Hello Insider, Max Goldbart here. World Cup fever has gripped Deadline Towers, and while our American colleagues are gobbling up their turkey with all the goodies, we’re busy in the world of international television and film.
The goalposts are moving
The argument keeps coming: Those who thought the Qatar World Cup controversy would melt away once things really got going are sadly mistaken. It’s hard to keep track of events off the pitch during a fast-moving and turbulent first week of the world’s biggest sporting tournament, but the tone was set by a helplessly bizarre diatribe by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino on Saturday, in which he described robust. defense of the Gulf state, led by a much-mocked “Today I feel Qatari, Today I feel Arab, Today I feel African, Today I feel gay” before equating the appalling human rights record to being bullied as a child because of red hair. Gianni’s strange outburst preceded an opening ceremony with BTS’s Morgan Freeman and Jung Kook, but some weren’t interested. In a controversial move, the BBC opted to show the ceremony only via an online live stream, while the main channel’s programming included a lengthy critique of Qatar and FIFA from host Gary Lineker and a trio of pundits. Lineker said on a podcast yesterday that he was driven in part by the BBC’s failure to speak out more about human rights issues at the last World Cup, which was held in Russia. ‘, according to our analysis earlier this month.
protest and non-protest: After an almost uneventful opening game (Qatar were beaten 2-0 by an impressive Ecuador side), all eyes were on England’s opener against Iran, and national anthems and armbands were on everyone’s mind. On the day two prominent Iranian actresses were arrested for conspiring and acting against the Iranian authorities, Iranian soccer players steadfastly refused to perform the national anthem in protest against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in custody in September to sing England, meanwhile, suffered a setback when captain Harry Kane wore a One Love armband after FIFA announced he would receive a yellow card if he did so. It appeared that an on-field penalty was too much for England or the other eight One Love Nations, having previously said they would happily accept a fine for wearing the armband.
On the field: Millions tune in all week for some of the big games. The 2022 clash between France and Australia set a record for local network TF1, 12M set the tone for America’s first tie against Wales (pictured) on Fox and Telemundo and England’s Iran game on Monday afternoon featured reach of 8M, when soccer crazy city guys sneaked into bar. Interestingly, 4 million more watched the USA game than the England game in the UK. And the tournament has already been full of surprises on the pitch as Japan beat Germany and Saudi Arabia produced an incredible performance on Tuesday to beat one of the tournament favourites, Argentina. Eyes now turn to the ‘soccer derby’ as England take on the USA tonight at 19:00 GMT (11:00 PT). There’s a lot more to come from Deadline, both on and off the field.
The House of Netflix
open doors: Netflix opened the doors to its production center in Madrid’s Tres Cantos earlier this week as it unveiled five new studio spaces on site, including the streamer’s first in-house post-production facility. Our own Zac Ntim traveled to the Spanish capital with journalists and Spanish industry professionals and was given a tour of the sprawling grounds. The event concluded with a Q&A session on stage. Verónica Fernández, director of series for Spain and Portugal, said during the session that the new facilities “guarantee” that creators in Spain have the “resources to keep telling their stories”. Fernández also confirmed that by the end of the year, the streamer will reach more than 30 Spanish-language projects in films, series and non-fiction.
Steven Game Bear
“Factory of Dreams”: None other than world-renowned director Steven Spielberg will receive the Honorary Golden Bear at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival next year, it was announced on Tuesday. Presenting the novelty, Berlinale directorial duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian praised a man who gave ‘cinema’ a new meaning as a dream factory, and greater praise for the 19-time Oscar-nominated Writer could one can hardly imagine. Spielberg will receive his award at the highly anticipated non-virtual Berlinale in mid-February, just weeks before the launch of one of his most autobiographical works to date. the mythical creatures, which will be released in German cinemas by Universal Pictures Germany in March.
