Warner Bros. is keeping their most prolific TV producer of the last decade in the fold. Greg Berlanti has closed a massive new four-year exclusive overall deal for his Berlanti Productions to remain at the studio for its television operations into the year 2027.
No financial terms are being disclosed but sources indicate that the pact is structured differently than Berlanti’s most recent blockbuster overall deal with Warner Bros. TV Group whose value had been estimated to be more than 300 million and as much as 400 million over six years. That agreement involved the studio buying out Berlanti’s backend on his shows, while the new deal is more of a joint venture with a big potential upside for Berlanti, sources said.
In success, based on the number of series the new deal yields and their profitability, it could be the biggest TV deal ever for Warner Bros. It marks the...
No financial terms are being disclosed but sources indicate that the pact is structured differently than Berlanti’s most recent blockbuster overall deal with Warner Bros. TV Group whose value had been estimated to be more than 300 million and as much as 400 million over six years. That agreement involved the studio buying out Berlanti’s backend on his shows, while the new deal is more of a joint venture with a big potential upside for Berlanti, sources said.
In success, based on the number of series the new deal yields and their profitability, it could be the biggest TV deal ever for Warner Bros. It marks the...
- 1/10/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" gets a new poster.
Arrowverse architect Greg Berlanti has a new deal at Warner Bros.
A new behind the scenes look at "The Flash" movie.
The "Guardians of the Galaxy" are getting a wild reboot from Marvel Comics.
All that and more!
New Year, New Guardians Of The Galaxy
Last week, Marvel Comics released several teasers for something called "Grootfall." It was clearly related to the "Guardians of the Galaxy" but little context was provided. Now we have that context. It has been confirmed that the title is getting relaunched in April,...
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" gets a new poster.
Arrowverse architect Greg Berlanti has a new deal at Warner Bros.
A new behind the scenes look at "The Flash" movie.
The "Guardians of the Galaxy" are getting a wild reboot from Marvel Comics.
All that and more!
New Year, New Guardians Of The Galaxy
Last week, Marvel Comics released several teasers for something called "Grootfall." It was clearly related to the "Guardians of the Galaxy" but little context was provided. Now we have that context. It has been confirmed that the title is getting relaunched in April,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Greg Berlanti believes in the traditional studio model so much so that it’s the focal point of his new overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
The prolific producer, who holds the record for the most scripted originals on the air or in the works at the same time, signed a new, four-year overall deal with his longtime home at Wbtv that will see him rewarded in step with the studio. The new agreement — which begins in 2024 after his current pact expires — will see Berlanti and the studio be compensated for the success of the shows he delivers rather than his record output.
Berlanti is currently in the last two years of the four-year extension he signed with Wbtv back in June 2018. Under that 400 million deal, Warners bought out the back-end on Berlanti’s DC Comics shows that were produced for The CW (Arrow, The Flash, etc.) as the WME-negotiated...
The prolific producer, who holds the record for the most scripted originals on the air or in the works at the same time, signed a new, four-year overall deal with his longtime home at Wbtv that will see him rewarded in step with the studio. The new agreement — which begins in 2024 after his current pact expires — will see Berlanti and the studio be compensated for the success of the shows he delivers rather than his record output.
Berlanti is currently in the last two years of the four-year extension he signed with Wbtv back in June 2018. Under that 400 million deal, Warners bought out the back-end on Berlanti’s DC Comics shows that were produced for The CW (Arrow, The Flash, etc.) as the WME-negotiated...
- 1/9/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One thing Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t getting rid of: producer Greg Berlanti.
The producer, whose credits include “Riverdale” and the entire suite of series in the so-called “Arrowverse,” has just signed a deal to re-up his contract with Warner Bros. Television, his overall deal will now take him through 2027.
“Every day I wake up grateful I get to get tell stories for a living with so many talented people that I love,” Berlanti said in a statement to media. “With this deal, I’ll be lucky enough to be going into my third decade of making TV and calling Warner Bros. my home. The TV business has changed and Warner Bros. has changed, too, but I’m as grateful as ever to be making television and working with a passionate, brilliant, and kind leader like Channing Dungey and alongside a wise and tremendous old friend like Brett Paul. In...
