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    More Than 200 Pandemic-Hit English Indie Cinemas to Receive $22 Million Lifeline

    • 20.12.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    The U.K.'s groundbreaking emergency film and TV insurance fund is also being extended into Spring 2021.

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    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Prom, Hamilton — what makes a good film adaptation of a stage classic

    • 20.12.2020
    • Firstpost

    Unlike the theatres, where the audience is their own editor and cameras, choosing the frames they like, film adaptations puts viewers onstage without much of a choice.

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    How Disney and Lucasfilm Are Remaking Star Wars in the Image of Marvel Studios

    • 20.12.2020
    • Variety

    The day Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, the company wasted no time making clear what it was buying for $4.05 billion, announcing three new Star Wars movies were already in the works.

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    2020’s Big Plot Twist: How ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Came to Upend Hollywood’s Future

    • 20.12.2020
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    As the long-delayed DC Comics sequel finally debuts  —  on HBO Max and in theaters  —  it serves as the litmus test for an unprecedented release strategy. Top studio brass weigh in on whether the “movie" business will ever be the same.

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    Kazik Suwala Outlines Plans for $150 Million European Film Center

    • 20.12.2020
    • Variety

    The planned $150 million festival center, which will form the crown jewel of the EnergaCamerimage cinematography gala in Torun, Poland, is heading into the concept phase, says the project’s main organizer, with high hopes for international talent coming on board with design ideas in the coming year.

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    MipTV Market in April to Go Virtual

    • 20.12.2020
    • Variety

    The 58th edition of Cannes TV market MipTV, set to run from April 12, will be a virtual affair for the second consecutive year. The 2020 edition was also forced to go digital due to the pandemic.

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    MIB’s role is that of a facilitator for M&E sector: Amit Khare

    • 19.12.2020
    • Exchange4media.com

    Khare, MIB Secretary, says, this ministry is one of the smallest in terms of budget but largest in terms of influence, which only comes from the private sector.

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    Reimagining the movie theatre experience for the post-Covid world

    • 19.12.2020
    • Forbes

    Cinema operators are offering private screenings and opting for innovations like drive-ins and circular pods for families to lure audiences back to the theatres.

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    Are Basic COVID-19 Safety Protocols Being Flouted on TV Shoots?

    • 19.12.2020
    • The Quint

    With film and television industries resuming shoots, are they taking all necessary precautions?

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    [CII Big Picture Summit] Streaming companies see paid users soar this year

    • 19.12.2020
    • Livemint

    Indians deprived of outdoor activities switched on their screens for media and entertainment in 2020, boosting paid video-on-demand subscriptions by as much as 60% from a year ago.

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