Amazon Prime Video is delving deeper into the true crime mystery game.
The streamer has greenlit The Tinder Swindler and Don’t F**k with Cats producer Raw TV to make Dead in the Water, which will tell the gripping global story of the long hunt for a brutal killer that spans four decades.
In 1978, a young British couple embarked on the trip of a lifetime through remote Central America. Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton set out on an exhilarating backpacking adventure, but their dream soon turned into a chilling nightmare when they were brutally murdered and the trail for their killer goes cold. Four decades later, failed by law enforcement, their family take up the manhunt and begin the descent into an unknown world of online sleuthing, making a shocking discovery.
The show comes as Prime Video ramps up its true crime offering in the UK and it will launch next year in the UK,...
The streamer has greenlit The Tinder Swindler and Don’t F**k with Cats producer Raw TV to make Dead in the Water, which will tell the gripping global story of the long hunt for a brutal killer that spans four decades.
In 1978, a young British couple embarked on the trip of a lifetime through remote Central America. Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton set out on an exhilarating backpacking adventure, but their dream soon turned into a chilling nightmare when they were brutally murdered and the trail for their killer goes cold. Four decades later, failed by law enforcement, their family take up the manhunt and begin the descent into an unknown world of online sleuthing, making a shocking discovery.
The show comes as Prime Video ramps up its true crime offering in the UK and it will launch next year in the UK,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Raw TV, the production company behind “The Tinder Swindler,” have set a new true crime documentary with Amazon Prime Video about the 1978 murders of Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton.
Titled “Dead in the Water,” it follows the story of Farmer and Frampton, a young British couple who went missing in 1978 after going backpacking in Central America. Their bodies were eventually discovered 200 metres off the coast of Guatemala tied to engine parts.
They were quietly buried in a sprawling cemetery in the Guatemalan city of Puerto Barrios, with the location of their graves a mystery to their families for four decades — crucially impeding the investigation into their murders — before they were eventually rediscovered. Their killer has never been brought to justice.
“The letters they write and the tapes they sent home were filled with tales of exotic landscapes, cultural encounters, and the thrill of the unknown,” reads the synopsis for the doc.
Titled “Dead in the Water,” it follows the story of Farmer and Frampton, a young British couple who went missing in 1978 after going backpacking in Central America. Their bodies were eventually discovered 200 metres off the coast of Guatemala tied to engine parts.
They were quietly buried in a sprawling cemetery in the Guatemalan city of Puerto Barrios, with the location of their graves a mystery to their families for four decades — crucially impeding the investigation into their murders — before they were eventually rediscovered. Their killer has never been brought to justice.
“The letters they write and the tapes they sent home were filled with tales of exotic landscapes, cultural encounters, and the thrill of the unknown,” reads the synopsis for the doc.
- 11/30/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Unveils Xmas Slate Including ‘Peaky Blinders’ Dance Performance & Rebecca Ferguson Doc
The BBC has unveiled its Christmas schedule featuring a wealth of pre-announced scripted content, a recording of the Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby live performance and a Rebecca Ferguson-narrated natural history doc about Scandinavia. The Peaky Blinders performance will be specially filmed at the Birmingham Hippodrome and air on BBC Four over Christmas. Adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, the performance includes the full company of Rambert dancers and marks 10 years since the first episode aired. Meanwhile, Dune star Ferguson is narrating Wild Scandinavia, which celebrates the stunning wildlife, dramatic landscapes and unique culture of the furthest northern reaches of Europe and is co-produced for PBS and Svt. There are also fresh docs on the slate about the Kanneh-Mason performers,...
The BBC has unveiled its Christmas schedule featuring a wealth of pre-announced scripted content, a recording of the Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby live performance and a Rebecca Ferguson-narrated natural history doc about Scandinavia. The Peaky Blinders performance will be specially filmed at the Birmingham Hippodrome and air on BBC Four over Christmas. Adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, the performance includes the full company of Rambert dancers and marks 10 years since the first episode aired. Meanwhile, Dune star Ferguson is narrating Wild Scandinavia, which celebrates the stunning wildlife, dramatic landscapes and unique culture of the furthest northern reaches of Europe and is co-produced for PBS and Svt. There are also fresh docs on the slate about the Kanneh-Mason performers,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney+ has commissioned a doc on the sensational ‘Wagatha Christie’ legal case, another on fashion magazine Vogue and a Keanu Reeves-voiced Formula 1 series as part of its UK slate.
In total, the streamer’s Director of Unscripted Content, Emea Sean Doyle has commissioned five unscripted series, which will premiere on Disney+ in Emea and Asia Pacific. Full details of the slate can be found below.