The producer, whose credits include “Riverdale” and the entire suite of series in the so-called “Arrowverse,” has just signed a deal to re-up his contract with Warner Bros. Television, his overall deal will now take him through 2027.
“Every day I wake up grateful I get to get tell stories for a living with so many talented people that I love,” Berlanti said in a statement to media. “With this deal, I’ll be lucky enough to be going into my third decade of making TV and calling Warner Bros. my home. The TV business has changed and Warner Bros. has changed, too, but I’m as grateful as ever to be making television and working with a passionate, brilliant, and kind leader like Channing Dungey and alongside a wise and tremendous old friend like Brett Paul. In...
- 1/9/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
It’s official: Greg Berlanti will remain at Warner Bros. Television through 2027.
The new pact — it’s not an extension of his previous deal that expires in 2024 — is described as a partnership that will see Berlanti Productions serve as a mini-studio within the larger Wbtv Group. Sources say the joint partnership will reward him based on the successes of the programming he delivers. His current deal, which was negotiated by his former agency WME, included bonuses based on the number of shows that Berlanti delivered. With The CW no longer in the volume business that afforded Berlanti the opportunity to set a record for the most TV series on the air at a given time, the backbone of the agreement needed to change. This new deal was spearheaded by CAA, which signed the megaproducer in December following a 15-year run with WME.
Berlanti’s new deal should come as no surprise.
The new pact — it’s not an extension of his previous deal that expires in 2024 — is described as a partnership that will see Berlanti Productions serve as a mini-studio within the larger Wbtv Group. Sources say the joint partnership will reward him based on the successes of the programming he delivers. His current deal, which was negotiated by his former agency WME, included bonuses based on the number of shows that Berlanti delivered. With The CW no longer in the volume business that afforded Berlanti the opportunity to set a record for the most TV series on the air at a given time, the backbone of the agreement needed to change. This new deal was spearheaded by CAA, which signed the megaproducer in December following a 15-year run with WME.
Berlanti’s new deal should come as no surprise.
- 1/9/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Greg Berlanti is staying put at Warner Bros. Television, with the prolific producer signing a sizable new overall deal with the studio.
The deal will keep Berlanti Productions at Warner Bros. into 2027, with his current deal originally set to expire in 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. This marks the first significant overall deal signed at the studio since the closing of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger. According to sources, the new deal will reward Berlanti based on the success of the series produced under the deal. The deal was negotiated by CAA, with whom Berlanti signed in December.
“Every day I wake up grateful I get to get tell stories for a living with so many talented people that I love,” Berlanti said. “With this deal, I’ll be lucky enough to be going into my third decade of making TV and calling Warner Bros. my home. The TV...
The deal will keep Berlanti Productions at Warner Bros. into 2027, with his current deal originally set to expire in 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. This marks the first significant overall deal signed at the studio since the closing of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger. According to sources, the new deal will reward Berlanti based on the success of the series produced under the deal. The deal was negotiated by CAA, with whom Berlanti signed in December.
“Every day I wake up grateful I get to get tell stories for a living with so many talented people that I love,” Berlanti said. “With this deal, I’ll be lucky enough to be going into my third decade of making TV and calling Warner Bros. my home. The TV...
- 1/9/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. Television Group has eliminated 125 jobs, IndieWire has learned. That tally includes 82 employees laid off across the scripted, unscripted, and animation divisions as well as 43 open positions that will go unfilled.
The 125 jobs represent a loss of 26 percent of the current and vacant positions at the company. The layoffs alone comprise 19 percent of the current Wbtv workforce.
Parent corporation Warner Bros. Discovery has been cutting costs in all sorts of ways, including previous rounds of layoffs and the scrubbing of completed films and television series. The most notable example of the content write offs came when David Zaslav chose to wholly delete “Batgirl” ahead of its release. Zaslav and his consigliere CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels have tasked themselves with finding 3 billion in cost savings.
