NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Feels Streaming Is “Not Remotely Close To Peak Content,” Praises Disney’s Move To Hustle ‘Doctor Strange 2’ To Disney+ After Just 47 Days

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKakao Entertainment, part of Korean tech group Kakao, confirmed Monday that it is to produce a film version of “Solo Leveling,” a hit webtoon.The picture will be produced on its behalf by Japan’s A-1 Pictures (“Sword Art Online,” “The Seven Deadly Sins,” “Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Erased,” and “Your Lie in April”) with Nakashige Shunsuke directing. Music is to be scored by Sawano Hiroyuki (“Attack on Titan”).

NBCUniversal has exceeded last year’s record-setting upfront ad revenue haul north of $7 billion, company insiders said in confirming the finalizing of upfront dealmaking.

Dynamite singer was joined by BLACKPINK's Lisa and actor Park Bogum on the return journey to Korea after Paris Fashion Week – and they certainly travelled in style.READ: Inside Prince Harry and Meghan's £6.5m private jet they flew from California to UKThe BTS star shared a photo of the jet on his Instagram story, before his departure on Monday. BTS singer V posed outside his private jetThe photos showed V posing in front of an expensive-looking Bombardier Global 6000, which according to businessinsider.com costs $62.31 million (over £51 million).

It’s Friday and that can mean only one thing, folks: another edition of International Insider. Jesse Whittock here to take you through another week in film and TV.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are divorcing after six years of marriage.The 91-year-old media mogul and the 65-year-old model tied the knot in 2016. It was Murdoch’s fourth marriage. He was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967.

If there is any blossoming romance between Netflix and NBCUniversal amid speculation the former is looking for an ad sales partner, the latter’s CEO Jeff Shell wasn’t spilling the beans Wednesday when he sat down for a discussion at the Cannes Lions event.

Just when you thought Regé-Jean Page couldn’t be any more dapper, the former Bridgerton star has been announced as the new face of Armani Code.

Made in Chelsea star Maeva D'Ascanio has addressed the reports she's already married her fiancé James Taylor, 26.The 25 year old reality TV beauty, who announced her engagement to her co-star a week ago, is already having questions over whether she's secretly tied the knot. But Maeva's decision to put things straight only came after her latest Instagram story, in which the blonde beauty posted an image of her growing baby bump. In the snap, the star was dressed in casual lounge wear and relaxing on the sofa.

The stars of Teen Wolf are back together again!

There have been some new additions to the cast of Wolf Pack.

Wilson Chapman editorParamount+ has found its “Wolf Pack.” Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson and Tyler Lawrence Gray have signed on to play the leads of the streamer’s upcoming supernatural teen drama series.Although “Wolf Pack” revolves around werewolves and is developed for television by Jeff Davis, the series is unconnected to his former MTV series “Teen Wolf” or the upcoming Paramount+ film sequel. The series is instead based on the book series of the same name by Canadian horror author Edo Van Belkom. The show focuses on two teenagers who are caught in a wildfire and are wounded by a supernatural creature.

EXCLUSIVE: Armani Jackson (Honor Society, Chad), Bella Shepard (iCarly, The Wilds), Chloe Rose Robertson (Wildflower) and Tyler Lawrence Gray (Our Town, Macbeth) are set as the young leads in Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. The series hails from Jeff Davis, developer and executive producer of the 2011 MTV series Teen Wolf, and MTV Entertainment Studios where Davis is under a deal.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIllumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri, the driving force between the “Despicable Me” and “Sing” franchises, was welcomed on stage like a rockstar at Barcelona’s CineEurope event on Monday. Founded 15 years ago, Universal’s co-owned animation banner Illumination is finally getting ready for the release “Minions: The Rise of Gru” in theaters on July 1.

Andrew Le Page may have won our hearts on season 8 of Love Island as he charmed his way into Tasha Ghouri’s good graces, but when not in the villa, where does the 27 year old realtor live? While it’s widely known that the property hotshot has been living in Dubai while carving a name for himself in the sun-soaked property scene, the Guernsey born hunk has also shared a brief glimpse into his UK homes with fans on social media. From stay-at-home workouts to nights on the town, Andrew has given fans an insight into his personality as he has shared a number of updates on social media about his day to day life.

Three leading media execs said upfront sales will wrap up shortly with Paramount and NBCUniversal seeing increases in the high single digits, according to CEOs Bob Bakish and Jeff Shell.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSorry, Comcast Xfinity customers: Your free access to the Peacock Premium streaming service is going to come to an end.Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, said that making Peacock available to Comcast cable and broadband customers for no extra charge helped the fledgling streamer achieve traction after it launched in mid-2020, speaking Tuesday at the Credit Suisse 24th Annual Communications Conference. However, “At some point we’ll roll that to paid,” Shell said.Currently, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers are eligible to get Peacock Premium with ads for no additional cost; that’s normally priced at $4.99/month.

Comcast poised to make a big move?The cable and media giant has missed out on some snazzy acquisitions in recent years, failing to outmaneuver Disney to buy the bulk of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets and falling just short of nabbing WarnerMedia. Losing out on the latter stunned Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, who were enmeshed in planning how WarnerMedia would be integrated into their operations until Discovery landed their prize.And the company has been looking at Electronic Arts, though it appears that efforts to acquire the game-maker have stalled.