Banijay acquires The Forge
Banijay U.K. has unveiled the acquisition of The Forge, the company specializing in scripted production. The Forge’s work includes Marriage, starring Sean Bean, Help, starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, and Becoming Elizabeth. The main objective of the...
Marina Cicogna, the countess of Italian cinema, passed away
Marina Cicogna, the countess of Italian cinema, died Nov. 4 in Rome at the age of 89. Born May 29, 1934, to Count Cesare Cicogna Mozzoni and Countess Annamaria Volpi di Misurata, granddaughter of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata who invented the Venice Film Festival...
Italian Box Office Oct. 30-Nov. 05. ‘C’è ancora domani’ surpasses 7 million euros
Paola Cortellesi’s ‘C’è ancora domani’ is confirmed again this week at the top of the box office and grosses +111% compared to last weekend, surpassing €7 million. Another Italian film in the top ten is ‘Comandante’ by Edoardo De...
Paramount+ losses improve and gains 2.7 million subscribers
Paramount+ gained 2.7 million subscribers to 63 million in the third quarter of this year, while Paramount Global’s DTC losses narrowed to $238 million from $343 million last year. A net improvement also underscored by Bob Bakish, president and chief executive...
Netflix, “Standard with ads” plan has 15 million users
Introduced in November 2022, Netflix’s ad-supported basic plan, the cheapest offered by the U.S. streaming giant, is on its first anniversary and celebrating big results. Amy Reinhard, Netflix’s newly installed head of advertising, wrote in a post on the...
The Lucca Comics & Games program
Lucca Comics & Games is back until November 5. The theme of this 2023 edition is ‘Together’, being together through a program full of events that, in addition to comics, talk about cinema, music, cosplay and gaming. From the Cosplay Garden, a gathering...
Disney acquires control of Hulu
Disney announced that it is acquiring the remaining 33 percent of Hulu from Comcast, securing full control of the company and furthering Disney’s streaming goals. CEO Bob Iger, said the arrival of a streaming app combining Disney+ and Hulu content will be a boon...
Creative Europe and Balkan Film Festival meet at the Casa del Cinema di Roma
Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA and Balkan Film Festival have organised the event Coproduzioni e sinergie distributive italo-balcaniche to be held on 8 November 2023 at the Casa del Cinema in Rome. During the event, the collaboration in the audiovisual sector between...
Calabria Film Commission, €4.85 million for audiovisual productions
The Calabria Film Commission has opened the Avviso Pubblico per il sostegno alle produzioni audiovisive in Calabria 2023 already presented during the ninth edition of the MIA | International Audiovisual Market. The public notice is aimed at audiovisual companies for...
Lombardia per il Cinema, regional call for films and documentaries is open
Lombardia per il Cinema, call for projects is open, aimed at small and medium-sized companies in the audiovisual and film production sector that make films and documentaries on the Lombardy territory intended for national and international distribution. The initiative...
Italian Box Office 23-29 October. Gold medal for C’è ancora domani
C’è ancora domani, the directorial debut with which Paola Cortellesi opened the Rome Film Festival, took first place at the weekly Italian box office with €1,656,742. Silver medal for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which in its second week...
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