Exclusive: Orange is the New Black and Weeds showrunner Jenji Kohan is to deliver a masterclass at Seriesly Berlin, the new TV festival launching in the German capital next week.
The storied creator-showrunner will “share insights into her writing process, developing and pitching shows, handling feedback, and maintaining a strong creative voice,” according to the fest. The first-come-first-served talk is encouraging screenwriters in particular to register and will take place Tuesday at 1 p.m. Cet (4 a.m. Pt).
Kohan is the creator and showrunner of Showtime smash Weeds and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, one of the streamer’s biggest early hits. Other credits include Tough Trade, Glow and, more recently, Netflix’s The Decameron, which is an adaptation of the famous Italian novel.
Kohan will speak from the panoramic view of Berlin at Fotografiska’s rooftop bar.
She joins a growing linuep that includes Amazon Germany Country Director Christoph Schneider,...
The storied creator-showrunner will “share insights into her writing process, developing and pitching shows, handling feedback, and maintaining a strong creative voice,” according to the fest. The first-come-first-served talk is encouraging screenwriters in particular to register and will take place Tuesday at 1 p.m. Cet (4 a.m. Pt).
Kohan is the creator and showrunner of Showtime smash Weeds and Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, one of the streamer’s biggest early hits. Other credits include Tough Trade, Glow and, more recently, Netflix’s The Decameron, which is an adaptation of the famous Italian novel.
Kohan will speak from the panoramic view of Berlin at Fotografiska’s rooftop bar.
She joins a growing linuep that includes Amazon Germany Country Director Christoph Schneider,...
- 9/10/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Germany’s newest scripted confab, Seriesly Berlin, takes place later this month and the schedule is coming together.
Four-part Prime Video series German Cocaine Cowboy from Beetz Brothers Film Production will be teased, while the streamer’s Country Director for Germany, Christoph Schneider, will appear in a fireside chat that I’ll be moderating to offer insights into content strategy. German Cocaine Cowboy tells the story of a German who became involved in the Cali Cartel in the 1990s.
Also scheduled to appear at Seriesly is Mel Eslyn, the President of Duplass Brothers Productions, which is known for Netflix’s Wild Wild Country and HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. She’ll discuss indie filmmaking in the context of serial production, and will present the European premiere of Penelope, the indie young adult series that premiered at Sundance. Netflix later snagged U.S. rights to the show, which Eslyn co-created with Mark Duplass,...
Four-part Prime Video series German Cocaine Cowboy from Beetz Brothers Film Production will be teased, while the streamer’s Country Director for Germany, Christoph Schneider, will appear in a fireside chat that I’ll be moderating to offer insights into content strategy. German Cocaine Cowboy tells the story of a German who became involved in the Cali Cartel in the 1990s.
Also scheduled to appear at Seriesly is Mel Eslyn, the President of Duplass Brothers Productions, which is known for Netflix’s Wild Wild Country and HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. She’ll discuss indie filmmaking in the context of serial production, and will present the European premiere of Penelope, the indie young adult series that premiered at Sundance. Netflix later snagged U.S. rights to the show, which Eslyn co-created with Mark Duplass,...
- 9/5/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Das Serienfestival Seriesly Berlin gibt weitere prominente Gäste, Projekte und die Pitch-Session im Detail bekannt. Dach-Prime-Video-Chef Christoph Schneider macht einen Fireside Chat, US-Produzentin Mel Eslyn kommt. Projekte wie „German Cocaine Cowboy“ und „Schwarze Schafe“ rücken in den Fokus.
Christoph Schneider (l.) und Mel Eslyn kommen zu Seriesly Berlin
Das Serienfestival Seriesly Berlin hat weitere Programm-Highlights für den 16. bis 18. September bekannt gegeben. Beim Branchenteil des Festivals, der Seriesly Conference in der Fotografiska Berlin, wird Prime-Video-Chef Christoph Schneider für Deutschland und Österreich in einem Fireside Chat Einblicke in die Content-Strategie des Streamers geben. Zudem stellt Christian Beetz von der beetz brothers film production einen ersten Teaser der vierteiligen Doku-Serie „German Cocaine Cowboy“ für Prime Video vor.
In „German Cocaine Cowboy“ geht es um einen Deutschen, der in den 1990er-Jahren in das berüchtigte Cali-Kartell verwickelt wurde. Beetz wird die Hintergründe des Formats für den Streamer beleuchten. Auch ist jetzt die Emmy-nominierte Produzentin,...
