Ted Sarandos To Speak AT RTS London Convention
Ted Sarandos will speak at the Royal Television Society London Convention this year, which is being sponsored by Netflix. The head of the streamer will address the biannual event alongside the likes of the bosses of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Richard Osman and Marina Hyde, who helm the Rest is Entertainment podcast, will also speak. The convention is being forged with the theme The Next Episode: Keeping Our Creative Edge and will be overseen by Netflix’s Anna Mallett, Vice President, Production, EMEA/UK. “As ever, identifying a pertinent theme, one that celebrates and also challenges the industry, is critical to our Convention,” said RTS CEO Theresa Wise. “Thank you so much to Anna Mallett, our chair for this tentpole in the industry calendar and to Netflix for being this year’s Principal Sponsor of the RTS London Convention 2024.”
Tudor Giurgiu’s ‘Libertate’ wins big at Romanian film awards
Director Tudor Giurgiu’ Libertate (Freedom) has swept up the 18th Gopo Awards, which celebrates the best of the Romanian film industry. Libertate won a total of 10 awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor, and tied for Best Screenplay with Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World. The Gopo Awards see more than 700 film professionals and journalists choose their favorite domestic productions released the previous year. The gala is named after Romanian director and animator Ion Popescu Gopo, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1957.
BBC Unveils ‘Rebus’ First-Look & Premiere Date
The BBC has released a first-look (below) and premiere date for the Rebus reboot it has acquired from Viaplay. The series will air on BBC Scotland on 17 May and the following day on BBC One. Set in Edinburgh, the series stars Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role, playing a young John Rebus as a detective sergeant, who is drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality. The original Rebus series aired on BBC rival ITV between 2000 and 2007. Scandi streamer Viaplay ordered the show but has since exited the UK, while Austalia’s SBS has also boarded Rebus.
