Producer Fernando Sulichin on Indie Film Post-COVID: "We Are Going to Have Some Creative Breakthroughs"

Abortion is a subject that runs through the core of Saint Frances, the debut film written by and starring rising talent Kelly O’Sullivan. But until O’Sullivan’s own parents read the press coverage of the film, they didn’t know that their daughter had had an abortion several years ago.

A new untitled dance movie is taking shape at Lionsgate, set in the 1990s and starring and executive produced by "Dirty Dancing" Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Grey. While details are being kept quiet, there’s some rumblings that a new "Dirty Dancing" movie could be in the works.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has returned to the studio, minus the audience, after filming from Fallon’s home during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Methven Post Office has won an award for the amazing way it has helped the local community keep going during the testing times of the coronavirus.The Perthshire village branch was a finalist in the community engagement category of the Post Office’s We’re Stronger Together awards Scotland for service during COVID-19.Antisocial camping situation at Perthshire lochs requires park rangersPost Office chief executive Nick Read invited Scottish postmasters and postmistresses to share their experience

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticWe certainly don’t need another reason to wish the coronavirus gone and Broadway back in business, but here’s one anyway: Ben Platt wants to return to the stage. “Hankering,” is the word he uses.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTimothy A. Regler, a Daytime Emmy-winning producer for Judge Judy and other television shows, died of heart disease on June 19 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif.

Jill Goldsmith A restart for film and television is bearing down but looming uncertainty around COVID-19 insurance has the business on edge.Pandemic insurance disappeared in March. Three months later there’s still no viable alternative to put many independent producers back on a path to completion bond backed financing.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tech developer Draganfly and motion picture & TV production company Enderby Entertainment are teaming to launch Draganfly’s Safe Set Solutions for feature and TV productions.Safe Set Solutions is a ground-based technology that uses symptom pre-screening, elevated body temperature measurement, and social distancing digital display to help ensure that crews and casts are safe on set.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorUK prime minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and his own crippling battle with the disease are to be the subject of a new TV series helmed by BAFTA-winning director Michael Winterbottom.Deadline understands that deals were done to develop the drama this week, with the project being housed at Fremantle in partnership with True Detective executive producer Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBoth Karin Gist and Mike Schur got their starts in broadcast television in the early aughts — she on sitcom “Girlfriends” and he on late-night sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live.” And broadcast is where they have both made comfortable homes for their careers, with her moving between comedy and drama on such series as “House of Lies,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Star,” while he moved into such scripted comedies such as “The Office,” “Parks and

Screen Media Ventures President David Fannon will be attending this year’s Cannes markets by way of Connecticut. He is, like so many of the now homebound buyers and sellers that plan on making the most of the Virtual Cannes Market, working from home offices, basements and kitchen tables.

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based production and services company Babieka Films is joining forces with Spanish filmmaker Josué Ramos (“Bajo la rosa”) on helmer’s sophomore feature, mystery thriller “La ciudad dormida.”Ramos made waves on the festival circuit with his first film, psychological thriller “Bajo la rosa,” whose U.S.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCinema owners in England got a shot in the arm today when UK prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed that they will be allowed to resume operations on July 4 after being shutdown since mid-March due to the pandemic.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a positive one for the Euro film industry – shooting has resumed on Tochter (English translation Daughter), a co-production between significant producers from Germany, Greece and Italy.The project is being heralded as the first post-COVID international co-pro to get back underway in Europe, a fact confirmed by two major bodies EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes).Pic is based on

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAs part of the Cannes Virtual Market’s kick-off today, a group of leading European executives sat down for a panel on the post-COVID future with optimism and opporunity among the keywords,.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Live Nation’s planned changes to artist agreements post-COVID that will mean performers receiving lower fees and taking on more risk, plus Jay-Z and Beyonce being sued for allegedly using a spoken word recording on their track ‘Black Effect’ without permission.SECTION TIMES01: Artists face lower pay, higher risks for live shows post-COVID (00:02:59)02: Jay-Z and Beyonce sued of ‘Black

Rap battles can get really nasty. The worst part is — innocent people can get dragged into the drama.

Mamma mia! Here we go again… again!