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During Hollywood’s pandemic shutdowns in 2020, one market stayed bustling: media rights sales. That has been a boon to some authors and agents who were able to get book-to-film or TV packages sold during a quieter time for the industry. The growth in streaming deals and interest in diverse stories are contributing factors to a booming rights marketplace, one where authors long sidelined in Hollywood adaptations now hold a more prominent role. “[The pandemic] escalated what was going to happen a few years from now. It was just in a much shorter window,” says UTA’s media rights group co-head Jason Richman. The launching of studio streaming services created a need for content, and the past year's e-suite reorganizations left new hires with slates that needed filling. Adds Richman, “There has been so much change that it creates opportunity"...

Los Angeles Sunset Tower is getting ready for Oscar night. Winners will be treated to dinner if they come in after the show with their statuettes. The public can also book a meal at the hotel, and rooms are available for private COVID-safe viewing parties. Options range from four people in a deluxe king suite with Champagne, popcorn and movie candy to a sit-down dinner for 15 in a townhouse or penthouse. Plus, Klein is doing away with the hotel’s no-photo policy for the night so guests can share their evening in social media if they’d like...

Italy has officially abolished film censorship by scrapping legislation that since 1913 has allowed the government to censor scenes and ban movies such as, most famously, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom” and Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris.” According to a survey by Cinecensura, a permanent online exhibition promoted by the Italian Culture Ministry, 274 Italian films, 130 American movies and 321 pics from other countries have been banned in Italy since 1944, and more than 10,000 have been forced to cut scenes. Under the new decree, film distributors will self-classify their own movies based on existing audience age brackets such as “over-14″ (or aged 12+ if accompanied by a parent) and “over 18” (or 16+ accompanied by adults). Subsequently, a new commission of film industry figures, as well as education experts and animal rights activists, will review the film’s classification...

California will allow indoor concerts, theater performances and other gatherings beginning on April 15. Attendees will have to either show a negative COVID-19 test result or proof of full vaccination...

People in the UK are eager to return to cinemas when they reopen, a survey has found.A research conducted by Metrixlab at the request of the Film Distributors’ Association concluded that 59 per cent of respondents cited the cinema as their most missed out-of-home entertainment activity. It also found that 40 per cent of respondents are planning to return within the first few weeks of reopening, and a further 36 per cent within the first few months...