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What Inspired The BBC’s New Bilingual ‘Deaf Thriller’?

The writer was really sick of being frustrated and isolated in the hearing world, basically - and he also "wanted to put his own twist on films like Get Carter and The Outfit (which feature 'intimidating men in cool clothes' on a mission of vengeance).” - BBC

Melbourne Cinema Says Threats Caused It To Cancel Screening Of No Other Land

“What does that say about freedom of expression in Australia, that an Oscar-winning film made by an Israeli-Palestinian collective, which is being screened in Israel, is censored in such a blatant way?” - The Guardian (UK)

The Academy Finally Adds A Stunt Award For Future Oscars

“For Hollywood’s stunt community, the announcement marks a historic milestone in a decades-long push for recognition.” The stunt award will debut in 2028. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Dear Hollywood: Just Make About A Hundred Movies A Year That People Like

That’s it! Is that so hard? “The industry today needs to start thinking as one, to unite and slay the beast that is the streaming world. Because streaming is kicking ass in a way that it doesn’t need to.” - Variety

The Strange Limbo Of TikTok In The New World Order

TikTok already existed in a kind of limbo before last week, but now its strange state of in-betweenness is intensified: it is both alive and dead, allowed to persist but technically illegal. Trump, who may have benefitted from its audience’s attention during the 2024 election, cannot let it be banned. - The New Yorker

Biopics And Miniseries Of Bible Stories Have Become Big Business

Leading the pack is Amazon’s The Chosen, the multi-season series recounting the life of Jesus that has become an international smash and made lead actor Jonathan Roumie a superstar. Yet there’s an entire sub-industry making adaptations of Bible stories from both Old and New Testaments, and its products are extraordinarily popular. - The Guardian

“Monty Python And The Holy Grail” At 50: Michael Palin And Terry Gilliam Look Back

Palin: "I say to people, 'Led Zeppelin gave us £50,000 – and look where they are now.'" Gilliam: "Thank God for rock'n'roll is all I can say." - BBC

Britain To Get Its Own Version Of “Saturday Night Live”

“The U.K. version, produced with Sky Studios, will have a British cast of comedians — to be announced later — and follow the same format with famous guest hosts and star musical acts. SNL creator Lorne Michaels will be the executive producer.” - AP

Once “The Handmaid’s Tale” Became A Political Symbol, The TV Series Suffered For It

“Eight years after its premiere, the series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel is coming to a much lower-key close, indicative of all that's happened in that intervening time, and the toll that becoming an iconic symbol, far beyond a mere TV show, can creatively exact on any work of art.” - TheWrap (MSN)

How Streaming Services Might Get Caught In Trump Tariffs

Generally, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ are just that: services, not goods, so they don’t face any kind of markup when they cross borders. But at a time when the stock market is in “chaos,” the economic uncertainty caused by Trump’s tariffs is sure to have impacts on those services. - Wired

Yorgos Lanthimos Denied Permission To Film Sci-Fi Comedy At Acropolis

“Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century BC site in April. But in a statement on Thursday, the culture ministry said permission had been refused because ‘the proposed scenes are incompatible with the symbolism … and the values the Acropolis represents’.” - The Guardian

Would Trump Defunding Public Broadcasting Kill PBS? Probably Not, But …

“Because most federal funding goes to ensuring underserved areas of the country have a news source, defunding PBS would likely disproportionately impact rural communities. It would also be a major blow to lower income households, which often rely on PBS programming for its children’s entertainment.” - TheWrap (Yahoo!)

Audit Reveals Yet More Problems At Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio

“A new audit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting found that Capital Public Radio and its affiliate stations overstated funding, reported ‘questionable costs,’ and failed to comply with financial requirements and grant guidelines.” - Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)

An Australian Town Decided To Remake Jurassic Park

“This is Jurassic Park: Castlemaine Redux, a shot-for-shot remake (if you squint) of Jurassic Park.” The film's director, with a $3,000 budget, has classic Australian issues: “Some sheep walked into the last shot and screwed up the continuity.” - The Guardian (UK)

A Grassroots Campaign Tries To Keep Hollywood Close To Home

“We’re competing against are taking our business, our assets, our storytelling and hiring their crews instead of our crews, and that’s not good for business here.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

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