Christoph Schneider (l.) und Mel Eslyn kommen zu Seriesly Berlin
Das Serienfestival Seriesly Berlin hat weitere Programm-Highlights für den 16. bis 18. September bekannt gegeben. Beim Branchenteil des Festivals, der Seriesly Conference in der Fotografiska Berlin, wird Prime-Video-Chef Christoph Schneider für Deutschland und Österreich in einem Fireside Chat Einblicke in die Content-Strategie des Streamers geben. Zudem stellt Christian Beetz von der beetz brothers film production einen ersten Teaser der vierteiligen Doku-Serie „German Cocaine Cowboy“ für Prime Video vor.
In „German Cocaine Cowboy“ geht es um einen Deutschen, der in den 1990er-Jahren in das berüchtigte Cali-Kartell verwickelt wurde. Beetz wird die Hintergründe des Formats für den Streamer beleuchten. Auch ist jetzt die Emmy-nominierte Produzentin,...
- 9/5/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Das neue Festival Seriesly Berlin eröffnet mit der Joyn-Vampir-Comedy „Der Upir“ und konzentriert sich im ersten Jahr auf sechs internationale Serien-Premieren. Darunter befindet sich die Netflix-Serie „Penelope“, die wilde südafrikanische Serie „Spinners“ und sogar Dokumentarisches.
Seriesly Berlin Highlights (v.l.): „Der Upir“, „Spinners“ und „Penelope“
Das neue Serienfestival Seriesly Berlin, das vom 16. bis 18. September in der Hauptstadt stattfindet, hat seine sechs internationalen Serien-Premieren bekannt gegeben, die in den Hakesche Höfe Kinos zu sehen sind. Eröffnet wird das Festival mit der deutschen Vampir-Comedy „Der Upir“ von der Streaming-Plattform Joyn mit Fahri Yardim und Rocko Schamoni in den Hauptrollen am 16. September um 19 Uhr in Anwesenheit von Cast und Crew.
Von „Der Upir“ laufen vier Folgen des achtteiligen Formats der UFA Fiction, in dem Vampir Igor (Rocko Schamoni) den Restaurantbesitzer Eddie beißt und der sich fortan im titelgebenden Pubertäts-Status befindet, wonach er entweder zum richtigen Vampir oder wieder Mensch wird.
Seriesly Berlin Highlights (v.l.): „Der Upir“, „Spinners“ und „Penelope“
Das neue Serienfestival Seriesly Berlin, das vom 16. bis 18. September in der Hauptstadt stattfindet, hat seine sechs internationalen Serien-Premieren bekannt gegeben, die in den Hakesche Höfe Kinos zu sehen sind. Eröffnet wird das Festival mit der deutschen Vampir-Comedy „Der Upir“ von der Streaming-Plattform Joyn mit Fahri Yardim und Rocko Schamoni in den Hauptrollen am 16. September um 19 Uhr in Anwesenheit von Cast und Crew.
Von „Der Upir“ laufen vier Folgen des achtteiligen Formats der UFA Fiction, in dem Vampir Igor (Rocko Schamoni) den Restaurantbesitzer Eddie beißt und der sich fortan im titelgebenden Pubertäts-Status befindet, wonach er entweder zum richtigen Vampir oder wieder Mensch wird.
- 8/26/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Exclusive: The latest original from African streamer Showmax, sci-fi drama The Fix, will open Mip Africa.
This marks the third year in a row a Showmax original has opened the event, which is an offshoot of MIPCOM. Last year, Canal+ co-production Spinners took the slot. Mip Africa is part of Fame Week Africa, a Reed Exhibitions initiative focused on African creativity.
The Fix, written and directed by Kelsey Egan, is set in a dystopian future Cape Town in South Africa where the air is toxic. A model, played by Grace van Dien (Stranger Things), takes a new designer drug at a party and suffers a shocking shocking transformation. She is soon pursued by forces with competing interests in the drug’s effects, and discovers that her mutations could save the human race.
Cast includes Daniel Sharman (Fear The Walking Dead), Clancy Brown (John Wick 4), and Nicole Fortuin from Heart of the Hunter,...
This marks the third year in a row a Showmax original has opened the event, which is an offshoot of MIPCOM. Last year, Canal+ co-production Spinners took the slot. Mip Africa is part of Fame Week Africa, a Reed Exhibitions initiative focused on African creativity.
The Fix, written and directed by Kelsey Egan, is set in a dystopian future Cape Town in South Africa where the air is toxic. A model, played by Grace van Dien (Stranger Things), takes a new designer drug at a party and suffers a shocking shocking transformation. She is soon pursued by forces with competing interests in the drug’s effects, and discovers that her mutations could save the human race.
Cast includes Daniel Sharman (Fear The Walking Dead), Clancy Brown (John Wick 4), and Nicole Fortuin from Heart of the Hunter,...
