UK Foreign-Language SVOD Service Walter Presents Buys Belgian Drama ‘Tabula Rasa’ UK foreign-language drama service Walter Presents is doubling down on Belgian crime thrillers after picking up nine-part series Tabula Rasa. The Channel 4-backed SVOD service has bought the show from German distrib..

Vue International To Open 30 Multiplexes In Saudi Arabia After Striking Deal With Abdulmohsin Al Hokair Holding Vue International is to open 30 cinemas in Saudi Arabia after striking a landmark deal with real estate group Abdulmohsin Al Hokair Holding, as exclusively revealed by Deadline in Nove..

Christopher Hampton To Adapt ‘The Singapore Grip’ For ITV ITV is adapting J.G. Farrell’s World War II novel The Singapore Grip with a script from Oscar winner Christopher Hampton. The British broadcaster has ordered a six-part series produced by Poldark and Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. ..

Guillermo Del Toro Returning To Venice Film Festival – As Jury President In a fitting follow-up, last year’s Golden Lion winner Guillermo del Toro has been set as the President of this year’s Venice Film Festival competition jury. Del Toro took the award in 2017 (dubbing the statue “Sergio Leone..

Disney Strikes Major Chinese Streaming Deal with Alibaba’s Youku Thousands of hours of Disney TV series and movies will be available in China after the Hollywood studio struck a major streaming deal with Alibaba’s SVOD service Youku. Related Disney Unveils Inaugural Streaming Servic..

Harvey Weinstein Responds To NY Attorney General’s Lawsuit: “No Criminality” Harvey Weinstein’s attorney Ben Brafman has just responded to today’s news that NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, and Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Here is..

Troy Blakely Dies: Managing Partner And Head Of Music At APA Was Top Agent Troy Blakely, the managing partner and head of music at Agency for the Performing Arts (APA), has died. No cause of death or age was given. Related Sci-Fi Helmer HaZ Dulull Inks With APA; Jay Hunter Joins Sha..

Bob Weinstein Speaks On AG Lawsuit: Laments It Could Crater Jobs-Saving Deal EXCLUSIVE: Bob Weinstein, the co-chairman of The Weinstein Company who was named along with his brother Harvey Weinstein in the civil rights lawsuit filed today by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, said th..

CNN Attacked On Social Media For Coverage of Kim Yo Jong, North Korean Leader’s Sister A social media backlash has started over the glamorizing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, who became the first member of the north’s ruling family to visit the south in 65 years during the Winter Olym..