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EXCLUSIVE: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Caroline Aaron has joined the cast of Israeli/U.S. Henry Winkler-starring crossover comedy Chanshi. Aaron, who plays Shirley Maisel in Amazon’s 20-time Emmy Award-winning series, will feature as the titular character’s stepmother Babshi in Aleeza Chanowitz’s comedy for Israeli network HOT, which is currently being shopped to U.S. and international buyers.
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At WonderCon on Saturday, Amazon unveiled a trailer teasing the Season 2 return of its acclaimed animated series Undone, set for April 29. The half-hour, genre-bending animated dramedy from creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman) explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma (Rosa Salazar), a 28-year-old living in San Antonio,
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April Fool’s Day seemed to come a little early this year with the punchline the 94th Academy Awards turned into. However, Will Smith’s slap heard around the world and AMPAS’ faltering reaction in the Dolby Theater and since aside, there is a fair amount of fun to hand on the small screen this week. The
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Amazon and Meta Platforms are ramping up efforts in support of Ukraine, with Amazon’s measures including pulling the plug on Prime Video and shipments in Russia. The companies join a host of corporations who have taken steps to either leave Russia or stop doing business with the country in the wake of its invasion of
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Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has been granted an April 3 theatrical release date in China. Sony last summer licensed the fourth installment in the successful franchise to Amazon worldwide, but retained China rights. With the date now confirmed, Sony gets a month’s lead time on promotion and marketing in China where the previous
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Amazon Prime, Banijay & Others Boarded For UK Apprentice Scheme UK training body ScreenSkills is partnering with Amazon Prime Video, Banijay UK and a host of other big players to manage 40 apprentices, funded by an injection of government investment. Lime Pictures, Sky and APX Content Ventures are also part of the scheme, which is
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A Very British Scandal producer Blueprint Television has hired Poldark exec Karen Thrussell as Head of Television. Thrussell also exec produced a number of Sarah Phelps’ BBC One Agatha Christie adaptations including And Then There Were None, Ordeal By Innocence and Witness for the Prosecution. She will oversee the Sony-backed outfit’s development and production of all TV series, having most recently
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The trailer for BBC1/Amazon Prime’s A Very British Scandal has dropped, with the highly anticipated mini-series from Sarah Phelps starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany set to launch on Boxing Day and air for three consecutive nights. Written by Phelps, directed by Black Mirror’s Anne Sewitsky and produced by Blueprint Pictures, A Very British Scandal focuses
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