David Mandil’s MoviePlus Productions, the Israeli banner which is presenting ”Miguel” at Canneseries Festival, is developing “The Silent Fighters,” a documentary feature about a classified military unit, and “Duduland” (working title), a drama series about the true story of disgraced Israeli TV star Dudu Topaz.
“Duduland,” which has been commissioned by Hot, will chronicle the epic downfall of Dudu Topaz, one of Israel’s biggest TV stars who embarked on a mission to bring down industry figures he held responsible for his fall from grace. He was eventually apprehended by the police and sent to prison, where he committed suicide.
The 8 one-hour episodes will be written and directed by Assaf Harel, a well-established screenwriter who won two Israeli Television Academy Awards for “Parliament,” a half-hour comedy series about five elderly men living in Israel, and wrote “Loaded” (“Mesudarim”), a hit comedy-drama series about four friends who sell their start-up...
“Duduland,” which has been commissioned by Hot, will chronicle the epic downfall of Dudu Topaz, one of Israel’s biggest TV stars who embarked on a mission to bring down industry figures he held responsible for his fall from grace. He was eventually apprehended by the police and sent to prison, where he committed suicide.
The 8 one-hour episodes will be written and directed by Assaf Harel, a well-established screenwriter who won two Israeli Television Academy Awards for “Parliament,” a half-hour comedy series about five elderly men living in Israel, and wrote “Loaded” (“Mesudarim”), a hit comedy-drama series about four friends who sell their start-up...
- 4/8/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
AMC has picked up Channel 4's Loaded TV show, featuring childhood friends and video game entrepreneurs who become overnight successes. The eight-part comedy drama stars Jim Howick, Samuel Anderson, Jonny Sweet, Nick Helm, and Mary McCormack. Production will begin in early November, with an eye toward a 2017 premiere.Loaded is an English-language series based on the Israeli show, Mesudarim, created by Muli Segev and Assaf Harel. Jon Brown is writing and will serve as an executive producer. Raised by Wolves' Ian Fitzgibbon has been tapped to direct the first three episodes.Read More…...
- 10/26/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
AMC has partnered with Channel 4 on the upcoming eight-episode comedic drama series Loaded. AMC will be the U.S. network for the series, which it will co-produce with Channel 4, Hillbilly Television and Keshet UK. Loaded, an English-language version of the Keshet International award-winning series Mesudarim created by Muli Segev and Assaf Harel, was originally commissioned by Channel 4 in January, with Jon Brown (Veep) tapped as writer and executive producer. The series…...
- 10/26/2016
- Deadline TV
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