Michael Byrne, the English actor familiar to fans of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Braveheart, and such British TV series as Coronation Street and Casualty, has died. He was 82. UK’s The Guardian announced his June 20 death on Tuesday. Neither…

Cara Delevingne is coming off one of the films of Cannes in the shape of buzzy A24 acquisition Club Kid. However, on a podcast appearance with Louis Theroux the model and actress has addressed one of her screen misfires: the 2018 thriller London Fields, also featuring Amber Heard, Billy Bob…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed former Made in Chelsea personality and I’m a Celebrity winner Sam Thompson. Thompson has been signed by the CAA creators division in London, which has been expanding of late. He came onto the scene as one of the most recognizable faces in E4’s Made in Chelsea, in…

EXCLUSIVE: Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to feature documentary Twiggy, the sophomore directorial outing of Brit actress Sadie Frost. The well-received film takes an intimate, star-studded look at the life and legacy of the eponymous 1960's supermodel…

Disney+ has struck its latest content-swapping pact with an expansion of its deal with Malaysia’s Astro. Disney+ content such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Maleficent, Brave, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scrubs and New Girl will head to Astro's platforms including…

The previously announced London revival of Clifford Odets’ classic Golden Boy starring Josh O’Connor has rounded out its cast and released a trailer for the production arriving this September. Joining the Disclosure Day actor (who will play Golden Boy‘s lead character Joe Bonaparte) are Jason…

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said she is “minded to intervene” in Paramount’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. In what could be a spanner in the works for the mega-merger, Nandy has said that she wishes to assess whether the deal is in the best interests of UK audiences on…

EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to El Sett, which translates as “the lady,” chronicling the life of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. It is the latest feature from Marwan Hamed who previously made waves at home and internationally with The Yacou…

Studiocanal is getting behind an animated feature adaptation of Marcus Pfister's children's classic The Rainbow Fish about an arrogant shiny fish who learns there’s more to life than glittering scales. The pan-European studio's German arm Studiocanal Germany is partnering with Claussen + Putz…

YouTube is by far the dominant digital streaming player in Japan, new research shows. Behavioral data from AMDP Analytics shows that the Google video platform commands more than 65% of Japan’s video-on-demand hours, with news and baseball leading the way genre-wise. AMPD’s YouTube dashboard…

The Daily Telegraph‘s sale to Germany’s Axel Springer for £575M ($761M) has completed. The deal brings to and end a long period of uncertainty at Telegraph Media Group (TMG), which publishes the 172-year-old Telegraph tabloid newspaper in the UK. It closed after regulatory approval was gained in…

CJ ENM Hong Kong, an international production division of the Korean entertainment giant, has sold a package of six Thai dramas produced by True CJ Creations to Amazon MX Player India. All episodes of the six series – Dear My Secretary, Good Doctor, 23:23, Start-Up, Happiness, and Thank You Teach…