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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
UTA's Curtis Brown Sells Cuba Pictures to Vice Media
Vice Media has picked up McMafia producer Cuba Pictures from UTA's Curtis Brown Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the U.K. film and TV producer will become part of Vice Studios to bolster its scripted TV business. Cuba Pictures will continue to be led by head of film and TV Dixie Linder, who will report to Vice Studios co-president Jamie Hall. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Love Hurts,' 'Violent Night' Producer Guy Danella Named President of Film at XYZ Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong Join Juliette Binoche on Cannes Jury BBC Review Finds No "Toxic Culture" But "Minority of People Whose Behavior Is Simply Not Acceptable" 'We are impressed by the innovative shows that Cuba Pictures produces with global appeal, and this acquisition accelerates our studios' growth strategy in scripted content,' Bruce Dixon, CEO of Vice Media, said in a statement. Dixie Linder added: 'I couldn't be more excited for the next chapter for Cuba alongside Jamie and the brilliant team at Vice Studios. Their passion and vision make them the perfect partners for this journey, and I can't wait to see what we create together — while continuing our very special relationship with Curtis Brown.' Cuba Pictures founder Nick Marston will remain active with the company, according to the company, and work closely with the Vice Studios team. The acquisition of Cuba Pictures follows Vice Media inking a distribution deal with ITV Studios and acquiring commercial and music video production studio London Alley Entertainment and merging it with UK's Pulse Films. Vice Studios produces the TV franchise Gangs of London, Sky's Atomic series and the upcoming film Bad Apples with Paramount, starring Saoirse Ronan. The acquisition of Cuba Pictures follows Vice Media inking a distribution deal with ITV Studios and acquiring commercial and music video production studio London Alley Entertainment and merging it with Pulse Films. TV credits for Cuba Pictures include Channel Four's Coalition, BBC One's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, the BBC Two and RTÉ thriller Paula, and the BBC1 and Amazon Prime series McMafia, starring James Norton. Cuba Pictures is at work on the drama The Walsh Sisters, an adaptation of Marian Keyes' novels and set to air on the BBC and RTE. Vice Media is owned by Fortress Investment Group, Soros Capital Management and Monroe Capital. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vice Media Acquires ‘McMafia' Producer Cuba Pictures From UTA's Curtis Brown
EXCLUSIVE: Vice Media has bought Cuba Pictures from UTA-owned literary and talent agency Curtis Brown. Cuba is one of the UK's most established drama producers. The London-based outfit's series include McMafia, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and the Andrew Garfield movie Boy A. It has just finished shooting The Walsh Sisters in Dublin, the much-anticipated adaptation of the Marian Keyes novels, for RTE and the BBC. It also recently wrapped on The Rumour for Paramount's Channel 5 and starring Joanne Whalley. More from Deadline WME Music Agents Zach Iser & Caroline Yim Join UTA As Partners UTA Signs 'East Of Wall' Filmmaker Kate Beecroft Rebel Wilson Signs With UTA Cuba is run by Dixie Linder and founder Nick Marston, who is also Chairman of Curtis Brown's Television, Film and Theatre Department. Word is that Linder will continue to lead the company with Marston also remaining involved. Deadline understands that Cuba will become part of Vice Studios, which is run by Jamie Hall in London and Danny Gabai in Los Angeles. The label will sit alongside Gangs of London producer Pulse in the Vice Studios fold. Financial terms of the deal are not known. 'Dixie and the team at Cuba Pictures have an exceptional track record in the scripted space,' said Hall. 'Together we will produce incredibly compelling scripted content and extend Vice Studios' global reach.' Marston said that Cuba Pictures has always had 'a fierce intelligence and an independent spirit, with some great clients of Curtis Brown at the heart of the creative process,' adding: 'I am sure that Vice Studios will continue this tradition, and I look forward to fruitful collaborations in the future.' Curtis Brown, which was bought by UTA in 2022, and Cuba have close creative ties, which will remain, said CEO Jonny Geller: 'We will be continuing to work with our friends at Cuba who have brought so many of our clients' projects to the screen.' Linder welcomed the deal to join Vice Studios. 'Their passion and vision make them the perfect partners for this journey, and I can't wait to see what we create together—while continuing our very special relationship with Curtis Brown.' Vice went on a rollercoaster corporate ride, evolving from noisy outsider to part of the media establishment, to bankruptcy. Now, under its new ownership of Fortress Investment Group, Soros Capital Management, and Monroe Capital, it has pared back and restructured and has moved in deal-making mode in recent months. In February, Vice Studios cut a distribution agreement with ITV Studios. In March, Vice acquired LA-based music video and commercials outfit London Alley Entertainment. 'We are impressed by the innovative shows that Cuba Pictures produces with global appeal, and this acquisition accelerates our Studios' growth strategy in scripted content,' said Bruce Dixon, CEO of Vice Media. 'This is the latest example of Vice's momentum and successful turnaround.' Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Reminders of Him' Movie So Far Streamer Subscription Prices And Tiers – Everything To Know As Prices Increase And Ads Abound 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hay Festival announces return of expert panel series The News Review for 2025
