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Netflix gives us the first look at the upcoming limited series Eric. The suspense drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler and Clarke Peters. Stills from the movie have been released with a trailer presumably following soon. The thriller is inspired by a true story and will feature six episodes as it premieres on the streaming platform on May 30.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to...
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to...
- 3/22/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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Two Naked and Afraid veterans embrace the tough task of mentoring two new survivalists in the March 3 episode of the Discovery Channel reality series. But limited food and torrential tropical storms take a toll on this all-female tribe during their 21-day challenge in San José Del Guaviare, Colombia.
Ky Furneaux and Gabby Balassone are ‘Naked and Afraid’ all-stars
Ky Furneaux and Gabby Balassone are both elite Naked and Afraid alums.
Furneaux, who is originally from Australia, is a former Hollywood stunt double. Ten years ago, her first Naked and Afraid challenge took her to the muggy swamps of Louisiana. She returned to the show to swim naked with sharks in the Bahamas and take on a solo challenge in the Amazon. She also competed on Naked and Afraid Xl: Frozen. Furneaux is an expert in mountaineering, trapping, and bushcraft and enters this challenge with an impressive Psr of 9.1.
Balassone’s...
Ky Furneaux and Gabby Balassone are ‘Naked and Afraid’ all-stars
Ky Furneaux and Gabby Balassone are both elite Naked and Afraid alums.
Furneaux, who is originally from Australia, is a former Hollywood stunt double. Ten years ago, her first Naked and Afraid challenge took her to the muggy swamps of Louisiana. She returned to the show to swim naked with sharks in the Bahamas and take on a solo challenge in the Amazon. She also competed on Naked and Afraid Xl: Frozen. Furneaux is an expert in mountaineering, trapping, and bushcraft and enters this challenge with an impressive Psr of 9.1.
Balassone’s...
- 3/2/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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In a leadership shakeup, Sister Global CEO Stacey Snider is stepping down from her role at the media company.
It’s a surprise move given Snider’s high profile, her extensive relationships throughout the entertainment industry and the fact that she was prolific in getting projects off the ground during her nearly four years (many of them overlapping with the pandemic). But Snider will remain involved as a creative advisor to the company. As part of that arrangement, she will also serve as an independent producer and will remain in charge of the Los Angeles office’s TV and film slate. She will continue to be a shareholder in Sister. The change is effective immediately. Elisabeth Murdoch, who is also the company’s executive chair, will assume CEO duties on an interim basis until Sister hires someone to take over Snider’s operational role.
Snider founded Sister in 2019 with Murdoch and Jane Featherstone,...
It’s a surprise move given Snider’s high profile, her extensive relationships throughout the entertainment industry and the fact that she was prolific in getting projects off the ground during her nearly four years (many of them overlapping with the pandemic). But Snider will remain involved as a creative advisor to the company. As part of that arrangement, she will also serve as an independent producer and will remain in charge of the Los Angeles office’s TV and film slate. She will continue to be a shareholder in Sister. The change is effective immediately. Elisabeth Murdoch, who is also the company’s executive chair, will assume CEO duties on an interim basis until Sister hires someone to take over Snider’s operational role.
Snider founded Sister in 2019 with Murdoch and Jane Featherstone,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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MipTV 2023 is coming to an end, with many international execs and stars having jetted in for the 60th edition of the sales confab and Canneseries events. Despite large portions of the Croisette being dug up amidst reams of construction work before the Cannes Film Festival, there was a positive feel. That will please organizer Rx France, which has faced down of ongoing talk of the event’s reduced status in the post-Covid-19 era. Footfall was notably lighter than pre-pandemic, but a less frenetic pace isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Read on for our key takeaways.
Scripted Slowdown Is Real
“The TV bubble has burst,” said Studiocanal boss Anna Marsh, who delivered the weighty proclamation during a keynote on Monday afternoon. Her refreshingly candid admission, a reference to the end of the high-end TV drama boom, was echoed by many of the execs Deadline chatted with throughout the week in Cannes.
Scripted Slowdown Is Real
“The TV bubble has burst,” said Studiocanal boss Anna Marsh, who delivered the weighty proclamation during a keynote on Monday afternoon. Her refreshingly candid admission, a reference to the end of the high-end TV drama boom, was echoed by many of the execs Deadline chatted with throughout the week in Cannes.
- 4/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Sister co-chief executive predicts new opportunities as streamers tighten their belts
Sister chief executive Jane Featherstone has predicted that the TV distribution model will be “reignited in a serious way” as streamers and broadcasters rein in their budgets.
Speaking at Mip TV, Featherstone acknowledged the current financially-challenged market and predicted that changing distribution models will help indies make projects work.