- 8/13/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bestselling South African scribe Deon Meyer is turning his Last Of Us-esque thriller Fever into a TV series with Federation Meac.
The adaptation, which doesn’t yet have a buyer, is part of a three-project deal struck between Meyer’s Scenne23 and the Federation Studios label, with Meyer set to pen the series himself.
Fever follows Nico Storm and his father Willem, who are the few in South Africa to have survived a devastating virus that wiped out more than 90% of the world’s population. Willem, a thinker and a leader, has a vision for a new community rebuilt from the ruins of the old world, and so Amanzi is formed with a disparate group of survivors. Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle optioned the novel five years ago but that option has run down.
Joachim Landau, who runs Federation Meac, which develops projects mainly in the Middle East, Africa and Caribbean,...
The adaptation, which doesn’t yet have a buyer, is part of a three-project deal struck between Meyer’s Scenne23 and the Federation Studios label, with Meyer set to pen the series himself.
Fever follows Nico Storm and his father Willem, who are the few in South Africa to have survived a devastating virus that wiped out more than 90% of the world’s population. Willem, a thinker and a leader, has a vision for a new community rebuilt from the ruins of the old world, and so Amanzi is formed with a disparate group of survivors. Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle optioned the novel five years ago but that option has run down.
Joachim Landau, who runs Federation Meac, which develops projects mainly in the Middle East, Africa and Caribbean,...
- 7/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video is set to release its first South African original film, the Cape Town-set crime caper comedy “The Shakedown,” which will be available globally on the streamer Aug. 8. Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer.
“The Shakedown” follows the story of Justin Diamond (Carl Beukes), a well-respected medical aid broker who gets mixed up in the Cape Town underworld after his mistress threatens to reveal the secret of their affair. The plot thickens as Justin’s desperate attempts to maintain his golden boy reputation lead him down a path filled with dangerous criminals, mistaken identities and comic mishaps. When he teams up with his black sheep brother, Dovi (Emmanuel Castis), a comedy of errors ensues, with the chaos only escalating as Justin tries to regain control of his life.
Directed and co-written by Ari Kruger, known for his work on the hit web series “Suzelle...
“The Shakedown” follows the story of Justin Diamond (Carl Beukes), a well-respected medical aid broker who gets mixed up in the Cape Town underworld after his mistress threatens to reveal the secret of their affair. The plot thickens as Justin’s desperate attempts to maintain his golden boy reputation lead him down a path filled with dangerous criminals, mistaken identities and comic mishaps. When he teams up with his black sheep brother, Dovi (Emmanuel Castis), a comedy of errors ensues, with the chaos only escalating as Justin tries to regain control of his life.
Directed and co-written by Ari Kruger, known for his work on the hit web series “Suzelle...
- 7/8/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Andrew McCarthy (Brats), Drew Van Acker (Last Survivors) and Debby Ryan (Shortcomings) have wrapped production in New York on Orion, a new sci-fi thriller from director Jaco Bouwer (Gaia).
Written by first-timer Anne Vithayathil, the film centers around a heated interrogation between a U.S. Intelligence expert tasked to help an amnesiac astronaut recover his memory in order to determine “who” or “what” killed the rest of the crew before they crash landed back on Earth.
Producing the film alongside Van Acker, Elle Army (Life Like) and Scott Army, Sunil Perkash, describes the project as “a very unique world building sci fi thriller that relies on incredibly strong performances from all of the cast and the meticulously curated world building by our director, Jaco Bouwer. We could not be more excited to bring our clever twisting and turning film to audiences worldwide soon.”
Pic’s cast also...
Written by first-timer Anne Vithayathil, the film centers around a heated interrogation between a U.S. Intelligence expert tasked to help an amnesiac astronaut recover his memory in order to determine “who” or “what” killed the rest of the crew before they crash landed back on Earth.
Producing the film alongside Van Acker, Elle Army (Life Like) and Scott Army, Sunil Perkash, describes the project as “a very unique world building sci fi thriller that relies on incredibly strong performances from all of the cast and the meticulously curated world building by our director, Jaco Bouwer. We could not be more excited to bring our clever twisting and turning film to audiences worldwide soon.”
Pic’s cast also...
- 6/28/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
African streaming service Showmax, in which Comcast/NBCUniversal owns a 30 percent stake, posted higher revenue but also increased losses for its latest fiscal year ended in March amid investments related to its recent relaunch, African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group disclosed on Wednesday.
