Carsten Jensen’s bestselling historical saga “We, the Drowned” is being adapted for TV, and prolific director and cinematographer Mikael Salomon (“Band of Brothers”) is on board. Salomon will direct the seafaring epic, which will be produced in English by Denmark’s Marlowfilm Productions. Banijay Rights has snagged international rights to the series and will hold early-stage
Month: October 2018
October 13, 2018 9:34PM PT A feature documentary secretly filmed in off-shore camps in the Pacific that hold asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will launch internationally at Mipcom. “Stop the Boats” has been acquired by indie distributor Limonero Films, which will take it out to international buyers in Cannes. The film is directed
October 13, 2018 9:31PM PT Distribution outfit Drive has inked several pre-Mipcom deals for royal documentary “Queen of the World” on the eve of the Cannes market getting underway. Drive netted the international rights to the show earlier this year. The two-part factual series looks at the Commonwealth – the international group of nations that
Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman” will be sold to networks internationally for the first time after Lionsgate scored a rights deal that will see it launch sales of the show at Mipcom, the biggest global program-trading get-together of the year. With Netflix and Amazon retaining global rights to their originals, some of the biggest shows in the world
It only took until the third episode of “Saturday Night Live’s” 44th season for Alex Baldwin to slip back into a suit, red tie and Donald Trump combover wig. The Emmy winning actor and new talk show host appeared in the cold open sketch, which focused on Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Kanye West (played
October 13, 2018 7:52PM PT “All of us at CMG are incredibly shocked and saddened to learn of the untimely passing of our colleague and friend,” EVP Greg Marella says. Joe Rainey, Vice President of Pop Promotion and Marketing at Capitol Records, passed away suddenly on Friday, at the age of 43. Capitol Music Group
Kanye West returned from his brief self-imposed social media hiatus on Saturday with a series of videos apparently posted from Africa, including a nine-minute one titled “Mind Control.” In it, he delivered a now-familiar free-associative rant that touched on such topics as mind control, social media, “positive energy” and what he described as a request
Across the globe the TV industry is being disrupted and turned upside-down by the explosive rise of OTT content consumption — and China is no exception. As high-speed internet continues to roll out in the country, and 5G transforms the mobile universe, China’s OTT growth is forecast to soon be double that of traditional television.
Damon Albarn likes sending mixed messages. Take what’s going on with his now 20-year-old, dub-pop-hop cartoon act, Gorillaz. Before the start of Gorillaz’s arena-sized “The Now Now Tour” — which had its U.S. debut at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Thursday (Oct. 11) — Albarn announced everything from a new Gorillaz album for 2019, to
After an abrupt and chaotic end to Day 1 of the Desert Daze festival that had Tame Impala’s headlining set cut off just three songs in, organizers have announced that the second and third days will proceed, as thunderstorms move out of southern California. Nerves were already on edge among some fest-goers on Friday even
Hollywood composers Brad Breeck and Gabriel Hays have come on board to pen the soundtrack for TV series “Snow Queen: Gerda and the Keepers of Wonders.” Breeck is best known for his work on Disney’s “Gravity Falls” and the “Voltron” series reboot for Dreamworks and Netflix. He was the composer for MTV’s “Awkward” and Cartoon
Drake I Opened Up to Kanye … And He Betrayed Me 10/13/2018 11:46 AM PDT Drake spilled a whole lotta tea about this past summer’s beef with Kanye West and Pusha T … telling LeBron James it all started with what he thought was a friendly meetup in Wyoming … then got very dark. Drake opened up
The Art of Crime (season 2)Created by Pierre-Yves Mora, Angele HerryBroadcaster: France 2Production: GaumontA detective teams with an art historian on mysteries of French heritage.Sales: Gaumont BalthazarWritten by Clothilde Jamin, Clelia ConstantineCast: Tomer Sisley, Helene de FougerollesBroadcaster: TF1Production: Beaubourg AudiovisuelThe cop series follows a handsome and cheeky forensic physician working with a policewoman to solve
Faced with the rising competition from global streaming services and the inflation of sports rights, French networks such as TF1, France Televisions and Canal Plus have ramped up their investment in international drama series in a major way to sustain ratings, boost their brands and lure millennials. Public broadcasting group France Televisions is spending €280
Drew Goddard doesn’t write for actors, but the moment he finished “Bad Times at the El Royale,” his story about seven people colliding in a sketchy motel, he reached out to Chris Hemsworth. Hemsworth, who appeared in Goddard’s directorial debut “Cabin in the Woods” just after his first turn as Thor, agreed to play the most
Magic Leap’s first-ever L.E.A.P. developer conference in Los Angeles this week was a chance for the company to finally stop the naysayers. Decried as over-funded vaporware for years, the event represented a unique opportunity for Magic Leap to show that it was the real deal, and that it mattered for the future of visual computing.
