Film and TV Briefing: Friday 26 April 2024
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Floella Benjamin to receive a Bafta Fellowship (BAFTA)
Ofcom warns broadcasters about impartiality rules during the next general election campaign (BBC)
Huw Edwards resigns from BBC following medical advice (BBC)
Zendeya and cast members discuss ‘Challengers’ ahead of its release (Variety)
Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron supports plan for Marlow Film Studios (BBC)
Elon Musk’s X launches a TV app (The Hollywood Reporter)
Ben Stiller discusses the failure of Zoolander 2 (The Guardian)
Oliver Stone to reveal documentary ‘Lula’ at Cannes Film Festival (IndieWire)
MAMA Youth Project wins the BAFTA Television Craft Special Award 2024 (BAFTA)
GB News predict redundancies after losses (Broadcast)
Sony Pictures wins rights to develop Hasbro’s ‘Clue’ (IndieWire)
ITV News hires Becky Emmett as head of ITVX (Broadcast)
Pact and Equity call on the government to consider AI legislation (Deadline)
Several crew members are injured on the set of ‘The Pickup’ with Eddie Murphy (Variety)
BBC reveals landmark natural history series, ‘Hidden Planet’ (Deadline)
Features and commentary
Inside the collapse of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’ (The Hollywood Reporter)
Anne Hathaway on “gross” chemistry test in the 2000s (The Hollywood Reporter)
Robinne Lee on writing ‘The Idea of You’ (The Guardian)
The Guardian review of ‘Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile’ (The Guardian)
Industry announcements
ScreenSkills’ collaborates with The Adobe Foundation to fund opportunities for underrepresented communities (ScreenSkills)
Resources
How to register for the Pact Roadshow 2024 (Pact)
Tribeca Festival releases its short film line-up for 2024 (Deadline)
Legal updates
Alec Baldwin alleges “stunning abuse of prosecutorial power” during the ‘Rust’ case (Variety)
Non-compete provisions in employment contracts have been banned in America, which might increase pay in Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