“Our aim was to find brilliant once-in-a-lifetime stories that showcase a wide range of subjects; and these latest projects truly deliver on that promise,” said Doyle. “We’re working with our elite creative partners on this slate, reflecting the UK’s status as an unscripted powerhouse and establishing Disney+ as a destination for unscripted titles.”
Disney+ plans to create 60 local productions by 2024 as it seeks to up its global subscriber base.
Toplining today’s orders, Wagatha Christie (working title) will recall the libel...
In total, the streamer’s Director of Unscripted Content, Emea Sean Doyle has commissioned five unscripted series, which will premiere on Disney+ in Emea and Asia Pacific. Full details of the slate can be found below.
“Our aim was to find brilliant once-in-a-lifetime stories that showcase a wide range of subjects; and these latest projects truly deliver on that promise,” said Doyle. “We’re working with our elite creative partners on this slate, reflecting the UK’s status as an unscripted powerhouse and establishing Disney+ as a destination for unscripted titles.”
Disney+ plans to create 60 local productions by 2024 as it seeks to up its global subscriber base.
Toplining today’s orders, Wagatha Christie (working title) will recall the libel...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The highly-anticipated “Wagatha Christie” documentary with Coleen Rooney is set to air on Disney+ the streamer confirmed today.
Unveiling its scripted slate at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Disney+ also announced a slate of high-end original unscripted titles. In addition to “Wagatha Christie” (working title) the platform is set to premiere docs from Keanu Reeves about Formula 1 (which Variety first revealed in July), Asif Kapadia about London’s alternative capital Camden Town, Bear Grylls’ about Spencer Matthews’s missing brother, and Conde Nast with an inside look at Vogue featuring Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful.
Sean Doyle, director of unscripted content, Emea, for Disney+, commissioned the five projects, which will premiere on Disney+ in Emea and Asia Pacific and Star+ in Latin America.
“Our aim was to find brilliant once-in-a-lifetime stories that showcase a wide range of subjects; and these latest projects truly deliver on that promise,” said Doyle. “We...
Unveiling its scripted slate at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Disney+ also announced a slate of high-end original unscripted titles. In addition to “Wagatha Christie” (working title) the platform is set to premiere docs from Keanu Reeves about Formula 1 (which Variety first revealed in July), Asif Kapadia about London’s alternative capital Camden Town, Bear Grylls’ about Spencer Matthews’s missing brother, and Conde Nast with an inside look at Vogue featuring Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful.
Sean Doyle, director of unscripted content, Emea, for Disney+, commissioned the five projects, which will premiere on Disney+ in Emea and Asia Pacific and Star+ in Latin America.
“Our aim was to find brilliant once-in-a-lifetime stories that showcase a wide range of subjects; and these latest projects truly deliver on that promise,” said Doyle. “We...
- 8/26/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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Disney+ has unveiled an eclectic slate of five new U.K. unscripted originals spanning a broad range of talent and topics from Keanu Reeves to arguably the most talked about U.K. trial in years.
Wagatha Christie (working title), produced by Lorton Street Entertainment in association with Dorothy Street Pictures, will be uncovering one of the biggest tabloid news stories in Britain over the last decade, revealing how Coleen Rooney, wife of soccer star Wayne Rooney, turned amateur sleuth to reveal who had been leaking private stories to the press, and the high-profile defamation case brought against her by fellow footballer’s wife Rebekah Vardy. In something of a coup for Disney+, the three-part series will be told through exclusive access to Rooney, alongside interviews with family, friends and key players involved in the trial.
In Brawn: The One Pound Formula 1 Team...
Disney+ has unveiled an eclectic slate of five new U.K. unscripted originals spanning a broad range of talent and topics from Keanu Reeves to arguably the most talked about U.K. trial in years.
Wagatha Christie (working title), produced by Lorton Street Entertainment in association with Dorothy Street Pictures, will be uncovering one of the biggest tabloid news stories in Britain over the last decade, revealing how Coleen Rooney, wife of soccer star Wayne Rooney, turned amateur sleuth to reveal who had been leaking private stories to the press, and the high-profile defamation case brought against her by fellow footballer’s wife Rebekah Vardy. In something of a coup for Disney+, the three-part series will be told through exclusive access to Rooney, alongside interviews with family, friends and key players involved in the trial.
In Brawn: The One Pound Formula 1 Team...
- 8/26/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO Max announced that Season 2 of “Love Life” will premiere Oct. 28 with its first three episodes.
Then, the second three episodes of the 10-episode season will stream on Nov. 4, with the final four concluding on Nov. 11.