Tuesday was Warner Bros. TV’s turn to take one for the team (that team being the shareholders). Among those laid off today were both newer...
The 125 jobs represent a loss of 26 percent of the current and vacant positions at the company. The layoffs alone comprise 19 percent of the current Wbtv workforce.
Parent corporation Warner Bros. Discovery has been cutting costs in all sorts of ways, including previous rounds of layoffs and the scrubbing of completed films and television series. The most notable example of the content write offs came when David Zaslav chose to wholly delete “Batgirl” ahead of its release. Zaslav and his consigliere CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels have tasked themselves with finding 3 billion in cost savings.
Tuesday was Warner Bros. TV’s turn to take one for the team (that team being the shareholders). Among those laid off today were both newer...
- 10/12/2022
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
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Channing Dungey’s Warner Bros. Television Group has been the hardest hit during Tuesday’s expected round of layoffs as part of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s efforts to find 3 billion in post-merger cost savings.
Sources say Dungey’s division — which includes scripted, unscripted and animation — has reduced its workforce by 26 percent. Included in the tally are 82 employees (19 percent) who were laid off Tuesday as well as 43 vacant positions (7 percent). All told, 125 positions have been eliminated across business affairs, production and all forms of creative at the studio. Sources note that while some longtime employees were impacted Tuesday, most of the positions eliminated were considered to be low- to mid-level staffers.
Layoffs at other divisions were also expected Tuesday, though sources stress that Dungey’s studio was the most severely impacted. Additional rounds of layoffs impacting other divisions at Wbd are...
Channing Dungey’s Warner Bros. Television Group has been the hardest hit during Tuesday’s expected round of layoffs as part of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s efforts to find 3 billion in post-merger cost savings.
Sources say Dungey’s division — which includes scripted, unscripted and animation — has reduced its workforce by 26 percent. Included in the tally are 82 employees (19 percent) who were laid off Tuesday as well as 43 vacant positions (7 percent). All told, 125 positions have been eliminated across business affairs, production and all forms of creative at the studio. Sources note that while some longtime employees were impacted Tuesday, most of the positions eliminated were considered to be low- to mid-level staffers.
Layoffs at other divisions were also expected Tuesday, though sources stress that Dungey’s studio was the most severely impacted. Additional rounds of layoffs impacting other divisions at Wbd are...
- 10/12/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner Bros Television is cutting more than a quarter of its workforce as part of its parent company’s drive to cut costs.
The studio is cutting 26 of personnel, a total of 125 positions, across scripted, unscripted and animation.
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Deadline revealed Monday that cuts would likely come today and we revealed earlier that Warner Bros. TV was shutting down digital production arm Stage 13 and its Warner Bros Television Workshop – a key plank in finding and mentoring new and diverse talent.
These cuts come with a number of structural changes put in place by chairman Channing Dungey, particularly in unscripted and animation. She...
The studio is cutting 26 of personnel, a total of 125 positions, across scripted, unscripted and animation.
Related Story Warner Bros TV Workshop & Stage 13 Shut Down As Part Of Wbd Cuts Related Story The Dish: Warner Bros. Discovery Braces For New Round Of Layoffs This Week Related Story 'More': Veronica Falcón, Yvette Monreal, Georgie Flores, & Ceci Fernandez Join Cast; Natalie Chaidez & Amy Chozick To EP & Co-Showrun
Deadline revealed Monday that cuts would likely come today and we revealed earlier that Warner Bros. TV was shutting down digital production arm Stage 13 and its Warner Bros Television Workshop – a key plank in finding and mentoring new and diverse talent.
These cuts come with a number of structural changes put in place by chairman Channing Dungey, particularly in unscripted and animation. She...
- 10/12/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. Television Group handed out pink slips to 82 staffers on Tuesday, representing 19 of the studio’s workforce, across its scripted, unscripted and animation divisions. Additionally, it has opted not to fill 43 additional vacant positions — making for a total elimination of 125 jobs (or 26 of an approximately 481 headcount).
