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AMC Entertainment announced it has closed a $600 million strategic investment from Silver Lake , a tech-oriented investment firm, and will use part of the proceeds to buy back Class B common shares owned by the Dalian Wanda Group. The deal will give Silver Lake, which has stakes in companies including Alibaba, Tesla and Endeavor, a seat on the board of the top exhibitor. AMC will also add a new independent director “with significant technology experience and knowledge, with support from Silver Lake,” the announcement said. The transaction signals a retreat from the U.S. movie theater business for the Chinese conglomerate Wanda, which took control of AMC in 2012 in a $2.6 billion deal. In June at CineEurope, AMC boss Adam Aron sought to quell rumors of a Wanda pullback, insisting that they had “not sold a single share in eight years,” though he conceded, “things are status quo until they are not.” Under the deal, senior unsecured convertible notes were issued … [Read more...] about AMC Entertainment Gets $600M Injection From Tech Investor Silver Lake, Sets Plan To Buy Back Some Wanda Shares

Saturday Night veteran Kenan Thompson will host the 74th Emmy Awards for NBC and the Television Academy. The three-hour, coast-to-coast live telecast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles will air Monday, September 12 on NBC and stream live on Peacock for the first time. This will be Thompson’s first time hosting the Emmys. He has recent awards emceeing experience: he hosted the 2021 People’s Choice Awards, which ran simultaneously on NBC and E! this past December, and returned as host of the 2022 NHL Awards a month and a half ago. Thompson’s hire extends the streak of current or former SNL cast members/writers hosting all Emmy Awards ceremonies on NBC that have had a host since the return of the “wheel” system rotating the show among the Big 4 broadcast networks in the mid-1990s. The list includes Conan O’Brien (twice), Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and, most recently, “Weekend Update” co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost four years ago. … [Read more...] about Kenan Thompson To Host 2022 Emmy Awards On NBC & Peacock

Warner Bros. Discovery ’s European operation continues to take shape, with Hannes Heyelmann today unveiling his German management team. The shake-up sees the departure of Discovery Communications Deutschland Deputy Managing Director Alberto Horta . Heyelmann, a long-time Warner exec who has overseen original content production in Germany for the company for several years, was named EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros. Discovery Germany , Switzerland and Austria in June and has set his top team soon after Antonio Ruiz revealed his line-up of UK and Ireland execs. Notable posts go to Marion Rathmann (free-TV and pay entertainment channels and streaming programming), Magdalena Prosteder (cinema productions chief) and Anke Greifeneder (original production for Warner TV channels and HBO Max). See below for the full line-up. “In the past few weeks I have been working on the future strategy for Warner Bros. Discovery in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, including the … [Read more...] about Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Out Germany Management Team; Discovery Deutschland Exec Alberto Horta To Exit

EXCLUSIVE: IDW Entertainment has 5 series in development with Ánima Studios, Cartoon Network Studios, HBO Max, Universal Content Productions (UCP), Universal International Studios, and Warner Bros. Television. The projects are based on IDW Publishing and Top Shelf Productions (an imprint of IDW) graphic novels and comics. The TV projects are as follows: Dark Spaces: Wildfire (UCP), is a thriller series written by Scott Snyder ( Batman, American Vampire ) with art by Hayden Sherman ( The Few , Wasted Space ). It follows a group of female inmate firefighters deep into the smoldering California hills, where their desperate heist of a burning mansion will lead them to the score of a lifetime…or a deadly trap. The Delicacy (WBTV) is a graphic novel from James Albon ( A Shining Beacon ), about rare and delicious fungi that spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their remote Scottish island … [Read more...] about IDW Sets Five Series In Development Based On Graphic Novels & Comics

EXCLUSIVE : Anonymous Content has hired former Bron executive David Davoli as President of International, based in New York. Davoli will oversee Anonymous Content’s international division including its various global joint ventures — Anonymous /Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK. He will be tasked with continuing to build out the international expansion. He starts in the new role in early September and will be a member of the senior leadership team, reporting to Anonymous Content CEO, Dawn Olmstead. Most recently, Davoli was President of Television at Bron Studios where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all TV efforts. Among the projects he worked on were Irish family crime drama, Kin , on AMC+ and RTÉ, starring Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen; Ten Percent , the English-language remake to the hit French series, Call My Agent! , which aired on Amazon Prime in the UK, and … [Read more...] about Anonymous Content Hires Former Bron Studios TV Prez David Davoli As President Of International