The second season of the romantic dramedy centers on Marcus Watkins (William Jackson Harper), who comes out of a years-long relationship and is forced to once again look for the perfect love he thought he had already found.
The season also stars Jessica Williams, Punkie Johnson and Chris “Comedian Cp” Powell. Arian Moayed, Leslie Bibb and John Earl Jelks are recurring guest stars and Maya Kazan, Ego Nwodim, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood, Janet Hubert, Jordan Rock and Steven Boyer are guest stars. Keith David narrates. Season 1’s Anna Kendrick, who also executive produces, Zoë Chao, Peter Vack, Sasha Compére and Nick Thune will appear.
In addition to Kendrick, “Love Life” is executive produced by showrunners Sam Boyd,...
Then, the second three episodes of the 10-episode season will stream on Nov. 4, with the final four concluding on Nov. 11.
The second season of the romantic dramedy centers on Marcus Watkins (William Jackson Harper), who comes out of a years-long relationship and is forced to once again look for the perfect love he thought he had already found.
The season also stars Jessica Williams, Punkie Johnson and Chris “Comedian Cp” Powell. Arian Moayed, Leslie Bibb and John Earl Jelks are recurring guest stars and Maya Kazan, Ego Nwodim, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood, Janet Hubert, Jordan Rock and Steven Boyer are guest stars. Keith David narrates. Season 1’s Anna Kendrick, who also executive produces, Zoë Chao, Peter Vack, Sasha Compére and Nick Thune will appear.
In addition to Kendrick, “Love Life” is executive produced by showrunners Sam Boyd,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Following the success of their BAFTA and Emmy-nominated 2018 documentary Three Identical Strangers, CNN Films and Raw TV are collaborating again on a new film that will tell the extraordinary story of Paul Fronczak.
The Lost Sons follows Fronczak as he embarks on a quest for answers after he discovered an unnerving mystery about his parents when he was just 10 years old. While searching for Christmas presents, he found newspaper clippings about his parents: images of them grieving for a kidnapped baby and then celebrating two years later over a toddler found abandoned and returned to them.
Was Fronczak the missing baby? And if so, where was he for two years of his life? Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris), Fronczak’s story is told through a blend of re-enactments, testimony of close family and first-hand witnesses, news footage, and family archive. Material has been...
The Lost Sons follows Fronczak as he embarks on a quest for answers after he discovered an unnerving mystery about his parents when he was just 10 years old. While searching for Christmas presents, he found newspaper clippings about his parents: images of them grieving for a kidnapped baby and then celebrating two years later over a toddler found abandoned and returned to them.
Was Fronczak the missing baby? And if so, where was he for two years of his life? Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris), Fronczak’s story is told through a blend of re-enactments, testimony of close family and first-hand witnesses, news footage, and family archive. Material has been...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN Films and Raw are producing a new documentary titled “The Lost Sons,” directed by award-winning filmmaker Ursula Macfarlane (“Untouchable”).
Production began in 2019 for the documentary, which will be distributed by CNN Films. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide, and Courtney Sexton, senior vice president for CNN Films, will executive produce alongside Liesel Evans, creative director of U.K. Factual at Raw, and Ross Dinerstein, Campfire founder and CEO.
“The Lost Sons” will chronicle the story of Paul Fronczak, who at age 10 unearthed newspaper clippings about his parents grieving a kidnapped baby and then finding the baby two years later. Decades later, he goes hunting for answers as questions arise about whether he was the kidnapped child.
The story is told through reenactments, testimonies of close family and first-hand witnesses, news footage and family archives.
“I’m thrilled and proud to work with...
Production began in 2019 for the documentary, which will be distributed by CNN Films. Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide, and Courtney Sexton, senior vice president for CNN Films, will executive produce alongside Liesel Evans, creative director of U.K. Factual at Raw, and Ross Dinerstein, Campfire founder and CEO.
“The Lost Sons” will chronicle the story of Paul Fronczak, who at age 10 unearthed newspaper clippings about his parents grieving a kidnapped baby and then finding the baby two years later. Decades later, he goes hunting for answers as questions arise about whether he was the kidnapped child.
The story is told through reenactments, testimonies of close family and first-hand witnesses, news footage and family archives.
“I’m thrilled and proud to work with...
- 1/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Three Identical Strangers collaborators CNN Films and Raw are reteaming for the documentary feature The Lost Sons, produced in association with Campfire.
Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo), the stranger-than-fiction film recounts the real-life story of Paul Fronczak, a reunited stolen baby who as an adult searches for the identity of his real parents. Production on The Lost Sons began in the summer of 2019, with CNN Films holding all distribution rights.