Hay Festival will partner with The Independent once again to reprise The News Review, a series of morning panels with renowned guests. Spread over 11 days, festival-goers will be treated to an overflowing itinerary of over 600 events in Hay-on-Wye between 22 May and 1 June 2025. The star-studded lineup includes Yulia Navalnaya, Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil, and many more. The Independent will host nine sessions of The News Review each morning, with the publication's journalists exploring current affairs with leading figures from politics, science, the arts and comedy. Joining TheIndependent to dissect the breaking news of the day will be historians David Olusoga and Kehinde Andrews, comedian Sara Pascoe, broadcasters Jon Sopel and Anushka Asthan and world-renowned philosopher AC Grayling. Journalists Lyse Doucet and Misha Glenny will address the shifting nuances of geopolitics while the subject of climate science will be discussed by academic Friederike Otto. Hay Festival president Stephen Fry highlighted the festival's important role in this year's tumultuous social and political climate, stating: 'Besides the fun and joy of gathering to share stories, it is also the antidote to disinformation and division.' Geordie Greig, Editor-In-Chief of The Independent, said: 'Hay Festival remains the world's greatest exchange for the best works of literature and a forum for ideas, philosophy, politics and provocative debate. I am so pleased that The Independent can once again be at the heart of this meeting of minds, bringing together our journalists with luminaries from all walks of life to discuss the pressing matters affecting us all. 'The Independent has more than 20 million readers in the UK alone, many of whom are passionate about culture in all its forms. I'm looking forward to a fascinating, thought-provoking series, discussing and shaping the news of the day.' Meanwhile, Julie Finch, Hay Festival Global CEO, added: 'We're delighted to be working with The Independent on the News Review series, gathering festival guests each morning to discuss and debate the day's headlines. With the news agenda changing so quickly, this opens up a space in our programme to be reactive and keep pace with the world around us.' The full breakdown of this year's News Review line-up can be found below: Saturday 24 May 2025, 10am –Wye Stage Mike Berners-Lee, sustainability researcher and professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, author of There is No Planet B; Misha Glenny, geopolitics journalist, author of McMafia. Sunday 25 May 2025, 10am – Global Stage Friederike Otto, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Imperial College London. Monday 26 May 2025, 10am – Meadow Stage David Olusoga, historian and author of Black and British, presenter of Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners; Helen Rebanks, farmer and author of The Farmer's Wife. Tuesday 27 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage TBA Wednesday 28 May 2025, 10am – Global Stage Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympic athlete and presenter; Sara Pascoe, award-winning comedian, host of BBC2's Great British Sewing Bee, author of Sex Power Money. Thursday 29 May 2025, 10am – Meadow Stage Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, author of The New Age of Empire; Havana Marking, award-winning director of Undercover: Exposing the Far Right. Friday 30 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage AC Grayling, philosopher, founder and principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London; Jon Sopel, former BBC North America editor, host of The News Agents, author of Strangeland. Saturday 31 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage Anushka Asthana, ITV's deputy political editor, author of Taken As Red: How Labour Won Big and the Tories Crashed the Party; Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent and Senior Presenter. Sunday 1 June 2025, 10am – Wye Stage Sigrid Rausing, publisher of Granta magazine and Granta Books; Philippe Sands KC, Professor of Law at University College London and author of East West Street. Special guests at Hay this year include Good Omens star Michael Sheen, The Good Place actor Jameela Jamil, artist Grayson Perry, comedian Miranda Hart, musician and author Paloma Faith, ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly and activist Katie Piper. They will be joined by British screenwriter and producer Jesse Armstrong, one of the minds behind Succession, Peep Show and Four Lions. As well as its usual literary offerings, the Festival will launch its first cinema section with the MUBI cinema hosting screenings of Bergman Island; How to Have Sex; Fallen Leaves; Queer; First Cow; Alcarràs; Dahomey; Decision to Leave; Aftersun; Priscilla; Perfect Days; Petite Maman; and The Worst Person in the World. They will be followed by discussion and analysis by screenwriters including Hot Milk's Rebecca Lenkiewicz, The Power's Sarah Quintrell, and His Dark Materials producer Jane Tranter. Conclave novelist Robert Harris will also discuss the Oscar-nominated adaptation of his work.