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” she said. “I believe there’ll be far more space for traditional distribution but in a modern, digital way. The period of ‘exclusivity in perpetuity’ is probably numbered.”
The former Kudos chief executive observed...
Sister chief executive Jane Featherstone has predicted that the TV distribution model will be “reignited in a serious way” as streamers and broadcasters rein in their budgets.
Speaking at Mip TV, Featherstone acknowledged the current financially-challenged market and predicted that changing distribution models will help indies make projects work.
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” she said. “I believe there’ll be far more space for traditional distribution but in a modern, digital way. The period of ‘exclusivity in perpetuity’ is probably numbered.”
The former Kudos chief executive observed...
- 4/18/2023
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
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Sister co-founder and chief creative officer Jane Featherstone spoke about how difficult it is to back original IP – as opposed to the relentless stream of reboots and spin-offs – in the current climate. “We have to hold our nerve,” Featherstone said. “As producers, we have to try and [walk] that tightrope of kind of giving people what they think they want but surprising people. And I don’t think audiences always do know what they want until they see it, and you can’t always emulate. So we have to be bold and brave.”
Featherstone was speaking in Cannes during a keynote speech at MipTV as she accepted Variety’s 2023 International Achievement in Television Award on behalf of Sister, the production company known for original fare such as “Chernobyl” and divorce drama “The Split,” which she runs with Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider.
The exec also credited the many writers Sister work with,...
Featherstone was speaking in Cannes during a keynote speech at MipTV as she accepted Variety’s 2023 International Achievement in Television Award on behalf of Sister, the production company known for original fare such as “Chernobyl” and divorce drama “The Split,” which she runs with Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider.
The exec also credited the many writers Sister work with,...
- 4/17/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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Talent, relationships, and independence are the pillars Jane Featherstone is (again) betting her business on.
The veteran U.K. producer, and former CEO of Kudos, whose long list of credits include such groundbreaking, and global, shows as Broadchurch, Life on Mars, Spooks, Utopia, and Chernobyl, gave the keynote address at the MIPTV 2023, where she outlined the philosophy behind Sister Pictures, the company she runs with executive chair Elisabeth Murdoch and CEO Stacey Snider.
“When I set up Sister in 2015, it was about content and talent,” said Featherstone. “For me, that drives everything we do. It’s about working with the creatives we get to work with, and how we tell stories with people that innovate and break new ground. [It’s] always about the people. Everything in our business is about people and relationships.”
She noted that it was good to be back in person at MIPTV, “breaking bread with people and...
The veteran U.K. producer, and former CEO of Kudos, whose long list of credits include such groundbreaking, and global, shows as Broadchurch, Life on Mars, Spooks, Utopia, and Chernobyl, gave the keynote address at the MIPTV 2023, where she outlined the philosophy behind Sister Pictures, the company she runs with executive chair Elisabeth Murdoch and CEO Stacey Snider.
“When I set up Sister in 2015, it was about content and talent,” said Featherstone. “For me, that drives everything we do. It’s about working with the creatives we get to work with, and how we tell stories with people that innovate and break new ground. [It’s] always about the people. Everything in our business is about people and relationships.”
She noted that it was good to be back in person at MIPTV, “breaking bread with people and...
- 4/17/2023
- by Liza Foreman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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When former HBO executive Kary Antholis convinced veteran British producer Jane Featherstone to board a project about the Chernobyl disaster, the prospect of such an undertaking was far from a “slam dunk.”
“It had to be pushed over the line,” says Featherstone, “and that was with everybody supporting it.” But in the end, the historical drama from “The Last of Us” showrunner Craig Mazin was, as the producer puts it, a “lucky, lucky call” — and one that richly paid off.
The 2019 HBO and Sky miniseries about the 1986 nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine starring Jared Harris and Emily Watson won multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, and put Featherstone’s new venture, Sister Pictures, on the map.
Few in Britain were surprised when, later that year, the production company expanded into a global studio simply titled Sister. Featherstone, who spent the previous 16 years with the Kudos production banner, partnered with Shine Group...
“It had to be pushed over the line,” says Featherstone, “and that was with everybody supporting it.” But in the end, the historical drama from “The Last of Us” showrunner Craig Mazin was, as the producer puts it, a “lucky, lucky call” — and one that richly paid off.
The 2019 HBO and Sky miniseries about the 1986 nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine starring Jared Harris and Emily Watson won multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, and put Featherstone’s new venture, Sister Pictures, on the map.
Few in Britain were surprised when, later that year, the production company expanded into a global studio simply titled Sister. Featherstone, who spent the previous 16 years with the Kudos production banner, partnered with Shine Group...
- 4/14/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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