Posts by Nathan Pine
Kalle Friz Joining Universal Pictures International As Managing Director For Germany & Austria
[ad_1] Veteran executive Kalle Friz is set to join Universal Pictures International as Managing Director for Germany and Austria. Friz, who takes up the post in July, will report to Paul Higginson, Executive Vice President, EMEA at Universal Pictures International, and will manage day-to-day operations in the territory, which is one of UPI’s biggest theatrical markets. …
Read MoreMK2 Films & IPR.VC Unveil First Investment On Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: European sales, production and financing company mk2 Films and international fund manager IPR.VC have confirmed their first investment collaboration on Marie Kreutzer’s upcoming feature Gentle Monster, her follow-up to critically acclaimed historical drama Corsage. It marks the first joint operation under the partners’ multi-year slate financing deal, which was announced last September. “Our…
Read MoreGoodfellas Boards Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Cameroon-Set Police Drama ‘Untamable’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has boarded sales on Thomas Ngijol’s Cameroon-set police investigation tale Untamable (Indomptables) ahead of its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in May. The feature marks a change in register for Paris-born, French-Cameroonian actor and director Ngijol, who is best known as a comedian in France, where he is a household name. Ngijol directs and also stars…
Read MoreGoldman sees central banks buying more renminbi, won, Singapore dollars
[ad_1] [SYDNEY] South Korea, Singapore and China’s currencies are likely to be the biggest Asian beneficiaries as central banks look to diversify their reserves away from the US dollar, according to Goldman Sachs Group. While the greenback and euro remain pre-eminent reserve assets, there’s scope for central banks to boost their allocations to “non-traditional” peers…
Read MoreJapan’s Nikkei posts first monthly gain for the year on trade talk hopes
[ad_1] [TOKYO] Japan’s Nikkei share average gained on Wednesday (Apr 30) as investors awaited developments in US-Japan tariff talks, helping the benchmark to register its first monthly gain since December. The Nikkei added 0.6 per cent to 36,045.38, its highest close since March 28. The gain marked the index’s fifth straight rising session, its longest…
Read MoreAudible & Yinka Bokinni Podcast To Explore Real-Life Cases Of Criminals Hiding In Plain Sight Including Huw Edwards & Barry Bennell
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Audible and Brit presenter Yinka Bokinni are teaming on a podcast that will examine real-life cases in which criminals were hiding in plain sight including soccer coach Barry Bennell and disgraced news anchor Huw Edwards. Produced by ITN Productions, Beyond Suspicion: The Criminals Who Betrayed Our Trust will take a deep dive into shocking…
Read MoreUK Agent Andrew Roach Sets Up Shop With Clients Including ‘A Different Man’ Star Adam Pearson
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: UK talent agent Andrew Roach has set up a new shop and taken A Different Man star Adam Pearson with him. Roach has exited Maya Jama’s agency Insanity to set up DEIversity Talent Management, which will focus mainly on representing deaf, disabled and neurodivergent (DDN) talent. Based in the South of England, DEIVersity…
Read MoreThailand’s central bank cuts rate again; economy could face recession as US tariffs loom
[ad_1] [BANGKOK] Thailand’s central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter point for a second consecutive meeting on Wednesday (Apr 30), in a move to support an underperforming economy facing uncertainty over steep US tariffs. The Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) monetary policy committee voted 5-2 to reduce the one-day repurchase rate by 25…
Read MoreWriters Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract
[ad_1] The Writers Guild of America West staff has officially unionized with the Pacific Northwest Staff Union. Deadline understands the Writers Guild Staff Union has been voluntarily recognized by their employer (the WGAW) this week, after counting a “simple majority” of union authorization cards. The WGSU has already collected union authorization from over 81% of…
Read MoreGermany’s Seriencamp Sets 2025 Plans With ‘Ghosts’, Games, Co-Production & Focus On Innovation Amid Industry Disruption
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Seriencamp will zero in on international co-production and innovation this year amid ongoing industry disruption, the German confab’s organizers told Deadline. There will also be a session given over to the international success of the ever-popular comedy series Ghosts. The drama get-together is held in Cologne in early June and new additions for…
Read MoreNetflix Adding Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’, ‘Rear Window’, ‘Vertigo’ & More, Sets Screening Series In NYC
[ad_1] Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed making his audiences suffer, and now that uneasy feeling is coming to Netflix in large doses. The streamer said today that it will add several of the horror-suspense master’s best loved films, including The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, his final film Family Plot and more. They join the filmmaker’s beloved and…
Read MoreChinese sovereign fund CIC to sell US$1 billion of US private equity investments: sources
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Chinese sovereign investor China Investment Corporation (CIC) is selling about US$1 billion of its private equity (PE) investment portfolio in the secondary market, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. The assets are held in a number of funds managed by eight US fund managers, including Blackstone and Carlyle Group, said…
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