Warner Bros. TV Group declined comment, but it’s understood that chairman Channing Dungey detailed to staff a series of changes that included various levels of consolidation in unscripted and animation. Also, as reported Tuesday afternoon, the company has closed Stage 13, a shingle focused on diverse shortform programming (leading to the exit of Stage 13 head Diana Mogollón), and will end the Warner Bros. Television Workshop, which had existed for decades as a training ground for new creative talent in both writing and directing.
The layoffs were expected as the latest cost cutting move inside Warner Bros. Discovery, which merged in April and since...
Warner Bros. TV Group declined comment, but it’s understood that chairman Channing Dungey detailed to staff a series of changes that included various levels of consolidation in unscripted and animation. Also, as reported Tuesday afternoon, the company has closed Stage 13, a shingle focused on diverse shortform programming (leading to the exit of Stage 13 head Diana Mogollón), and will end the Warner Bros. Television Workshop, which had existed for decades as a training ground for new creative talent in both writing and directing.
The layoffs were expected as the latest cost cutting move inside Warner Bros. Discovery, which merged in April and since...
- 10/12/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
By Hank Reineke
Basil Dearden’s intriguing The Man Who Haunted Himself is a feature-length remake of a thirty-minute televised episode of Alfred Hitchcock’s Presents. That episode - from the 1955 program’s first season - had the distinction of having been directed by the maestro of suspense himself. It was one of only a handful of dramas in the series that Hitchcock chose to helm. The episode was based on Anthony Armstrong’s short story (later novelized) “The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham” (Methuen & Co. Ltd., UK, 1957). The book was later published that very same year in the U.S. as part of Doubleday & Co.’s fabled “Crime Club” series.
Armstrong’s psychological thriller had been originally published in the November 1940 issue of Esquire magazine. The short story was later re-sold and re-published in June 1955 as part of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine… which is likely where Hitchcock became acquainted with it.
Basil Dearden’s intriguing The Man Who Haunted Himself is a feature-length remake of a thirty-minute televised episode of Alfred Hitchcock’s Presents. That episode - from the 1955 program’s first season - had the distinction of having been directed by the maestro of suspense himself. It was one of only a handful of dramas in the series that Hitchcock chose to helm. The episode was based on Anthony Armstrong’s short story (later novelized) “The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham” (Methuen & Co. Ltd., UK, 1957). The book was later published that very same year in the U.S. as part of Doubleday & Co.’s fabled “Crime Club” series.
Armstrong’s psychological thriller had been originally published in the November 1940 issue of Esquire magazine. The short story was later re-sold and re-published in June 1955 as part of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine… which is likely where Hitchcock became acquainted with it.
- 7/12/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Between 1970 and 1975—and the ages of 53 and 58—Robert Mitchum made six films. The beginning of the decade found him in Ireland taking on the role of schoolteacher Charles Shaughnessey in David Lean’s epic Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and five years later he was starring as Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler adaptation Farewell My Lovely (1975). In between, he made the father-son melodrama Going Home (1971), an eccentric western called The Wrath of God (1972) and two crime dramas made back-to-back in 1973 and 1974. While they have a couple of other elements in common besides Mitchum—actor Richard Jordan, composer Dave Grusin—The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) and The Yakuza (1974) are poles apart in terms of tone. Broadly speaking, the first is low-key, downbeat and domestic, the second is glossy and globetrottingly exotic.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is based on the debut novel by George V. Higgins, a lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General...
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is based on the debut novel by George V. Higgins, a lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General...
- 11/18/2014
- by Pasquale Iannone
- MUBI
Doug Baker has been named chief operating officer — in addition to his chief financial officer role — for Discovery Networks International (Dni). Baker currently serves as executive vice president and CFO, and will transition into his new role over the next few weeks, at which point he will become responsible for oversight of Dni strategy and research in addition to leading all financial aspects of Dni finance and global brand solutions. He will continue to lead the division's regional COO/CFOs in Western Europe, the Nordics (Sbs-Discovery), Ceemea, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. Also read: Susan Rovner, Brett Paul Named Co-Presidents of Warner Horizon Scripted.