Showmax’s revenue for the year grew by 22 percent to 1.0 billion South African rand ($54 million). The loss related to the streamer more than doubled from around 1.2 billion rand ($65.0 million) to 2.6 billion rand ($140.5 million) as the company cited an “additional 1.4 billion rand ($75.7 million) investment in Showmax to drive future growth.” But it had previously predicted a bigger loss in the range of 3.0 billion-4.0 billion rand ($162 million-$216 million).
“Fiscal year 2024 was a pivotal year for Showmax as it relaunched across 44 markets in sub-Saharan Africa on Peacock’s world-class platform, which is 4K/Hdr and Atmos ready,” the company said. “Almost 100 percent of the eligible customer base was migrated to the new Showmax platform,...
Showmax’s revenue for the year grew by 22 percent to 1.0 billion South African rand ($54 million). The loss related to the streamer more than doubled from around 1.2 billion rand ($65.0 million) to 2.6 billion rand ($140.5 million) as the company cited an “additional 1.4 billion rand ($75.7 million) investment in Showmax to drive future growth.” But it had previously predicted a bigger loss in the range of 3.0 billion-4.0 billion rand ($162 million-$216 million).
“Fiscal year 2024 was a pivotal year for Showmax as it relaunched across 44 markets in sub-Saharan Africa on Peacock’s world-class platform, which is 4K/Hdr and Atmos ready,” the company said. “Almost 100 percent of the eligible customer base was migrated to the new Showmax platform,...
- 6/12/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are emerging in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. That’s why we’re doing the hard work for you.
This week, we detail a co-production from South Africa and France that spotlights the four-wheeled sport of spinning. Not heard of it? Well neither had we, but on closer inspection this series is far more than an exhibition of a little-known extreme pasttime. Creatives on the Showmax-Canal+ co-pro tell us why ‘Spinners‘ holds a mirror up to society, and where they think it could travel next.
Name: Spinners
Country: South Africa & France
Networks: Showmax & Canal+
Producer: Empreinte Digitale & Natives at Large
International...
This week, we detail a co-production from South Africa and France that spotlights the four-wheeled sport of spinning. Not heard of it? Well neither had we, but on closer inspection this series is far more than an exhibition of a little-known extreme pasttime. Creatives on the Showmax-Canal+ co-pro tell us why ‘Spinners‘ holds a mirror up to society, and where they think it could travel next.
Name: Spinners
Country: South Africa & France
Networks: Showmax & Canal+
Producer: Empreinte Digitale & Natives at Large
International...
- 2/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV Spent $68M On Diverse Shows In 2023
ITV invested £54.2M ($68M) of its Diversity Commissioning Fund last year on shows made by or about people from under-represented backgrounds such as Lenny Henry’s Three Little Birds. The fund was launched in 2022 with £80M to be spent across three years to “drive change towards racial equity and disability equity in whose stories get told,” with one quarter reserved for content made by “production companies led by People of Colour and/or Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent people.” The figures came as part of the Love Island network’s Diversity Acceleration Plan report for the previous 12 months, which said 475 productions across around 160 production companies have embedded Dei using ITV’s production principles over the past three years. The BBC has a similar £100M fund across a three-year period to March 2024 and says it has already exceeded this target. ITV said plans for...
ITV invested £54.2M ($68M) of its Diversity Commissioning Fund last year on shows made by or about people from under-represented backgrounds such as Lenny Henry’s Three Little Birds. The fund was launched in 2022 with £80M to be spent across three years to “drive change towards racial equity and disability equity in whose stories get told,” with one quarter reserved for content made by “production companies led by People of Colour and/or Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent people.” The figures came as part of the Love Island network’s Diversity Acceleration Plan report for the previous 12 months, which said 475 productions across around 160 production companies have embedded Dei using ITV’s production principles over the past three years. The BBC has a similar £100M fund across a three-year period to March 2024 and says it has already exceeded this target. ITV said plans for...
- 1/31/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Showmax CEO Yolisa Phahle is leaving the African streamer after nearly two decades.
The CEO of Showmax parent MultiChoice Calvo Mawela announced Phahle’s exit with “mixed emotions” in a note to staff. Marc Jury became interim Showmax CEO on September 1 as a search for the full-time successor is found.
Phahle will provide “full time advisory support” to Jury for the next six months. From March 2024, Phahle will continue to consult for another 12 months, reporting to Jury, who will lead both Showmax and MultiChoice’s South African operations.
“In what could be characterised as the end of an era defined by a solid career and almost two decades with the Group, it is with mixed emotions to announce that our Showmax CEO, Yolisa Phahle, is making her way into the next chapter of her career,” wrote Calvo.
“Discussions have been underway with an understanding that she will be entering the...