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A little IFFI: Next to India, where our Asia expert Liz Shackleton confidently navigates the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). At one of Asia’s biggest festivals, a loved one gave a very insightful speech Kung Fu Panda and The little Prince Director Mark Osborne, who spoke about Miyazaki, his creative processes and Netflix’s impact on global animation audiences. One of the many nuggets was the revelation that Osborne was trying to feature Japanese animation master Miyazaki. The little Prince but “he is known not to watch other people’s films,” although rumor has it that Miyazaki “took a trip to the Sahara to witness something that happens in the book.” More here. Meanwhile, Liz found time to sit down Drishyam 2 Star Ajay Devgn to talk about the film, which was partially shot in India’s beach state, his thoughts on the current state of Hindi-language (aka Bollywood) films and some of his upcoming projects. And Liz even had time to break that agenda-setter at Mumbai-based Impact Films, which has planned theatrical releases for some of the biggest films of the past 12 months, including those starring Brendan Fraser. the whale, Winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes triangle of sadness and the global outbreak of A24 Everything, everywhere, all at once.
Public service announcement
Collaborate to compete: Public service broadcasting has never been more under threat than today: whether it is because viewers are migrating to global streamers, fake news and disinformation are undermining the values of openness and truth, or because the economy is tightening budgets. No wonder many of the world’s leading public service broadcasters gather each year at the Public Broadcasters International conference to celebrate the virtues of their existence and pat each other on the back. Being constantly kicked and judged can be exhausting, but when Jesse passed three of the top dogs in the PSB world – CBC/Radio-Canada’s Catherine Tait, ABC’s David Anderson and RNZ’s Paul Thompson – he found full of fighting spirit and hope. for the future. In a lengthy interview, Tait addressed the acrimonious license renewal talks at CBC, Anderson was asked how he is changing his work structure, and Thompson discussed the merger between his radio station RNZ and television station TVNZ. If, like us at Deadline International TV Desk, you’re into all things broadcast politics, you should read the Q&A in its entirety.
“The Voice” goes underground
“Light in her soul in the darkest night”: Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine nine months ago and The voice Finale, which took place 75 meters underground in a train station that served as an air raid shelter, was certainly one of them. After the finale was delayed for months due to February’s invasion of Russia, producers at 1+1 Media staged a gong-worthy performance for every member of the production team as the format’s final episode aired from Maidan Nezalezhnosti below Kiev – squarely. With generator-powered lights due to Kiev’s constant blackouts, folk singer Maria Kvitka (pictured) emerged victorious over a group of performers, including a Ukrainian doctor recently freed from Russian exile. It looked like a great night, summed up by Volodymyr Zavadyuk, head of big shows at 1+1, who announced: “We tried for Ukrainians to have light in their souls in the darkest night.” -Production Award 2022 as a sign of solidarity.
The essentials
🌶️ Hot: Baz Bamigboye’s hit of the week was this megacast update of Sam Mendes’ play based on Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud’s Broadway Hamlet.
🌶️ Another one: home of the dragon Star Emma D’Arcy has dropped out of the biopic about Anna Politkovskaya Anna, replaced by Naomi Battrick.
🌶️ Get Warmer: Per Jesse, the debut novel by British author CJ Tudor The hustle and bustle is slated for a TV adaptation.
🍿 box office: China gave James Cameron’s theatrical release Avatar: the way of water according to Nancy’s analysis.
📚 book offer: dead in paradise Indie Red Planet is working on two more novels our house Author Louise Candlelish.
🤝 More mergers and acquisitions: Fremantle was back at it, taking a majority stake in Israeli shadow of truth Producer Silvio Productions.
🏆 awards last: BBC Ones look and that of Netflix Sex education won big at the International Emmys.
🏕️ festivals: The politically charged Palestinian director Firas Khoury warning triumphed at the Cairo Film Festival.
⚖️ In balance: French streamer Salto, believed to be in talks with partners about a possible sale.
🐦 Chief Twit last: Twitter’s Brussels office, which played a key role in relations with the European Union, has been closed.
🖊️ Registered: Multi-hyphenate producer Aleksey Ageyev has joined Artist International Group as a partner. Matt Grobar with this one.
🎥 way: Nicholas Winding Ref Copenhagen cowboy revealed the full trailer and set a January 5th release date.
🖼️ The first glance: at mine Crime, The latest film by the French writer François Ozon.
Zac Ntim and Jesse Whittock contributed to this week’s International Insider.
Author: Max Goldbart
Source: Deadline
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