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Jake Kanter
International Investigations Editor
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Jake rejoined Deadline in December 2022 after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. Previously, he was Deadline's International TV Editor for two years, during which time he broke a several exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organizations in Europe. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter. He is based in London.
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North Road-Backed Karga Seven Snags Rights To ‘The World: A Family History Of Humanity’
EXCLUSIVE: Karga Seven Pictures, the Turkish-American producer backed by Peter Chernin's North Road Company, has acquired Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book The World: A Family History Of Humanity.
Karga Seven will adapt the sweeping historical book, which chronicles the world's great dynasties…
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Why Apple TV+’s Noel Fielding Comedy ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin’ Came To An Untimely Halt
The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+'s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there's nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week.
Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an…
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News UK Studios Staff Face Layoffs After Piers Morgan’s Exit From Murdoch Media Empire
EXCLUSIVE: Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has placed an unknown number of employees into a consultation process as part of plans to reorganize its studios division after Piers Morgan’s departure.
Deadline understands that staff have been told that jobs are at risk amid a “rightsizing” initiative at…
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Apple TV+ Series ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin’ Scrapped After Noel Fielding Pulls Out Of Season 2 Shoot
The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin is no more.
Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy has been shut down after Noel Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot.
The Sun newspaper first reported on Dick Turpin’s demise. Deadline understands that Season 2…
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Karla SofÃa Gascón Makes BAFTA History By Becoming First Openly Trans Actress To Be Nominated For Film Award
Fresh from making Golden Globes history, Karla SofÃa Gascón has now become the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for a BAFTA Film Award.
The Spanish performer has been recognized in the Leading Actress category for her role in Emilia Pérez, in which she stars as a Mexican drug…
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‘Severance’ Cast Bring Lumon Industries Office To Life In Glass Box At Grand Central Station
As viral marketing stunts go, there’s a somewhat meta feel to cramming the cast of Severance into a glass box at New York City’s Grand Central Station.
Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, and Tramell Tillman were among those who brought the Lumon Industries office to life…
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Netflix’s UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix was the most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year, overtaking dominant domestic network BBC1 for the first time, according to a Deadline analysis.
The unseating of Britain’s most popular channel may not have been permanent, but it represents a possible…
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Paris Hilton Surveys Wreckage Of Fire-Ravaged Home & Reflects On Her “Indescribable” Heartbreak In Social Media Video
Paris Hilton has posted a social media video in which she surveys the shell of her fire-ravaged home in Malibu and exclaims that her “heart has shattered into a million pieces.”
The reality TV star revealed earlier this week how she watched her home burn to the ground live on television after…
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Legendary Entertainment Ends Venture With Watford & Essex As UK Producer Files For Closure
EXCLUSIVE: In another reminder of the challenging climate for UK scripted producers, Watford & Essex has filed for closure after its joint-venture deal with Legendary Entertainment was not renewed.
The drama company was founded alongside Legendary in 2020 by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham…
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LA Mayor Karen Bass Silent & Stony-Faced As She Refuses To Answer Sky News Questions About Wildfires During Awkward Airport Confrontation
“The lady’s not for talking.”
That was the conclusion of Sky News journalist David Blevins after he confronted LA Mayor Karen Bass over her handling of the wildfire disaster at an airport on Wednesday.
Bass was returning to both a literal and political firestorm after she stepped off a…
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In Purported Leaked Voice Message, Justin Baldoni Laments Being “Sent To The Basement” By Blake Lively During ‘It Ends With Us’ Premiere
Justin Baldoni bemoaned being banished to the basement by Blake Lively during the It Ends with Us premiere, according to a purported leaked voice message he sent to his associates.
The message was played in full on The Megyn Kelly Show during an interview the former Fox News host conducted with…
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Revealed: BBC Boss Tim Davie Held Crunch Talks With Top Producers Over UK Scripted Funding Crisis
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC assembled some of the UK’s finest drama and comedy producers to discuss the scripted funding crisis currently gripping the industry, we can reveal.
Described as a “gathering of the families,” BBC director general Tim Davie and content chief Charlotte Moore invited the group of…
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