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Hay Festival announces return of expert panel series The News Review for 2025
Hay Festival will partner with The Independent once again to reprise The News Review, a series of morning panels with renowned guests. Spread over 11 days, the festival will feature an overflowing itinerary of over 600 events in Hay-on-Wye between 22 May and 1 June 2025. The star-studded lineup includes Yulia Navalnaya, Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and many more. The Independent will host nine sessions of The News Review each morning, with the publication's journalists exploring current affairs with leading figures from politics, science, the arts and comedy. Joining The Independent to dissect the breaking news of the day will be historians David Olusoga and Kehinde Andrews, comedian Sara Pascoe, broadcasters Jon Sopel and Anushka Asthan and world-renowned philosopher AC Grayling. Journalists Lyse Doucet and Misha Glenny will address the shifting nuances of geopolitics while the subject of climate science will be discussed by academic Friederike Otto. Hay Festival president Stephen Fry highlighted the festival's important role in this year's tumultuous social and political climate, stating: 'Besides the fun and joy of gathering to share stories, it is also the antidote to disinformation and division.' Geordie Greig, Editor-In-Chief of The Independent, said: 'Hay Festival remains the world's greatest exchange for the best works of literature and a forum for ideas, philosophy, politics and provocative debate. I am so pleased that The Independent can once again be at the heart of this meeting of minds, bringing together our journalists with luminaries from all walks of life to discuss the pressing matters affecting us all. ' The Independent has more than 20 million readers in the UK alone, many of whom are passionate about culture in all its forms. I'm looking forward to a fascinating, thought-provoking series, discussing and shaping the news of the day.' Meanwhile, Julie Finch, Hay Festival Global CEO, added: 'We're delighted to be working with The Independent on the News Review series, gathering festival guests each morning to discuss and debate the day's headlines. With the news agenda changing so quickly, this opens up a space in our programme to be reactive and keep pace with the world around us.' The full breakdown of this year's News Review line-up can be found below: Saturday 24 May 2025, 10am –Wye Stage Mike Berners-Lee, sustainability researcher and professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, author of There is No Planet B; Misha Glenny, geopolitics journalist, author of McMafia. Sunday 25 May 2025, 10am – Global Stage Friederike Otto, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Imperial College London. Monday 26 May 2025, 10am – Meadow Stage David Olusoga, historian and author of Black and British, presenter of Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners; Helen Rebanks, farmer and author of The Farmer's Wife. Tuesday 27 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage TBA Wednesday 28 May 2025, 10am – Global Stage Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympic athlete and presenter; Sara Pascoe, award-winning comedian, host of BBC2's Great British Sewing Bee, author of Sex Power Money. Thursday 29 May 2025, 10am – Meadow Stage Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, author of The New Age of Empire; Havana Marking, award-winning director of Undercover: Exposing the Far Right. Friday 30 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage AC Grayling, philosopher, founder and principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London; Jon Sopel, former BBC North America editor, host of The News Agents, author of Strangeland. Saturday 31 May 2025, 10am – Discovery Stage Anushka Asthana, ITV's deputy political editor, author of Taken As Red: How Labour Won Big and the Tories Crashed the Party; Lyse Doucet, the BBC's Chief International Correspondent and Senior Presenter. Sunday 1 June 2025, 10am – Wye Stage Sigrid Rausing, publisher of Granta magazine and Granta Books; Philippe Sands KC, Professor of Law at University College London and author of East West Street. Special guests at Hay this year include Good Omens star Michael Sheen, The Good Place actor Jameela Jamil, artist Grayson Perry, comedian Miranda Hart, musician and author Paloma Faith, ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly and activist Katie Piper. They will be joined by British screenwriter and producer Jesse Armstrong, one of the minds behind Succession, Peep Show and Four Lions. As well as its usual literary offerings, the Festival will launch its first cinema section with the MUBI cinema hosting screenings of Bergman Island; How to Have Sex; Fallen Leaves; Queer; First Cow; Alcarràs; Dahomey; Decision to Leave; Aftersun; Priscilla; Perfect Days; Petite Maman; and The Worst Person in the World. They will be followed by discussion and analysis by screenwriters including Hot Milk' s Rebecca Lenkiewicz, The Power 's Sarah Quintrell, and His Dark Materials producer Jane Tranter. Conclave novelist Robert Harris will also discuss the Oscar-nominated adaptation of his work.