- 3/18/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Warner Bros TV‘s head of development Susan Rovner is further expanding her turf, also taking over development for the studio’s cable division Warner Horizon TV. Rovner and top Wbtv business executive Brett Paul have been named co-presidents of Warner Horizon Scripted Television. They succeed Warner Horizon Evp Craig Erwich, who left this month. Rovner, who will continue in her role as Evp Development for broadcast-focused Wbtv, will also be spearheading the development and programming of the studio’s cable scripted series. Paul, who already had been involved in Warner Horizon’s business operations, will maintain his role as Evp of Wbtv, while assuming formal oversight for all business operations for the cable production unit. The process of Warner Horizon’s split into scripted and unscripted began last summer with the hire of former Fox alternative head Mike Darnell to lead all of Wbtv’s reality and syndication efforts.
- 3/17/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The sad passing of actress Alexandra Bastedo earlier this month saw many recalling and celebrating her work on '60s spy-fi series The Champions - just one entry in the canon of cult programme makers Itc Entertainment.
Though it also branched out into film production - with the likes of 1976's The Eagle Has Landed and 1982's The Dark Crystal - Itc was best known throughout the 1960s and '70s for its raft of cult TV programming, with shows like The Champions making an indelible screen icon of Bastedo and others like her.
These shows are now world-renowned - The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds - but the team behind them still go sadly unsung.
This week, the Week in Geek is looking to redress the balance with a fond tribute to Itc Entertainment - one of the UK's very best, most influential production teams.
Sherlock: The Problem of the Vanishing Detective
Doctor Who,...
Though it also branched out into film production - with the likes of 1976's The Eagle Has Landed and 1982's The Dark Crystal - Itc was best known throughout the 1960s and '70s for its raft of cult TV programming, with shows like The Champions making an indelible screen icon of Bastedo and others like her.
These shows are now world-renowned - The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds - but the team behind them still go sadly unsung.
This week, the Week in Geek is looking to redress the balance with a fond tribute to Itc Entertainment - one of the UK's very best, most influential production teams.
Sherlock: The Problem of the Vanishing Detective
Doctor Who,...
- 1/21/2014
- Digital Spy
For years, TV made me think you could knock someone out cold and they'd soon recover. Now the Dardenne brothers' new film, The Kid with a Bike, has revived that dramatic tic
Next week the Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, are opening their latest film in the UK: Le Gamin au Vélo, or The Kid with a Bike. A young boy in care makes a desperate attempt to find his dad, and the beloved bike he is sure must still be in the father's possession. These film-makers, double Palme d'Or winners at Cannes for Rosetta (1999) and The Child (2005), have created some classic social realist dramas in the past, and The Kid with a Bike is a winningly forthright, heartfelt movie that I reviewed on its Cannes festival premiere last year and will return to again next Friday.
But here I feel I have to notice that once again, the Dardennes...
Next week the Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, are opening their latest film in the UK: Le Gamin au Vélo, or The Kid with a Bike. A young boy in care makes a desperate attempt to find his dad, and the beloved bike he is sure must still be in the father's possession. These film-makers, double Palme d'Or winners at Cannes for Rosetta (1999) and The Child (2005), have created some classic social realist dramas in the past, and The Kid with a Bike is a winningly forthright, heartfelt movie that I reviewed on its Cannes festival premiere last year and will return to again next Friday.
But here I feel I have to notice that once again, the Dardennes...
- 3/15/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Our round-up of John Barry’s non-Bond movie scores continues with a look at some romantic compositions from the disco decade…
As we embark on the fourth part of our appreciation of John Barry’s career beyond Bond, we move into a decade renowned for its glitter balls, bell-bottoms and jiggle television. However, this phase of Barry’s career is representative of a burgeoning interest in more emotionally charged, fractured and complex ideas, viewed through the filter of a maturing, mellowing artist.
