10 Stories You Should Know: 10/04/2022
Meet the band of TV animals that’s talking to preschoolers about climate
Here are the stories that should be on your radar for Tuesday, October 4th, 2022:
BAFTA Tweaks TV Awards To Allow For More Women Directors & International Non-Scripted Shows (Deadline)
The BAFTA Craft Director categories in Factual, Fiction and Multi-Camera will now see the top three male and top three female directors from round one automatically go through to jury consideration.
The intervention comes after the UK TV industry attracted stinging criticism last year when only one of 12 nominated directors at the Crafts were female. A report from collective We Are Doc Women late last year found men are three times more likely to direct UK documentaries than women and the BBC and Channel 4 have since committed to a 50/50 gender split in factual.
Meet the Band of TV Animals That’s Talking to Preschoolers About Climate (NY Times)
Four-year-old Francis Gaskin, who lives with his family in Houston, has a favorite episode of his favorite new Netflix cartoon: When the Amazon rainforest canopy dries up from too much heat, the manic howler monkeys must move into the lower realms of the forest, creating havoc among the other rainforest residents. “They had to find a new home,” Francis explained during a video interview.
The Crown: Netflix Looking For Young Actor To Play Prince Harry (Independent)
The actor will be playing the Duke of Sussex between the ages of 16 and 20, with the advert stating that the part will be a “leading role”.
It says that Harry will play a “significant” part in the sixth season of The Crown, with filming beginning in November.
Banijay Completes Acquisition of Sony Pictures Television Germany, Rebrands It As Noisy Pictures (Variety)
Sony Pictures Television Germany’s successful shows include “Die Höhle der Löwen,” which has been on Vox since 2014; drama-comedy “Der Lehrer,” which has played nine seasons on RTL and won numerous awards; and ZDF crime series “Heldt.”
Mobile Games Based On SpongeBob And Narcos Are Coming To Netflix Gaming (Gamespot)
Netflix is adding even more new games to its gaming section, with the latest announcement involving a partnership with indie mobile publisher Tilting Point. The publisher has announced that cooking game SpongeBob: Get Cooking is available now on Netflix, with Narcos: Cartel Wars Unlimited joining it in fall, as well as a third unnanounced game due for a 2023 release.
Amazon Studios Inks Partnerships With Two Latino Industry Organizations (The Hollywood Reporter)
Right in the middle of Latino Heritage Month, Amazon Studios has announced partnerships with Latino Film Institute and LA Collab, two community organizations working to boost U.S. Latino representation in the entertainment industry.
Netflix May Be Doomed By Its Ad-Tier (Seeking Alpha)
Assuming that the pessimistic FQ3'22 estimates came true, NFLX would have more downsides from current levels, potentially breaking its previous June lows. The S&P 500 Index had already done so, with a -25.25% plunge on 30 September 2022, indicating peak market pessimism and fear levels. Even though the latter had also recovered by 2.59% at the time of writing, one day's price action may not reflect the true state of the market, which has been admitted bearish since the start of the year.
Bill Nighy-Narrated Doc and Concert Film Celebrating 50th Anniversary of ‘Tubular Bells’ Sells to U.S. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield’s seminal debut album that became a global smash hit in 1973 when its opening theme was used in the soundtrack to The Exorcist (providing a very early boost to Richard Branson’s then infant Virgin Group along the way), turns 50 years old next year.
Dwayne Thompson Holds Watch Party To Celebrate Appearance In Hulu Original Series (Shelby County Reporter)
“The casting director said ‘I think they’re going to love you,’ and in about two weeks they called and gave me the good news that I would be on the show,” Thompson said. “I knew they liked what they heard.”
Thompson’s specialization is barbecue, but he knew he could rise to the challenge of making pizzas.
“Because it was pizza, it was kind of out of my wheelhouse,” Thompson said. “But my sauce had been utilized in a couple of places.”