France TV Distribution Boards Drama Series ‘The Ones Left Behind’ Starring Isabelle Carré 

France TV Distribution Boards Drama Series ‘The Ones Left Behind’ Starring Isabelle Carré 

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The Ones Left Behind starring Isabelle Carré (Les Rêveurs) will be a big French-language drama launch at the London TV Screenings next week. France TV Distribution has snagged the rights and will be pre-selling the crime drama internationally. Inspired by a true story, the six-parter follows Tania (Danae Dario), a woman struggling with postpartum…

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Tom Burke & Eve Hewson To Lead Lenny Abrahamson’s Next Feature 

Tom Burke & Eve Hewson To Lead Lenny Abrahamson’s Next Feature 

[ad_1] Tom Burke and Eve Hewson have signed on to lead Lenny Abrahamson’s next project, a currently untitled film, set to start shooting in Dublin on March 2 for Element Pictures. Producers on the film are Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures, Catherine Magee (Normal People), and Abrahamson. Abrahamson (Room) previously worked with…

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ByteDance To Halt Seedance 2.0’s AI Rip-Offs After Legal Threats From Disney & Paramount

ByteDance To Halt Seedance 2.0’s AI Rip-Offs After Legal Threats From Disney & Paramount

[ad_1] TikTok-owner ByteDance has promised to improve “safeguards” on its Seedance 2.0 AI model after a full-throated backlash from Hollywood about copyright theft. In a statement shared with BBC News, ByteDance said it would work to prevent users from generating videos based on Hollywood intellectual property. Deadline has contacted ByteDance for comment. ByteDance’s statement follows…

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Ego Nwodim Pitches ‘Menace II Society’ Sequel, Invents Award For Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’ In Independent Spirit Awards Opening Monologue

Ego Nwodim Pitches ‘Menace II Society’ Sequel, Invents Award For Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’ In Independent Spirit Awards Opening Monologue

[ad_1] In her first outing as host of the Independent Spirit Awards, SNL alum Ego Nwodim dedicated her politics-free opening monologue to covering a wide range of topics, even finding time to pitch a Menace II Society sequel and give out her own personal award to one of Ben Affleck’s past films. Joking that the…

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MiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows

MiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows

[ad_1] Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 03:47 PM [HONG KONG] MiniMax Group shares surged in Hong Kong, buoyed by growing investor confidence in the technology offered by China’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups. The stock gained as much as 30 per cent, before closing up 25 per cent in the city’s shortened trading session…

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‘Pulp Fiction’ Co-Writer Roger Avary Announces 3 AI-Driven Films “In Active Production”

‘Pulp Fiction’ Co-Writer Roger Avary Announces 3 AI-Driven Films “In Active Production”

[ad_1] Roger Avary is the latest filmmaker to jump on the generative AI bandwagon, announcing his production company General Cinema Dynamics‘ partnership with Massive AI Studios. The Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction co-writer recently revealed that his Texas-based banner has three AI-driven films “in active production” through the partnership, noting that he previously found it “almost impossible…

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Timothy Very Dies: Manchester Orchestra Drummer Was 42

Timothy Very Dies: Manchester Orchestra Drummer Was 42

[ad_1] Timothy Very, the drummer for Atlanta-based indie rock band Manchester Orchestra, has died. He was 42. On Saturday, the group announced “the sudden passing of our brother” with a heartfelt statement on Instagram. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. “The entire Manchester Orchestra family has been devastated by the sudden passing of…

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