Even the most vibrant, exotic scores could not disguise the introspection and sensitivity of the man himself. He continued to chase universal themes – and he was still capable of conjuring up worlds of intrigue and drama – but the projects he gravitated towards more in the wake of Midnight Cowboy were those that allowed him to explore more intimate musical textures.
Barry still accepted a range of eclectic assignments,...
As we embark on the fourth part of our appreciation of John Barry’s career beyond Bond, we move into a decade renowned for its glitter balls, bell-bottoms and jiggle television. However, this phase of Barry’s career is representative of a burgeoning interest in more emotionally charged, fractured and complex ideas, viewed through the filter of a maturing, mellowing artist.
Even the most vibrant, exotic scores could not disguise the introspection and sensitivity of the man himself. He continued to chase universal themes – and he was still capable of conjuring up worlds of intrigue and drama – but the projects he gravitated towards more in the wake of Midnight Cowboy were those that allowed him to explore more intimate musical textures.
Barry still accepted a range of eclectic assignments,...
- 8/15/2011
- Den of Geek
Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died at the age of 85, it was announced today.
The star, who appeared in more than 100 films, suffered a heart attack at his Las Vegas home.
Among his dozens of screen roles, he voiced a prehistoric version of himself in Stone Age sitcom The Flintstones, which today celebrates its 50th anniversary.
In the cartoon's sixth and final season, which aired in 1965-1966, Wilma Flintstone wins a slave for the day, who happens to be the famous actor Stony Curtis (pictured far right in the image below).
Curtis was among many celebrity voices who appeared on the show; among others, Cary Grant appeared as Cary Granite, Perry Mason as Perry Masonry and Ann-Margret as Ann-Margrock.
Sir Roger Moore, who starred alongside Curtis in TV hit The Persuaders, said: "He was a fine actor. I shall miss him."
Sir Roger played...
The star, who appeared in more than 100 films, suffered a heart attack at his Las Vegas home.
Among his dozens of screen roles, he voiced a prehistoric version of himself in Stone Age sitcom The Flintstones, which today celebrates its 50th anniversary.
In the cartoon's sixth and final season, which aired in 1965-1966, Wilma Flintstone wins a slave for the day, who happens to be the famous actor Stony Curtis (pictured far right in the image below).
Curtis was among many celebrity voices who appeared on the show; among others, Cary Grant appeared as Cary Granite, Perry Mason as Perry Masonry and Ann-Margret as Ann-Margrock.
Sir Roger Moore, who starred alongside Curtis in TV hit The Persuaders, said: "He was a fine actor. I shall miss him."
Sir Roger played...
- 9/30/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Hyde Park Entertainment continues to develop a feature film version of the British TV series "The Persuaders !", produced by Ashok Amritraj, for director Peter Howitt ("Johnny English"). The feature will be the first to be produced in association with Imagenation Abu Dhabi.
"The Persuaders !" 1971 action/adventure series was produced by Itc Entertainment for broadcast on ITV and ABC, considered at the time, "the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade's international action adventure series", starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis.
The show ended after one season, running from September 1971 to February 1972, releasing Moore to star as 'James Bond' in a series of big budget features.
Despite its focus on the British/American markets, the show was popular throughout Europe, with both Moore and Curtis decorated in Germany and France for their acting.
The character of 'Danny Wilde' (Curtis) is described as a 'rough diamond', educated and moulded...
"The Persuaders !" 1971 action/adventure series was produced by Itc Entertainment for broadcast on ITV and ABC, considered at the time, "the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade's international action adventure series", starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis.
The show ended after one season, running from September 1971 to February 1972, releasing Moore to star as 'James Bond' in a series of big budget features.
Despite its focus on the British/American markets, the show was popular throughout Europe, with both Moore and Curtis decorated in Germany and France for their acting.
The character of 'Danny Wilde' (Curtis) is described as a 'rough diamond', educated and moulded...