The CEO of Showmax parent MultiChoice Calvo Mawela announced Phahle’s exit with “mixed emotions” in a note to staff. Marc Jury became interim Showmax CEO on September 1 as a search for the full-time successor is found.
Phahle will provide “full time advisory support” to Jury for the next six months. From March 2024, Phahle will continue to consult for another 12 months, reporting to Jury, who will lead both Showmax and MultiChoice’s South African operations.
“In what could be characterised as the end of an era defined by a solid career and almost two decades with the Group, it is with mixed emotions to announce that our Showmax CEO, Yolisa Phahle, is making her way into the next chapter of her career,” wrote Calvo.
“Discussions have been underway with an understanding that she will be entering the...
- 9/5/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fasten your seat belts! African streamer Showmax and Canal+ are getting ready to go pedal to the metal.
The streaming company, co-owned by African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group and Comcast, and the French pay TV giant has released a trailer for the eight-part gangster and extreme sports drama Spinners, which The Hollywood Reporter is revealing exclusively.
The companies’ third co-production, set in South Africa’s Cape Town, became the first African show to take part in CanneSeries’ main competition.
Spinners follows Ethan (Cantona James), a 17-year-old driver working for a gang who is trying to support his younger brother and discovers a possible way out of gang life: spinning, an extreme motorsport that features drivers performing jaw-dropping daredevil stunts. However, a looming gang war jeopardizes his plans.
The cast includes James (Arendsvlei) and Chelsea Thomas (Arendsvlei) in leading roles, along with Elton Landrew (Recipes for Love & Murder); Dillon Windvogel...
The streaming company, co-owned by African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group and Comcast, and the French pay TV giant has released a trailer for the eight-part gangster and extreme sports drama Spinners, which The Hollywood Reporter is revealing exclusively.
The companies’ third co-production, set in South Africa’s Cape Town, became the first African show to take part in CanneSeries’ main competition.
Spinners follows Ethan (Cantona James), a 17-year-old driver working for a gang who is trying to support his younger brother and discovers a possible way out of gang life: spinning, an extreme motorsport that features drivers performing jaw-dropping daredevil stunts. However, a looming gang war jeopardizes his plans.
The cast includes James (Arendsvlei) and Chelsea Thomas (Arendsvlei) in leading roles, along with Elton Landrew (Recipes for Love & Murder); Dillon Windvogel...
- 8/28/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened up in Cleveland in 1995 with a massive stadium concert featuring Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis, and countless other rock veterans, Sheryl Crow was one of the youngest artists on the bill. “It’s been an interesting journey for me since I played at that show,” Crow tells Rolling Stone. “My whole life has revolved around Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artists. It’s crazy to be inducted on my own.”
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- 5/3/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bargain, Carthago, Curduroy’ among big winners.
Norwegian political satire Power Play was named best series as the sixth annual Canneseries (April 14-19) came to a close on the Riveria.
The series from Norway’s Nrk was the last of the 10-strong competition titles to screen at the six-day event, but triumphed with the festival’s top prize in addition to the award for best music that jury member and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland called “downright revolutionary”.
Power Play is based on the true story of the bid to become prime minster by pro-abortion ecologist politician Gro Harlem Brundtland in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Norwegian political satire Power Play was named best series as the sixth annual Canneseries (April 14-19) came to a close on the Riveria.
The series from Norway’s Nrk was the last of the 10-strong competition titles to screen at the six-day event, but triumphed with the festival’s top prize in addition to the award for best music that jury member and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland called “downright revolutionary”.
Power Play is based on the true story of the bid to become prime minster by pro-abortion ecologist politician Gro Harlem Brundtland in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
- 4/19/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Cannes — News of the death of Mip-tv looked greatly exaggerated if the 2023 edition, which played out over April 17-19 in Cannes, was anything to go by, with Lucy Smith, director of MipTV and Mipcom, Cannes two TV trade fairs, announcing final figures of 5,560 participants, including 5,510 on-site delegates.
That said, attendance was sizeably down on pre-pandemic levels – 9,500 attendees in 2019 – with major European drama sales companies literally counting the cost of attendance and exhibition space versus Mip-driven sales. In a fast-evolving TV landscape, the future and identity of MipTV still remains uncertain. 10 takeaways from this year’s edition:
MipTV: The Impact of Brute Market Forces
Two major macro market trends, both presented by Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson’ in an early MipTV panel, go a long way to explaining 2023 MipTV. Global streaming commissions in the fourth quarter of 2022 were the lowest in over two years; unscripted represented 30.35% of streaming commissions last quarter 2019, 50.3% Oct.
