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BBC must cut £500M by 2028; closures save only £10M
BBC network closures save just £10M as the broadcaster chases £500M by 2028 and weighs folding BBC Sounds into iPlayer.
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Wenders’ Zumthor Doc Tests the Limits of Niche 3D Theatrical
Wim Wenders’ new 3D architecture documentary premiered at Venice with Brad Pitt backing. The real story is the economics of premium-format niche…
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Alex Gibney’s 235-Minute ‘Musk’ Doc Sets Oct. 16 Theatrical Bow
Alex Gibney’s four-hour Elon Musk documentary premieres in Venice, hits US theatres Oct. 16 via Bleecker Street, with a longer HBO cut…
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Venice 2026: Studios Sit Out, Awards Pipeline Rolls On
Venice’s 83rd edition opened with Danny Boyle’s Ink and a competition stacked with auteurs – but studio titles are largely missing. What…
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Koreeda’s ‘Look Back’ Bows in Venice Competition
Hirokazu Koreeda’s 18th feature, a manga adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s ‘Look Back’, premiered in Venice competition – his second film this year.
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Focus Rushes ‘Elsinore’ to November After Telluride Ovation
Simon Stone’s ‘Elsinore’ went from shoot to Telluride in about 10 months, with Focus slotting a November release. What that speed says…
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Apple Sets ‘Tenzing’ For Oct 16 Streaming After Telluride Bow
Apple Original Films’ Everest biopic Tenzing premiered at Telluride and hits streaming October 16, with a limited theatrical run from October 9.…
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Kore-eda’s ‘Look Back’ Turns a Manga Hit Into Live Action
Variety reviews Hirokazu Kore-eda’s live-action ‘Look Back,’ adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga. What the double adaptation says about IP economics.
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Lionsgate Turns Capitol TV Into a Marketing Engine for Sunrise
Lionsgate is drip-feeding character teasers for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping through an in-world Capitol TV site. Here’s why the…
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Netflix’s Fauda Returns With Oct. 7 Episodes: What It Signals
Fauda’s 11-episode fifth season puts two episodes on Oct. 7, 2023 and lands globally on Netflix Sept. 8 — a test of…