“Forgotten Spaceman,” the documentary short by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas that won the Leopard of Tomorrow (International Competition) award at Locarno’s Junior Jury Awards, has added Khan & Kumar Media and Prism Entertainment as executive producers ahead of its Toronto Film Festival premiere next month. The new executive producers are Sharib Khan and Vikas Kumar
The London production of “Sunday in the Park With George” is set to go ahead as planned despite Ariana Grande exiting the show. The Stephen Sondheim revival, which also stars Grande’s “Wicked” co-star Jonathan Bailey, was scheduled to premiere at London’s Barbican next summer with producers set to launch ticket sales after Grande completed the
Producers recognized on Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch list offered a look at the changing film industry during a panel in association with the Bentonville Film Festival, where Variety’s Carole Horst led the discussion on the challenges of production and how independent films are evolving. Producers do not play a single role in the filmmaking
“ITV Studios is not for sale,” said Carolyn McCall, head of British media conglomerate ITV, firmly. Variety three years ago. Despite persistent rumors that the global production powerhouse was going to be acquired (including potentially by Banijay or RedBird IMI), McCall has remained true to his word. What few could have imagined at the time