That said, attendance was sizeably down on pre-pandemic levels – 9,500 attendees in 2019 – with major European drama sales companies literally counting the cost of attendance and exhibition space versus Mip-driven sales. In a fast-evolving TV landscape, the future and identity of MipTV still remains uncertain. 10 takeaways from this year’s edition:
MipTV: The Impact of Brute Market Forces
Two major macro market trends, both presented by Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson’ in an early MipTV panel, go a long way to explaining 2023 MipTV. Global streaming commissions in the fourth quarter of 2022 were the lowest in over two years; unscripted represented 30.35% of streaming commissions last quarter 2019, 50.3% Oct.
- 4/19/2023
- by John Hopewell, Marta Balaga and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Paddington” producer-distributor Studiocanal is gearing up to shoot “How To Stop Time,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and with D.C. Moore (“Mary & George”) and Tomas Alfredson (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) on board as key creative talent.
Production on the title by Studiocanal and SunnyMarch will be announced by CEO Anna Marsh on Monday at her keynote at Cannes’ MipTV trade fair.
In it, she also looks set to confirm that Studiocanal has acquired an equity stake in London-based Strong Film & Television, co-founded in late 2020 by “Broadchurch” director James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former executive at the BBC and Paramount.
Both moves come as Studiocanal parent, Vivendi’s Canal+ Group, is ramping up its own international ambitions, operating throughout Africa, in six territories in Eastern Europe and two in Asia with 16 million of its 25.5 million subscribers now outside France. It also holds a leading 30.3% stake in Africa’s MultiChoice Group, the biggest...
Production on the title by Studiocanal and SunnyMarch will be announced by CEO Anna Marsh on Monday at her keynote at Cannes’ MipTV trade fair.
In it, she also looks set to confirm that Studiocanal has acquired an equity stake in London-based Strong Film & Television, co-founded in late 2020 by “Broadchurch” director James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former executive at the BBC and Paramount.
Both moves come as Studiocanal parent, Vivendi’s Canal+ Group, is ramping up its own international ambitions, operating throughout Africa, in six territories in Eastern Europe and two in Asia with 16 million of its 25.5 million subscribers now outside France. It also holds a leading 30.3% stake in Africa’s MultiChoice Group, the biggest...
- 4/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
World premieres for some of the global streamers’ biggest upcoming launches will take place at next month’s Canneseries.
Unveiled earlier today, the likes of Apple TV+’s Silo, Prime Video’s Dead Ringers and Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction reboot will be screened at the France event, which takes place concurrently with Mip TV.
They will be joined by a list including Netflix France’s Tapie, Israels Corduroy and highly-anticipated South African Studiocanal drama Spinners. Other notable inclusions are Bargain, the Korean smash that has emerged from Cj Enm’s partnership with Paramount+, Childhood Dreams from The Netherlands and Good Morning Chuck (Or the Art of Harm Reduction) from Canada.
The list, which makes up the shows for the 6th Canneseries, has more U.S. streamer shows than ever before.
Fatal Attraction, which sees Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson star in the reboot of the 1987 classic, will air out of competition alongside Silo,...
Unveiled earlier today, the likes of Apple TV+’s Silo, Prime Video’s Dead Ringers and Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction reboot will be screened at the France event, which takes place concurrently with Mip TV.
They will be joined by a list including Netflix France’s Tapie, Israels Corduroy and highly-anticipated South African Studiocanal drama Spinners. Other notable inclusions are Bargain, the Korean smash that has emerged from Cj Enm’s partnership with Paramount+, Childhood Dreams from The Netherlands and Good Morning Chuck (Or the Art of Harm Reduction) from Canada.
The list, which makes up the shows for the 6th Canneseries, has more U.S. streamer shows than ever before.
Fatal Attraction, which sees Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson star in the reboot of the 1987 classic, will air out of competition alongside Silo,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Soloway and Morfydd Clark will be honored this year as part of Canneseries 2023, the French TV festival that runs alongside international television market MIPTV.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wolf Pack star Gellar will receive this year’s Canal+ Icon Award for her life’s work. Clark, best known for playing Galadriel on Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, will be honored with the Canneseries rising star award. Soloway, the Emmy-winning creator of Amazon’s Transparent, will receive this year’s commitment award, which honors social engagement by creatives in the TV industry.
Canneseries on Tuesday also unveiled its competition jury for the 2023 event, with Fauda creator Lior Raz heading up the five-person group, alongside Lupin actress Shirine Boutella, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Bad Sisters actor Daryl McCormack, Emmy-nominated composer (and Police drummer) Stewart Copeland and French actress Zabou Breitman (24 Days,...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wolf Pack star Gellar will receive this year’s Canal+ Icon Award for her life’s work. Clark, best known for playing Galadriel on Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, will be honored with the Canneseries rising star award. Soloway, the Emmy-winning creator of Amazon’s Transparent, will receive this year’s commitment award, which honors social engagement by creatives in the TV industry.
