Timeless Films Sets Up Reinhard Klooss’ ‘Pets United’ As Chinese Co-Pro EXCLUSIVE: The animals are getting back together. Director Reinhard Klooss is returning for a sequel to Animals United with a little help from the Chinese. Timeless Films, which produced the original, has partnered with Wand..

Chris Columbus To Write & Direct Fright Feature ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ For Blumhouse Chris Columbus has signed on to write, direct and produce Blumhouse’s screen adaptation of Scott Cawthon’s popular videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s which centers around a security guard battling animatronic ..

PBS CEO Responds To Trump’s 2019 Budget Eliminating Public Media Funding President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget, released Monday, calls for elimination of federal funding for public media. Related 'Homeland' & 'Our Cartoon President' Review: Spy Drama Ret..

Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’ Acquired By IFC Films After Sundance Bow Paul Dano’s directorial debt Wildlife, the family drama that had its world premiere at last month’s Sundance Film Festival, has sold to IFC Films for North American rights. Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp..

Tina Fey And Robert Carlock: “We Have To Contractually Thank Lorne Michaels, Even Though He’s Done Very Little” — WGA Awards Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, the former Saturday Night Live co-writers who re-teamed on 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, used a mirrored line in their speeches a..

‘This Time With Alan Partridge’: First Look At Steve Coogan’s BBC Comedy Return Details have emerged about Alan Partridge’s return to the BBC as filming begins on Steve Coogan’s latest iteration of the classic comedy character. Related Discovery & BBC Studios Ink Historic Deal For &..

21st Century Fox Offers “Firewall Remedies” To Push Through Sky Deal 21st Century Fox has offered a series of guarantees to secure backing for its takeover of British pay-TV operator Sky including a number of “firewall remedies” designed to safeguard the independence of Sky News. Related ..

Clarkson On ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’; C4 Video Game Order; Danis Tanovic Drama – Global Briefs The Grand Tour host Jeremy Clarkson is reportedly set to host a remake of gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in the UK, four years after it was cancelled by ITV. The show is being develope..

Danish Telco TDC Calls Off Modern Times Group Acquisition Danish telecoms firm TDC has called off its plans to acquire Modern Times Group’s Nordic group, which includes a raft of channels and production and distribution assets. Related TDC To Buy MTG Nordic; Mip TV In Development; C..