There’s a moment within the first few minutes of Summering — James Ponsoldt’s delicate, affectionate tribute to the wonder years (or more specifically, the seasonal wonder months) between childhood’s end and teenage riots — that captures the blurred, giddy adrenaline rush of youth in full bloom. Four girls are goofing around, hiding in bathtubs and scaring each other with masks. Someone’s mom shoos them all out of the house. And then the quartet begins to sprint across a front lawn in slow motion, screaming and giggling as they head straight toward an active sprinkler, framed by the refracting arc of a water-mist rainbow. It’s such an arresting image, so full of life and joy that you can feel yourself gasp as you watch it. When the sequence then cuts to a view of them running from the side, one of the girls begins doing cartwheels across the screen. You’re immediately dropped into the world of these suburban tweens, and whisked back to that point in life when all you needed was a … [Read more...] about ‘Summering’ Works Better as a Mood Than It Does a Movie

A former crewmember on the reboot of The Wonder Years has accused Fred Savage of forcing himself on her at a bar one night in a new Hollywood Reporter piece detailing some of the allegations that may have led to Savage’s ouster from the show earlier this year. Back in May, Savage was fired from his role as executive producer and director of The Wonder Years following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct. Executives at Disney, which owns ABC — the network on which The Wonder Years aired — declined to share details, though reports at the time highlighted incidents of “verbal outbursts and inappropriate behavior.” According to the new THR piece, Savage’s exit came after a group of six women who worked on the show sent a complaint to Disney and spoke to an HR executive about their concerns in February. While they all acknowledged that Savage could be kind, charismatic, and supportive, they claim he was also prone to bouts of anger and verbal … [Read more...] about Fred Savage Accused of Forcing Himself on Ex-‘Wonder Years’ Crewmember in Bar Bathroom

EXCLUSIVE : Netflix is developing Stronger (working title), a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji , sources tell Deadline. The project is created and written by Sheldon Turner ( Up In the Air ) and comes from A+E Studios where Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions has a first-look deal. No one would comment but Stronger (wt) is believed to follow Toni Winslow (Orji), a single mom who feels unseen and unimportant. She becomes obsessed with bodybuilding as she explores the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction, and will undergo not only a physical transformation but also an emotional one. Turner and Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Orji and her manager DC Wade of Odenkirk Provissiero. A+E Studios is the studio. Orji is coming off her role as Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) best friend Molly on the HBO comedy … [Read more...] about Yvonne Orji To Star In Drama ‘Stronger’ In Works At Netflix From Sheldon Turner, Vendetta & A+E Studios

EXCLUSIVE : NBC is shuffling its marketing decks. The network has promoted Margaret Walker to SVP, NBC Brand Strategy and Audience Growth. Walker will add oversight of brand strategy and consumer engagement for NBC’s entertainment shows in addition to her current role of overseeing digital audience acquisition and growth across the company’s network and cable networks including NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, SYFY, Universal Kids and USA Network. She reports to Jennifer Storms, CMO, Entertainment & Sports and Chair of the NBCUniversal Marketing Council. Walker will ostensibly replace Colleen Mohan, who moved over from the cable side to take on the NBC role as a result of a restructure that took place around 18 months ago, and is stepping down. Last year, Walker was promoted to SVP, Audience Acquisition and Growth for the Entertainment and Sports divisions, having previously been SVP, Digital Product & Distribution Marketing for NBCUniversal. She began her … [Read more...] about NBC Promotes Margaret Walker To Lead Marketing Brand Strategy

Leading independent German distribution label Koch Films has been renamed as Plaion Pictures . The move is part of a larger rebranding operation by parent company Koch Media Group, which is also a major video games developer and publisher. From now on, the parent group will be known simply as Plaion, pronounced “play-on”. Based just outside Munich, Koch Films is one of Germany ’s theatrical distributors. Recent high-profile acquisitions have included Parasite , Titane , The Worst Person In The World and Cannes 2022 titles Broker , Decision To Leave , Mascarade and Men . “Koch Films has developed from a sales organization primarily active in German-speaking Europe to an international film company. The new brand Plaion Pictures stands for our international plans and ambitions,” said CEO Stefan Kapelari. Managing director Jochen Walter said the rebranding heralded a more ambitious international strategy. “In addition to our publishing and … [Read more...] about Germany’s Koch Films Rebrands As Plaion Pictures