The executive producer credits are shared by Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton for CNN Films, Liesel Evans for Raw and Ross Dinerstein for Campfire.
“I’m thrilled and proud ...
Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo), the stranger-than-fiction film recounts the real-life story of Paul Fronczak, a reunited stolen baby who as an adult searches for the identity of his real parents. Production on The Lost Sons began in the summer of 2019, with CNN Films holding all distribution rights.
The executive producer credits are shared by Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton for CNN Films, Liesel Evans for Raw and Ross Dinerstein for Campfire.
“I’m thrilled and proud ...
- 1/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Three Identical Strangers collaborators CNN Films and Raw are reteaming for the documentary feature The Lost Sons, produced in association with Campfire.
Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo), the stranger-than-fiction film recounts the real-life story of Paul Fronczak, a reunited stolen baby who as an adult searches for the identity of his real parents. Production on The Lost Sons began in the summer of 2019, with CNN Films holding all distribution rights.
The executive producer credits are shared by Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton for CNN Films, Liesel Evans for Raw and Ross Dinerstein for Campfire.
“I’m thrilled and proud ...
Directed by Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable; Charlie Hebdo), the stranger-than-fiction film recounts the real-life story of Paul Fronczak, a reunited stolen baby who as an adult searches for the identity of his real parents. Production on The Lost Sons began in the summer of 2019, with CNN Films holding all distribution rights.
The executive producer credits are shared by Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton for CNN Films, Liesel Evans for Raw and Ross Dinerstein for Campfire.
“I’m thrilled and proud ...
- 1/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Nominations have been unveiled for the 48th edition of the Grierson Awards, the UK’s top documentary awards.
A total of 52 films are nominated across 14 categories. Of those, 21 were broadcast on BBC channel, while Netflix has nine nominations and Channel 4 has five. ITV and Al Jazeera have two apiece whilst nominations newcomer YouTube Originals joins Channel 5, National Geographic and Discovery with one each.
Tiger King is up for Best Entertaining Documentary alongside fellow Netflix title Love is Blind. Netflix’s Don’t F**k With Cats and The Devil Next Door are also both up for Best Documentary series.
The Best Cinema Documentary nominees are American Factory, which won the Oscar this year, alongside the Oscar nominated Honeyland and For Sama, with Midnight Family completing the field.
Full list of nominations:
Best Single Documentary – Domestic
The Family Secret
Anna Hall, Sally Ogden, Luke Rothery & Brian Woods for Candour Productions...
A total of 52 films are nominated across 14 categories. Of those, 21 were broadcast on BBC channel, while Netflix has nine nominations and Channel 4 has five. ITV and Al Jazeera have two apiece whilst nominations newcomer YouTube Originals joins Channel 5, National Geographic and Discovery with one each.
Tiger King is up for Best Entertaining Documentary alongside fellow Netflix title Love is Blind. Netflix’s Don’t F**k With Cats and The Devil Next Door are also both up for Best Documentary series.
The Best Cinema Documentary nominees are American Factory, which won the Oscar this year, alongside the Oscar nominated Honeyland and For Sama, with Midnight Family completing the field.
Full list of nominations:
Best Single Documentary – Domestic
The Family Secret
Anna Hall, Sally Ogden, Luke Rothery & Brian Woods for Candour Productions...
- 9/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC is going inside the Bank of England and exploring gun crime in Britain in a series of factual commissions. The public broadcaster has also picked up feature doc Under The Wire, which tells the story of Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy’s mission to Syria.
The shows were revealed at the Sheffield Doc/Fest by Alison Kirkham, Controller BBC Factual Commissioning.
Inside The Bank of England (w/t) lets cameras inside the financial institution throughout 2018 as Governor Mark Carney and his staff try to revive the UK economy. The two-part series, which will air on BBC Two, will look at how the bank’s decisions impact people’s lives and aims to demystify central banking and explores the gold and incredible architecture of the fortress-like Threadneedle Street building. The series is produced by Gold Rush producer Raw and was commissioned by BBC Two Controller Patrick Holland,...
The shows were revealed at the Sheffield Doc/Fest by Alison Kirkham, Controller BBC Factual Commissioning.
Inside The Bank of England (w/t) lets cameras inside the financial institution throughout 2018 as Governor Mark Carney and his staff try to revive the UK economy. The two-part series, which will air on BBC Two, will look at how the bank’s decisions impact people’s lives and aims to demystify central banking and explores the gold and incredible architecture of the fortress-like Threadneedle Street building. The series is produced by Gold Rush producer Raw and was commissioned by BBC Two Controller Patrick Holland,...
- 6/11/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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