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Film How An Extravagant Chinese Financier Charmed Hollywood’s Elite Before Vanishing, Owing People Millions
As quickly as flashy China fixer-turned-movie producer Kenneth Huang took the town by storm, his company had collapsed and he had disappeared. A six-month Deadline investigation reveals that he left behind in his wake a litany of lawsuits; colleagues and investors owed tens of millions of dollars; a messy and unresolved dispute over the ‘xXx’ franchise; mortgage defaults on a palatial Bel Air home; more than $160,000 in unpaid office rent; and scripts from writers, including ‘John Wick’ scribe Derek Kolstad, with nowhere to go.
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CJ Sansom Dies: Author Of Shardlake Novels Adapted For TV By Disney+ Was 72
CJ Sansom, author of the best-selling historical Shardlake novels, which have been adapted for TV by Disney+, has died aged 71. He passed away on April 27 after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2012.
Sansom’s publisher, Pan Macmillan, announced his death yesterday on X and its website…
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‘Marcello Mio’ Trailer: Chiara Mastroianni Astounds As She Transforms Into Late Father Marcello Mastroianni In Cannes Competition Film
EXCLUSIVE: Christophe Honoré's French-Italian comedy Marcello Mio is one of the more intriguing features in the running for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or this year.
Deadline can reveal the international trailer via mk2 films, which is handling international sales on the feature…
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New All3Media Owner RedBird IMI Pulls Out Of Deal To Buy Daily Telegraph Following Press Freedom Concerns
Jeff Zucker and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird IMI, the new Abu Dhabi-backed owner of All3Media, has pulled out of its deal to buy the UK’s Daily Telegraph following press freedom concerns.
RedBird IMI will now have to effectively sell the Telegraph as it had already taken control of the British paper…
A24 Re-Teams With ‘Talk To Me’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou On New Horror ‘Bring Her Back’ With Sally Hawkins Set To Star
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Following their collaboration on hit horror Talk To Me, A24 and filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou are re-teaming on original horror movie Bring Her Back, we can reveal.
The team have set two-time Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water) to star in the movie…
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Kevin Macdonald’s Klitschko Doc & Roger Ross Williams To Feature At Sheffield DocFest
The Sheffield DocFest will open with Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald's latest doc Klitschko: More Than a Fight, while Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award, is Guest of Honor.
Sky’s doc about the notorious Ukrainian boxing brothers will take…
‘Blue Lights’ Director Gilles Bannier To Head Alef UK – New Drama Indie Sets Thriller ‘Mind Reader’ As Its First Project
EXCLUSIVE: Gilles Bannier, the director of the first seasons of hit series Blue Lights and Trigger Point is opening up a new drama indie, Alef UK. The London-based label will be a subsidiary of Alef One, Nora Melhli's Paris-based prodco that counts Flight MH370 and doc Carlos Ghosn The Last Flight among…
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Arnaud Lagardère Forced To Resign As CEO Of Vivendi-Owned Publisher & Travel Retail Giant Due To Indictment
Arnaud Lagardère, head of Vivendi-owned French publishing and travel retail giant Lagardère Group, has been forced to resign as CEO of the company following his indictment related to accusations of embezzlement.
“This indictment essentially concerns facts relating to personal companies wholly owned…
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View All What We're WatchingFreely Live TV Platform Launches In UK; Inga Leschek Named RTL Deutschland Content Chief – Global Briefs
Freely Launches In UK
The UK’s first free TV service that delivers live television over broadband has launched today. Freely, bringing together the four public broadcasters along with Scotland’s STV and Wales’ S4C and described as “futureproofing free TV for the streaming age”, kicks off with…
James Corden And SiriusXM Boss Scott Greenstein To Talk At The Podcast Show
EXCLUSIVE: James Corden and SiriusXM boss Scott Greenstein will take to the stage at The Podcast Show in London next month.
Greenstein, SiriusXM’s President and Chief Content Officer, will engage Corden in a conversation at the event, which is held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London…
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‘Let It Be’: Disney+ Unveils Trailer & May 8 Launch Date More Than 50 Years After Movie First Aired
And in this hour of darkness, Beatles movie Let it Be is returning to screens.
The movie that was first released amid the swirl of The Beatles' breakup in 1970 will launch on Disney+ on May 8 and has unveiled trailer. Once viewed through a darker lens, the film is now brought to light through its…
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View All Film Festivals & Photo GalleriesBillie Eilish Announces Global Dates For ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour’
Multiple Oscar and Grammy winner Billie Eilish has announced an 81-date world tour which is due to kick off in Canada later this year. Billed “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” it will be in support of her upcoming album which drops on May 17. Tickets for the tour, which is currently set to run from…
Jim Parsons Teases ‘Big Bang Theory’s Character Reprisal Ahead Of ‘Young Sheldon’ Series Finale
Jim Parsons is teasing his Sheldon Cooper character reprisal from The Big Bang Theory ahead of the Young Sheldon series finale.
In a video shared on TikTok, Iain Armitage is seen trying on a new filter, with Parsons making a cameo.
"So, apparently there's a new filter that shows you what it…
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