Canneseries on Tuesday also unveiled its competition jury for the 2023 event, with Fauda creator Lior Raz heading up the five-person group, alongside Lupin actress Shirine Boutella, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Bad Sisters actor Daryl McCormack, Emmy-nominated composer (and Police drummer) Stewart Copeland and French actress Zabou Breitman (24 Days,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Big presence from US streamers at festival’s 6th edition.
Canneseries has lined up world premieres of series such as Silo, Dead Ringers, Fatal Attraction and Tapie for its sixth edition which runs parallel with MipTV from April 14-19.
Artistic director Albin Lewi highlighted the “massive presence of American series world premiering this year” including festival opener Silo produced for Apple TV+ by AMC Studios.
Stars Rebecca Ferguson, Morten Tyldum and Graham Yost will be at Canneseries for the world premiere of Silo, a dystopian tale that follows the last 10,000 people on earth.
The festival closes with episodes from the...
Canneseries has lined up world premieres of series such as Silo, Dead Ringers, Fatal Attraction and Tapie for its sixth edition which runs parallel with MipTV from April 14-19.
Artistic director Albin Lewi highlighted the “massive presence of American series world premiering this year” including festival opener Silo produced for Apple TV+ by AMC Studios.
Stars Rebecca Ferguson, Morten Tyldum and Graham Yost will be at Canneseries for the world premiere of Silo, a dystopian tale that follows the last 10,000 people on earth.
The festival closes with episodes from the...
- 3/28/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Prime Video’s Rachel Weisz-starrer “Dead Ringers,” Paramount+’s “Fatal Attraction, with Lizzy Caplan, and Joshua Jackson, and Netflix’s awaited French bio “Tapie” pack out a 6th Canneseries which boasts its biggest U.S. presence yet, with titles from nearly all the major global streamers.
They join Apple TV+’s already-announced “Silo,” another world premiere. Paramount+ will also be represented by Korean smash hit “Bargain.”
In all, the main Competition features seven world premieres, Lewi said at a Paris lineup presentation on Tuesday.
Israel and Scandinavia have a prominent presence as ever at Canneseries. The selection also takes in, however, its first South African title in Competition, “Spinners,” admired at the London Screenings.
Adding star wattage, Sarah Michelle Gellar will pick up the Canal+ Icon Award, Joey Soloway, creator of Amazon Studios’ “Transparent” and producer of “Six Foot Under,” receives a Commitment Award. Canneseries’ Rising...
They join Apple TV+’s already-announced “Silo,” another world premiere. Paramount+ will also be represented by Korean smash hit “Bargain.”
In all, the main Competition features seven world premieres, Lewi said at a Paris lineup presentation on Tuesday.
Israel and Scandinavia have a prominent presence as ever at Canneseries. The selection also takes in, however, its first South African title in Competition, “Spinners,” admired at the London Screenings.
Adding star wattage, Sarah Michelle Gellar will pick up the Canal+ Icon Award, Joey Soloway, creator of Amazon Studios’ “Transparent” and producer of “Six Foot Under,” receives a Commitment Award. Canneseries’ Rising...
- 3/28/2023
- by John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Studiocanal will stage at the London TV Screenings the international premiere of “Spinners,” an eight-part extreme sports action drama set on the mean streets of Cape Town’s Southside, that is not just a series but a sign of an industry zeitgeist.
As the competition for talent grows, there’s a building drive into emerging production hubs beyond the traditional powerhouse territories in Europe led by some of its most powerful players, here France’s Canal+, Studiocanal and Federation Studios, and some of its biggest TV events, such as Series Mania.
Produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher at Federation Studios’ Empreinte Digitale, and co-created by Landau, “Spinners” is a co-production of South Africa’s Showmax, Africa’s biggest pan-continental SVOD service available in 65 countries, and Vivendi’s Canal+, rating as both a Showmax and Canal+ Original.
“Spinners” makes its market bow just months after French powerhouse Federation Studios and...
As the competition for talent grows, there’s a building drive into emerging production hubs beyond the traditional powerhouse territories in Europe led by some of its most powerful players, here France’s Canal+, Studiocanal and Federation Studios, and some of its biggest TV events, such as Series Mania.
Produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher at Federation Studios’ Empreinte Digitale, and co-created by Landau, “Spinners” is a co-production of South Africa’s Showmax, Africa’s biggest pan-continental SVOD service available in 65 countries, and Vivendi’s Canal+, rating as both a Showmax and Canal+ Original.
