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International Insider: Future Of TV; Red Sea Buzz; Baz Meets Nicole


Red Sea Film Festival, Nicole Kidman and Gregg Wallace feature in this week's Deadline International Insider.

Coming off the back of his network axing Wicked Tuna and Life Below Zero, Nat Geo acquisitions boss Christian Drobnyk was straight out the blocks with the sentiment, positing: “We need to start to look at how those shows are built and what their price points are.” For Kathleen Finch, retiring Warner Bros. For Bloys, who spoke at the buzzy showcase alongside Salma Hayek Pinault, Diane Kruger and Harry Potter showrunner Francesca Gardiner, streamer Max will stay in its lane rather than taking on the breadth of what Netflix offers. Douglas and Zeta-Jones in town: Speaking of heat, Saudi Arabia’s buzzy Red Sea Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition with a starry opening ceremony on Thursday evening as it returned to the historic Al-Balad neighborhood of its home port city of Jeddah.

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