Posts by Nathan Pine
FFormer Buccaneer & Cineflix Execs Launch High Road Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Former Buccaneer CEO Richard Tulk-Hart and former Cineflix Head of Scripted TV James Durie are taking the High Road. The pair have joined forces to launch High Road Entertainment, a new co-production and sales consultancy for the drama biz. It is already working on projects including Greek-set crime series Antiparos in partnership with Tanweer…
Read MoreNetflix Split Seasons Have Peaked; Long Gaps Between Seasons Have Not
Netflix reinvented TV watching by introducing the binge drop, releasing an entire season of its original series at once as opposed to the steeped-in-tradition weekly cadence. There were naysayers, arguing that going week to week keeps a show in the cultural conversation longer. But Netflix stuck to its guns — and its binge model —…
Read MoreJD Vance Admits Gas Prices Are About to Get Ugly: “Rough Road Ahead”
Vice President JD Vance admitted there’s a “rough road ahead” with regard to skyrocketing gas prices caused by the war on Iran, which still has no clear end in sight. “We’re seeing gas prices here climbing at home, in particular here in metro Detroit with what’s going on in Iran and the impacts on the…
Read More‘SNL’ Launches ‘The Rundown’ Digital Series With Colin Jost, More
If you need more SNL in your life, this may help to fill the void. Saturday Night Live is expanding its reach with The Rundown, a new short-form digital original series, featuring cast members and guests from the past and present, including Dana Carvey, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Colin Jost, Bowen Yang, Questlove and more.…
Read MoreWME Undergoes Layoffs: 30 Agency Staffers Impacted
EXCLUSIVE: There is a round of layoffs at William Morris Endeavor today, Deadline has learned. Affected are 30 people, or 3% of the staff, across multiple offices, departments and levels of the talent agency. The staff reduction, which will be completed by the end of the week, is not believed to be predicated on an…
Read MoreSoCal’s defense startups secure vital funding boost
A bill restoring crucial federal funding to defense startups in Southern California is on its way to the president’s desk after making it through Congress on Tuesday. The Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act was passed following a months-long impasse over funding the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)…
Read MoreAI Execs Say The Technology Should Not Be Feared — Filmart
“I don’t want to use AI to replace artists, I want to use AI to create content,” Lee Sangwook, Head of the AI Content Lab at MBC C&I, said this afternoon during an AI-focused panel at Filmart in Hong Kong. Sangwook was joined on the panel by Yuhang Cheng, COO at Midjourney China Lab; Fu…
Read MoreJapanese Series ‘Meet Me There’ Set For Singapore Adaptation
Singapore’s CNA has adapted the Japanese unscripted series Meet Me There. Originally produced and broadcast by Nippon TV in Japan, Meet Me There is described as a “touching docu-reality format.” The show begins with a handwritten note containing just three words, “Meet me there.” Without any clues, the recipient of the note must find the mysterious…
Read More‘Sender’ Review: Britt Lower Stars In Mesmerizing Psychological Thriller Even More Twisted Than ‘Severance’ – SXSW
You have to wonder how Britt Lower keeps her sanity. On top of the star’s Emmy winning role in Severance, she now has followed it up with a truly bizarre psychological mind trip about, well, boxes, both in our homes and in our heads. Russell Goldman‘s feature film debut is as intriguing as it gets,…
Read MoreEntire Team of Oil and Gas Experts Got DOGE’d Before Iran War
“I’ve spoken to a certain president—who I like, actually. A past president, former president. He said: ‘I wish I did it. I wish I did.’ But they didn’t do it. I’m doing it. Yeah?” Trump said about the Iran war while at a lunch for Kennedy Center board members Monday afternoon. Later, Trump said in…
Read MoreCBS News 24/7’s WGAE Members Hold 24-Hour Walkout
Writers Guild of America East members at the streaming service CBS News 24/7 are holding a 24-hour walkout on Tuesday after no agreement was reached following the expiration of their contract last week. The walkouts are taking place at the CBS News Broadcast Center in Manhattan and KPIX-TV CBS News Bay Area in San Francisco.…
Read MoreGrindr says users can now tap AI for better matches
Grindr Inc. has unveiled new features for its premium subscribers, hoping to leverage artificial intelligence to help users get better matches. The West Hollywood-based LGBTQ+ dating platform said Monday that its premium plan now allows access to new AI features and deeper personalization. The company has dubbed its AI gAI, which is pronounced “gay eye.”…
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