International TV drama’s golden age is continuing. As buyers and sellers from around the world congregate in Cannes, Variety speaks to the stars, writers, and distributors of 10 of the scripted series that will be the talk of the Croisette. The Bisexual (pictured top left)(All3Media Intl.)Desiree Akhavan wrote the first draft of “The Bisexual” right
British animator Julia Pott, the creator of Cartoon Network’s new children’s series “Summer Camp Island,” said it spoke “to people who are craving gentleness,” during a presentation of the show Saturday at MipJunior in Cannes, France. Pott compared her animated series, which follows two friends at a magical sleepaway camp, to “Gilmore Girls.” “Nothing bad
Sony’s “Venom” and Warner Bros.’ “A Star Is Born” are set to top the box office in the pair’s second weekend, while a slew of new releases hit multiplexes, led by Universal’s “First Man.” “Venom” is on its way to adding an estimated $32 million to its total for the top spot, bringing its domestic
President Donald Trump has vowed to seek “severe punishment” if officials from Saudi Arabia are found to have been involved in the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump made the remarks in a sit-down interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl that was recorded Thursday at the White House. The President has been criticized
October 13, 2018 1:40AM PT Lucky Pics, a joint venture with Banijay-owned Brainpool, is set to produce “Catch!,” a sports event show which will showcase Luke Mockridge (“Lucky Man”), the Canadian-Italian comedian who lives in Germany. “Catch!” is being created as a high-energy entertainment series following four celebrity-led teams who fight out for eight rounds,
October 13, 2018 1:24AM PT The Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour plays for seven nights in Los Angeles. Drake kicked off the first of a series of Los Angeles shows at the Staples Center tonight (Oct. 12) and among those in the crowd was none other than Adele. Writing on Twitter, the Grammy-winning singer cheered
Ronda to Conor You Don’t Have to Get Arrested … To Promote a Fight EXCLUSIVE Ronda Rousey says Conor McGregor crossed the line promoting UFC 229 — and injured her friends in the process — telling TMZ Sports no one should break the law to sell a fight. “I understand promoting fights and having to
Tandem Films, in co-production with fellow Spaniards Gloriamundi Producciones, Brown Films AIE, Producions A Fonsagrada and Argentina’s Pampa Films will launch their first animated feature, “La Gallina Turuleca” (“Turuleca the Hen”) in August of 2019. Banking on the international success of the already well-established Spanish and Latin American character, the Madrid-based production company attended this
CANNES — Federation Kids & Family, the Paris-based premium family content distributor, has closed U.K. rights on “The Ollie & Moon Show” with Tiny Pop, the U.K. pre-school TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Television Networks. Produced by Cottonwood Media, FK&F’s production arm, in association with Sprout and France Télévisions, the buddy slapstick comedy features
CANNES — Who says Chinese animation doesn’t travel? Created by Grace Tian at Beijing’s Magic Mall and produced by Magic Mall and the U.K’s Cloth Cat Animation, “Luo Bao Bei” has performed 35% above slot average on Australia ABC 2, Eurodata TV’s Avril Blondelot will point out Saturday at MipJunior in the market’s major overview
EXCLUSIVE Hip-hop legend Kool G Rap was charged with jacking a pair of pricey shoes — a charge that was later dropped — and he’s claiming it all happened for one reason — he’s black. Kool G was ordered to appear in court back in June after he was accused by an employee at a
Finland’s Kalle Kujala, backed by Family Vijakainen Holding & Investment, has established a new production company called Walking Walnut, which will focus on transmedia original animated content for kids. Brazil’s Spirit Animation Studios are co-producing and animating while the Finnish government is backing the accompanying educational content. The company, its first series and the show’s
October 12, 2018 11:21PM PT A new “Angry Birds” TV series is being hatched and will take the game-inspired bird-throwing franchise into longform territory for the first time. The new show will be aimed at 6-to-12 year-olds and is slated to launch in 2020. Finnish firm Rovio, which owns the “Angry Birds” property, has tapped
CANNES — France’s TeamTO and China’s UYoung Culture & Media Co. have struck a longterm development, production and distribution alliance. The agreement gives the Beijing-based UYoung, one of China’s foremost children’s entertainment production-distribution companies, the opportunity to co-develop and co-produce TeamTO shows. UYoung has also acquired Chinese distribution rights to the series, as well as
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