Natalie Burns Joins Anthony Hopkins In ‘Eyes In The Timber’
EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Burns (Til Loss of life Do Us Half) has joined Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ashley Greene in sci-fi thriller Eyes within the Timber. She is going to play the function of Marcy, a seasoned army veteran who reluctantly agrees to hitch former teammates for a ultimate mission. They’re dispatched to research the work of Dr Moreau’s enigmatic successor, Dr. Addis, a superb but mysterious geneticist. Quickly, the workforce finds their resolve examined as they delve right into a world of chilling and harmful experiments going down on a distant island. Taking pictures is going down on location in Thailand. Burns lately starred reverse Jason Patric and Cam Gigandet in action-comedy Til Loss of life Do Us Half and was in interval motion flick Redemption, which stars Angus Macfadyen and Kevin Sorbo. She additionally accomplished taking pictures on comedy Dashing By way of the Snow and horror thriller The Movers with Terrence Howard and Christopher Lloyd. Burns is represented by Bobby Moses at Mavrick Artists Company and supervisor Scott Karp at The Syndicate.
Thunderbird “Watching” AMPTP-Toon Union Talks “Intently”
Canadian content material group Thunderbird Leisure says it’s “carefully watching” the continuing negotiations south of the border between Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) and the Worldwide Alliance of Theatrical Stage Staff (IATSE) Native 839, which represents animators and different associated professionals. The talks restarted this week after a earlier spherical ended with no deal, placing many on edge. Nonetheless, Thunderbird CEO Jennifer Twiner McCarron famous within the firm’s first monetary quarter outcomes for 2025 (confusingly overlaying the June-Sept 2024 interval) that, “We perceive that they’re making progress in the direction of a brand new three-year deal, and hope for an equitable resolution.” In Thunderbird’s Q1 monetary quarter, the Toronto-listed agency noticed income develop 36% year-on-year from C$33.6M ($24.1M) to C$45.7M, with the rise right down to extra manufacturing providers engagements. Adjusted earnings elevated 64% from C$2.5M to C$4.1M due to the improved revenues and decrease normal and administrative prices. Web earnings was C$1.6M, in contrast with a C$700,000 loss final 12 months. Thunderbird’s board formally ended a plan to promote the corporate final month after ACF Funding Financial institution had overseen a strategic evaluate on the behest of shareholder Voss Capital. “With a 36% enhance in income, a 64% rise in AEBITDA, and a considerable increase in free money stream, we’re not solely navigating trade headwinds however starting to thrive as soon as once more,” mentioned McCarron.
Prime Video India Provides Okay-Content material Channel
Okay-content is resonating in India, and Prime Video is capitalizing. The streamer is including Channel Okay, a premium Korean content material community from Interactive Media Combine, as an add-on subscription. The service will provide “an immersive Hallyu expertise” by way of collection reminiscent of Summer time Strike and Private Style, films together with Our Season, Joint Safety Space (JSA) and The Battle: Roar to Victory, NCT Nation and Made in Korea: The Okay-Pop Expertise. Genres will span Okay-pop live shows to actuality. Channel Okay can be supplied at a fee of ₹79 (93¢) per 30 days, with a limited-time introductory provide of ₹1 for the primary month. “Over the previous few years, we have now seen great enhance within the reputation of Korean content material on Prime Video in India, together with collection like Marry My Husband, No Acquire No Love, Jinny’s Kitchen, and extra, that have been liked by our clients,” mentioned Gaurav Bhasin, Head of Market for Prime Video India. “We are actually thrilled to launch Channel Okay in India and provides Prime members a chance to get a fair wider collection of scripted and unscripted Korean content material with this new add-on providing.”