AGC’s Stuart Ford & Miguel Palos Talk TV Moves, AI, Film Sales Challenge & Whether Saudi Arabia Will Retreat From The Entertainment Business
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AGC’s Stuart Ford & Miguel Palos Talk TV Moves, AI, Film Sales Challenge & Whether Saudi Arabia Will Retreat From The Entertainment Business
Ford and Miguel Palos to discuss their ongoing push into TV, film sales challenges, the Middle East, AI and the secret to a long-standing business partnership.
BBC Beatles Series ‘Hamburg Days’ Finds Its Fab Four
Rhys Mannion will play John Lennon, Ellis Murphy is Paul McCartney, Harvey Brett will play George Harrison and Louis Landau is drummer Stu Sutcliffe in the six-parter about the Beatles’ origins as a scrappy band in post-war Germany.
AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford Says TV’s “Nanny Mentality” Funding Model Is Over
AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford has offered a stark view of the TV funding model, arguing that the days of fat fees from networks and streamers are over.
Indie Veteran Stuart Ford on Netflix-Warner Deal: We Have to “Fight Tooth and Nail” or Film Professionals Will Become “Uber Drivers” for the Tech Giants
The AGC chairman warns that the streamer's model of eliminating backend participation in film profits is eroding the financial ecosystem that sustains the whole industry.
Stuart Ford on What the Independent Film Sector Needs to Thrive
On Variety's 'Strictly Business' podcast, AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford goes deep on the issues hampering the independent film sector.
Renée Zellweger to Star in David Yates’ ‘Phantom Son’ Thriller
The Oscar winner brought Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios on board to finance and co-produce the pic alongside her Big Picture Co. banner, with international sales to kick off at AFM.
Stuart Ford Tricia Tuttle Ed Guiney on Big Changes Needed Now
Tuttle , Guiney called for European investment facilitating more ambitious movies.
Disability Advocate, AGC Studios Boss, ‘Poor Things’ Producer, Berlinale Boss Set for Locarno Pro
The industry strand at the Swiss film festival will also feature "The Producer-Director Relationship," a conversation between Ed Guiney and Romanian auteur Radu Jude.
Locarno’s StepIn to Embrace Risk, Ambition, Welcome Maysoon Zayid
An keynote will team Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle, Stuart Ford, chairman and CEO of AGC Studios and ‘Poor Things’ producer Ed Guiney.
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