The streaming platforms of European broadcasters are outgunning the global streamers when it comes to depth of content, research agency Glance reported in Cannes during TV market Mipcom this week. “Everyone is a streamer, even the broadcasters,” Frédéric Vaulpré, senior VP at Glance, told Variety in a café in the Riviera resort, referring to a […]
Republic Pictures has nabbed U.S. and Canadian rights to “Adulthood,” directed by Alex Winter and penned by novelist Michael M.B. Galvin. Described as darkly comic and modern-noir, “Adulthood” follows sister and brother Megan and Noah who are barely hanging on in present-day America. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, […]
Mo Abudu likes to joke that when she decided, in her mid-40, to change careers, from being an executive at oil giant ExxonMobil to launching her own media empire, “most people thought it was a mid-life crisis.” Nearly two decades later, the oft-styled “Queen of African media” has proven the doubters wrong. At 60, Abudu’s […]
Life swings between triumph and failure in the enthralling “El Gran Salto” produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Banijay’s Diagonal TV, the force behind shows such as “Isabel” and “La Catedral del Mar.” Spanish star Óscar Casas (“Instinto,” “Xtremo”) stars as Olympic Gold Medalist gymnast Gervasio Deferr. The series is written by “Bye” scribe […]
In one of the most anticipated keynotes held at the 40th edition of Mipcom in Cannes, All3Media CEO Jane Turton discussed what drove Jeff Zucker and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird IMI in its $1.45 billion purchase of the TV production powerhouse behind “The Traitors.” “I think it’s definitely the IP. People want to see growth,” Turton said at […]
Victura Media, a new company focused on managing entertainment franchises, has launched at Mopcon with a slate of IP including a television adaptation of Dawn O’Porter novel “Paper Aeroplanes.”Victura will also distribute a number of titles from “The Walking Dead” producer Skybound Entertainment, including“PSI Cops,” “Super Dinosaur” and “Skybound Presents: Spike & Mike’s Festival of […]
After executive stints at such Indian media giants as Eros International, Abundantia Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment, Singh joined Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bhansali Productions in 2019, heading up operations at the Bollywood powerhouse. Singh has expanded the company’s business to the small screen with the epic series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaara Netflix original about the lives […]
Hulu has picked up U.S. rights to Paris Has Fallenthe new action series spin-off of the Gerard Butler Has Fallen film franchise. StudioCanal is producing the TV drama together with War of the Worlds producer Urban Myth Films, Millennium Media, Butler’s G-Base and Eclectic Pictures. Paris Has Fallen recently premiered on its Canal+ series in […]
Children’s entertainment players the Wiggles and Sinking Ship Entertainment have joined forces to develop an animated series based on the Wiggles brand. The Wiggles are an Australian music group formed in 1991 when founder Anthony Field had the idea to make a children’s album. The original lineup was Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt […]
Studio Lambert, owned by All3Media, snagged prizes for Squid Game: The Challenge and The Traitors at MIPCOM‘s International Format Awards in Cannes on Sunday night. Squid Game: The Challenge was completely inspired by the smash hit South Korean series on Netflix, adopting the same game for a reality show produced by Studio Lambert and The […]
