Dame Esther Rantzen, the BAFTA-winning presenter of shows including That's Life!, died September 30. She was 86. In a statement issued to the Press Association, her children Miriam Wilcox, Rebecca Wilcox and Joshua Wilcox confirmed the passing of their “adored mother.” Rantzen was…

The BBC has taken down an online news article linking the bare nails fashion trend to white supremacy because it fell below the British broadcaster’s editorial standards. On Saturday, BBC News published a story, headlined ‘How the bare nails trend became a class issue,’ which examined the…

John Grover, an English film editor who worked on a half-dozen James Bond pics, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and many others, died September 28. He was 87. British Film Editors, of which Grover was a longtime board member, confirmed…

Young adult shows are red hot, but the producer of the Culpables movies, which have been huge streaming hits, has said it took years to find a buyer for the seminal YA projects. Pokeepsie is the Banijay Entertainment production company that made the Culpables trilogy: Culpa Mia, Culpa Tuya and Cu…

EXCLUSIVE: Gone to Hell, a Canadian adult animation about a world-famous rock band who are sent to the underworld, will launch next month. The series, billed as “part supernatural adventure, part rock-and-roll satire, debuts on the BangerTV YouTube channel on October 30. Brian Peco and Craig…

La Bola Negra directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are executive producing an HBO Max TV series development about the Tor remote mountain community. The Javis, whose Cannes award-winning movie has been selected as Spain’s Oscar entry, are EPing the project from Goya winners Fran Araújo and…

EXCLUSIVE: Dubai’s MForMedia will look to add AI workflows into its productions following a deal with Arcana Labs. The two companies have struck a strategic partnership to incorporate Arcana’s software into MForMedia’s production workflows, Arabic-language co-productions and staff training. The…

Academy chief Bill Kramer, Mattel Studios' Robbie Brenner and Sony Pictures Classics' Michael Barker stepped into Deadline's Zurich Summit Studio where they touched on the Obsession and Backrooms box office phenomenon, the discovery of talent from non-traditional platforms and the imminent…

EXCLUSIVE: Jill Kellie, Fremantle’s VP of Commercial Strategy, Commercial and International, has left the Kill Jackie and Baywatch company. Fremantle confirmed her exit to Deadline, with the departure coming more than four years after she had joined, initially in a Director of Acquisitions…

EXCLUSIVE: Family and lifestyle programs Joseph’s Machines, Triple Charm and What’s Up Moms are among Volt Factor-backed shows headed for ad-supported streamer Future Today. Under terms of an agreement unveiled today, Future Today will become the global AVOD distribution partner for Volt Factor…

U.S. buyers are getting back into the co-production game, according to European studio Mediawan. "The co-production market in the U.S. was almost closed for the past two or three years," said Elisabeth D'Arvieu, Global Content Officer at Mediawan and CEO of Mediawan Pictures. "It’s reopening a…

Legendary documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard will lead the Official Competition jury at this year's London Film Festival. Pollard will be joined by Argentine filmmaker and writer Mariano Llinás (The Life of Jorge Luis Borges) and Julie La Bassiere, Chief Strategy Officer at DDA Global. The ten…