Film and TV Briefing: Friday 7 November 2025
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
Bectu discusses results from its survey in Parliament with MPs and Lords (Bectu)
Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment partners with AI company Obsidian (IndieWire)
ITV aims to save £35m in costs due to a marginal decrease in ad revenue (Broadcast)
Golden Globes announce Helen Mirren as recipient of lifetime achievement award (Guardian)
Kristen Stewarts speaks out on decline of female filmmakers (BBC)
IMDb announces 12 further craft roles for credits (IndieWire)
‘The Night Manager’ season 2 images released (RTS)
MPs demand answers to allegations that BBC edited a speech of Donald Trump (BBC)
AMC Theatres posts a $298.2m quarterly loss (Variety)
Three-time Oscar nominated actor Diane Ladd dies aged 89 (Guardian)
Meghan Markle returns to acting with a cameo in Lily Collins film (Variety)
Features and commentary
Kim Kardashian discusses her new leading role in Disney's legal drama 'All's Fair' (BBC)
George Clooney discusses AI, Instagram and the next generation of movie stars (Hollywood Reporter)
Sir Anthony Hopkins on his career (BBC)
Top 50 independent film production companies in the UK (Screendaily)
Contenders for the Oscars 'Best Picture' award (Variety)
Industry announcements
Pact announces an ‘AI in Production’ working group (Pact)
The nominations for the British Independent Film Awards 2025 (BFI)
BFI's National Lottery Audience Projects Fund opens with £19.7m available (BFI)
Survey launched to find skill gaps (ScreenSkills)
Legal updates
Justin Baldoni holds off filing an amended case against Blake Lively but preserves his appeal rights (BBC)
Delaware bankruptcy court awards Alcon derivative rights to Village Roadshow's library (Hollywood Reporter)
Blake Lively's claims against social media guru Jed Wallace have been dismissed by the judge (Variety)