“Spinners” makes its market bow just months after French powerhouse Federation Studios and...
- 3/1/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
African streaming service Showmax has inked a two-series slate deal with Tshedza Pictures, the South African production company behind the International Emmy-nominated telenovela “The River,” the company announced Tuesday at the start of the Joburg Film Festival.
“Adulting,” Tshedza’s first Showmax Original, is an eight-part drama series set in the parallel universes of four varsity friends. Their strong bond has held them together even as their journeys in life have taken them in very different directions — a bond the show’s creators describe as “the bromance of the decade.”
Tshedza’s second Showmax Original, “Outlaws,” is a cross-cultural love story that plays out in the dangerous world of cattle-theft syndicates in the lawless land on the border between Lesotho and South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region.
“Adulting” is set to premiere in the first half of 2023, while the 40-episode epic drama series “Outlaws” is expected to be delivered in the second half of the year.
“Adulting,” Tshedza’s first Showmax Original, is an eight-part drama series set in the parallel universes of four varsity friends. Their strong bond has held them together even as their journeys in life have taken them in very different directions — a bond the show’s creators describe as “the bromance of the decade.”
Tshedza’s second Showmax Original, “Outlaws,” is a cross-cultural love story that plays out in the dangerous world of cattle-theft syndicates in the lawless land on the border between Lesotho and South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region.
“Adulting” is set to premiere in the first half of 2023, while the 40-episode epic drama series “Outlaws” is expected to be delivered in the second half of the year.
- 1/31/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Festivals
American narrative feature projects in rough or final cut seeking finishing funds are now invited to submit to the 2022 edition of U.S. in Progress, which takes place Nov. 9-11 during the 13th American Film Festival (Nov.8-13) in Wroclaw, Poland. The strand pairs American projects in final production stages with European buyers and top Polish image and sound post-production companies and provides awards worth totally $100,000. The head of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski, will award one project with a $50,000 cash award to be spent on post-production, image, sound and/or VFX in Poland and Polish post-production companies Fixafilm, Orka Studio, Black Photon, Xanf and Soundflower Studio are each offering a $10,000 in-kind award.
There is no entry fee, and films can be submitted through the U.S. in Progress website. The final deadline is September 11.
The program’s objective is to inspire U.S. producers to work with Poland,...
American narrative feature projects in rough or final cut seeking finishing funds are now invited to submit to the 2022 edition of U.S. in Progress, which takes place Nov. 9-11 during the 13th American Film Festival (Nov.8-13) in Wroclaw, Poland. The strand pairs American projects in final production stages with European buyers and top Polish image and sound post-production companies and provides awards worth totally $100,000. The head of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski, will award one project with a $50,000 cash award to be spent on post-production, image, sound and/or VFX in Poland and Polish post-production companies Fixafilm, Orka Studio, Black Photon, Xanf and Soundflower Studio are each offering a $10,000 in-kind award.
There is no entry fee, and films can be submitted through the U.S. in Progress website. The final deadline is September 11.
The program’s objective is to inspire U.S. producers to work with Poland,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Canal+ is teaming with African streamer Showmax for its latest drama from Africa, an action drama about the dangerous South African motor sport spinning. Production on Spinners began in Cape Town on the eight-part series this week, with Gaia director Jaco Bouwer attached.
Shot in English, Kaaps and Afrikaans, it is produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher for French indie Empreinte Digitale and co-produced by Locarno, Amiens and Fespaco winner Ramadan Suleman and his full service film and TV production outfit Natives at Large. Canal+-owned Studiocanal has international distribution rights.
Landau co-created the show with Benjamin Hoffman. Director is Bouwer, whose horror Gaia won the Zeiss Cinematography Award last year at SXSW, and Matthew Jankes, Sean Steinberg, Gillian Breslin, Daniel Zimbler, Byron Abrahams and Zoë Laband comprising the writing team.
The motor sport on which the series is based sees cars driven at high speed with drivers performing...
Shot in English, Kaaps and Afrikaans, it is produced by Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher for French indie Empreinte Digitale and co-produced by Locarno, Amiens and Fespaco winner Ramadan Suleman and his full service film and TV production outfit Natives at Large. Canal+-owned Studiocanal has international distribution rights.
Landau co-created the show with Benjamin Hoffman. Director is Bouwer, whose horror Gaia won the Zeiss Cinematography Award last year at SXSW, and Matthew Jankes, Sean Steinberg, Gillian Breslin, Daniel Zimbler, Byron Abrahams and Zoë Laband comprising the writing team.
The motor sport on which the series is based sees cars driven at high speed with drivers performing...
- 8/10/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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