Stewart Clarke

EXCLUSIVE: Alternativa has launched a distribution arm that will sell impact-driven films to broadcasters and streamers. Alternativa Distribution will be run by former yesDocu and TikTok exec Avital Lavi. It goes out of the gate with a ten-movie slate including Zoljargal Purevdash’s If Only I Cou…

EXCLUSIVE: The lineup for the 2026 edition of HollyShorts features a host of big names in front of and behind the camera including Renée Zellweger, whose directorial debut They is in the lineup, alongside projects featuring Judi Dench, Michael Keaton, Martin Freeman, Alexandra Shipp, Vincent Cassel…

EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Whittaker will star in and exec produce The Country, a role-reversal short film from filmmaker Ella Grace Kennedy. The cast of the dystopian thriller short also features Eoin McCaul, Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Jake Kenny-Byrne (Miss Austen). The…

The merger of Banijay Entertainment and All3Media was completed today, creating an $8BN production and distribution giant, based in London with a 265,000-hour catalog. The new entity, the result of Banijay Group and RedBird IMI merging their content assets, is called Banijay Entertainment. Marco…

Banijay Entertainment and All3Media have completed their merger, creating a new London-based production and distribution giant that makes and sells shows including The Traitors, Big Brother, MasterChef and Peaky Blinders. The combined $8BN entity is called Banijay Entertainment. Coming shortly…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Elize: Shadows of a Woman has dropped, the Netflix Brazil original film based on the ripped-from-the-headlines case of Elize Matsunaga. Matsunaga murdered and dismembered her husband in the couple's São Paulo apartment in 2012. The case generated huge media attention…

EXCLUSIVE: The Wall is heading back to Italy, with comedian and presenter Max Giusti hosting a new local version of the game show. The Italian show has been ordered by Mediaset and will be on its Canale 5 net. The original U.S. format The Wall, created by LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Andrew…

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Walters will star in Echoes, a short film written and directed by Alex Lanipekun that counts Nicholas Pinnock among its executive producers. Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones), Emmett J. Scanlan (MobLand) and Leo Gregory (Wild Bill) also star alongside Walters, who has enjoyed huge…

Zinc Media Group has launched an AI-focused label called Cicada. Zinc is the factual-focused UK-based production and distribution group that owns Brook Lapping, Rex, Supercollider and Tern among other prodcos. Across its group, Zinc said it generated several million pounds of artificial…

Ricky Gervais will mark the 25th anniversary of The Office with a rundown of his favorite David Brent moments. Gervais will present each of the 25 moments on his YouTube channel and said there will be never-before-told stories, the lowdown on the inspiration behind iconic lines, and the backstories…

Satluj, Honey Trehan's human rights drama starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been pulled days after its launch in India. The film has been at the center of a censorship battle and tells the story of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. It launched on the Zee5 streaming service on July 3. It was…

The Munich International Film Festival is well underway. The festival positions itself as the major platform for German film and filmmakers, but has also leaned heavily into co-production and expanded its international output. This year, its major CineMerit honors went to Toni Servillo and David…