Hunter King Signs Multi-Picture Deal With Hallmark Media

A fortified wine named after King Billy has hit the shelves at an Ayrshire shop - cheekily advertised alongside 'Ibrox Balls' sweeties.

Tyler Perry is going to Amazon Prime Video. The film division led by Jennifer Salke has notched a deal with the Atlanta-based entertainment mogul that will see him produce, write and direct four features for worldwide distribution on Prime Video.

Another first. King Charles III hosted his first state visit as monarch on Tuesday, November 22, in London.

EXCLUSIVE: Erin Lee Carr has inked a first-look deal with Universal Content Productions to develop and produce projects across platforms.

Singapore-based producer and distributor Clover Films is teaming with filmmaker Jack Neo’s J Team Productions to launch a joint venture production company, HiJack Pictures. 

Amy Adams has signed a multi-year first-look television deal with Fifth Season, formerly Endeavor Content, through her production company Bond Group Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: The Way Home has a debut date. Hallmark Channel’s new, original primetime series that stars Andie MacDowell (Maid) and Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) will premiere Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. ET.

“, which both surpassed $1B at the global box office.  Hamada also shepherded the DC titles “The Batman,” “Black Adam,” “The Suicide Squad,” “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Shazam!,” as well as the studio’s upcoming DC-based releases include “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” and “Shazam: Fury of the Gods.”  Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Production at New Line Cinema where he launched the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time with “The Conjuring,” and the adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic horror novel “IT,” which became a global phenomenon and the highest grossing horror film in history with more than $704 million in global box office receipts.Walter Hamada is represented by attorney Jeff Frankel and Mortimer PR.

Congratulations are in order for King Charles III!

A poignant memory. King Charles III attended the annual Remembrance Day Service at The Cenotaph, his first since becoming England’s reigning monarch.

A man was wrestled to the ground by cops after appearing to throw eggs at King Charles and Camilla as they met the public during a visit to York today.

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Wong, who starred alongside Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant and Charlie Hunnam in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentleman, is exploring Hong Kong’s most notorious gangster in a new narrative podcast series.

EXCLUSIVE: Walk Like A Duck Entertainment and Renegade Entertainment have entered into a two-picture financing and co-production deal, tapping veteran second unit director, stunt choreographer and fight coordinator Chris Brewster as the director for the first film under the deal, titled Relentless. The deal follows WLAD’s participation in Renegade’s recently released features Dig and Slayers, starring Renegade principal Thomas Jane.

AGC International has inked a raft of key international deals on the action-thriller The Silent Hour, starring Joel Kinnaman and Mark Strong.

Hong Kong’s government is introducing two new funding schemes under the Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) aimed at boosting co-productions with other Asian countries and to support the production of streaming content in Hong Kong. The ‘Hong Kong-Asian Film Collaboration Funding Scheme’ will hand out grants of up to HK$9M (US$1.15M) to a maximum of eight films that are co-produced by Hong Kong filmmakers and their counterparts in Asian countries. Applicants will be able to seek other investors in cases where the production budget exceeds the grant. The ‘Content Development Scheme for Streaming Platforms’ will be conducted through a competition to select eight production teams to develop series for streaming platforms.