- 4/2/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive From Deadline|London editor Tim Adler: Hyde Park Entertainment’s long-gestating movie version of British TV show The Persuaders will finally happen this year – providing producer Ashok Amritraj can find the right leads. The original Persuaders TV series starred Roger Moore and Tony Curtis as a crime-fighting odd couple. Moore played aristocratic Lord Brett Sinclair; Curtis was Danny Wilde, an oil tycoon from the wrong side of the tracks. It was the way Moore and Curtis bantered with each other that made the original 1970s series such a hit for producer Lew Grade (uncle of former ITV boss Michael). That’s [...]...
- 4/1/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline Hollywood
Adam Glick and Dan Limerick have been tapped as the new co-heads of Warner Bros. Television's business affairs department.
The duo, both of whom were senior vp business affairs, take over day-to-day management of the business affairs unit from Brett Paul, who was upped last month to executive vp overseeing production, business affairs, legal, finance and operations. Glick and Limerick will be responsible for negotiating the company's deals with performers, producers, writers and directors for primetime series, miniseries and telefilms. They also oversee the business affairs staff.
"Adam and Dan are both highly effective yet fair-minded negotiators," Paul said. "Both possess collaborative instincts and maintain excellent relationships throughout our industry, making them true leaders of the business affairs department."
Glick, a nine-year veteran of the company, has served as the company's principal business affairs negotiator for Wbtv-based Jerry Bruckheimer Television, working on series including "Without a Trace" and "Cold Case" as well as the upcoming drama "Eleventh Hour."
Limerick, who joined in the company in 2002, has been the business affairs point person and lead negotiator for several Wbtv producers, including J.J. Abrams and Chuck Lorre. He also serves as the business affairs rep for shows including "Smallville," "Two and a Half Men" and the upcoming drama "Fringe."
Meanwhile, Wbtv also has promoted Crystal Morales to vp business affairs, reporting to Glick and Limerick. She will serve as the business affairs point person for David E. Kelley's development and production efforts at Wbtv as well as the Shephard/Robin Co. and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision. Morales also handles business affairs for "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "The Closer," "Nip/Tuck" and new drama "Privileged."...
The duo, both of whom were senior vp business affairs, take over day-to-day management of the business affairs unit from Brett Paul, who was upped last month to executive vp overseeing production, business affairs, legal, finance and operations. Glick and Limerick will be responsible for negotiating the company's deals with performers, producers, writers and directors for primetime series, miniseries and telefilms. They also oversee the business affairs staff.
"Adam and Dan are both highly effective yet fair-minded negotiators," Paul said. "Both possess collaborative instincts and maintain excellent relationships throughout our industry, making them true leaders of the business affairs department."
Glick, a nine-year veteran of the company, has served as the company's principal business affairs negotiator for Wbtv-based Jerry Bruckheimer Television, working on series including "Without a Trace" and "Cold Case" as well as the upcoming drama "Eleventh Hour."
Limerick, who joined in the company in 2002, has been the business affairs point person and lead negotiator for several Wbtv producers, including J.J. Abrams and Chuck Lorre. He also serves as the business affairs rep for shows including "Smallville," "Two and a Half Men" and the upcoming drama "Fringe."
Meanwhile, Wbtv also has promoted Crystal Morales to vp business affairs, reporting to Glick and Limerick. She will serve as the business affairs point person for David E. Kelley's development and production efforts at Wbtv as well as the Shephard/Robin Co. and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision. Morales also handles business affairs for "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "The Closer," "Nip/Tuck" and new drama "Privileged."...
- 8/19/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner Bros. Television is realigning its production and operations management team with the elevation of studio veterans Brett Paul and Sue Palladino.
Paul has been named executive vp, a newly created position in which he will serve as the studio's top business executive, overseeing production, business affairs, legal, finance and operations.
Palladino has been upped to executive vp production, succeeding Judith Zaylor, who recently announced her retirement from the company.
Since January 2006, Paul has served as executive vp business affairs, operations and finance, overseeing business, legal and financial affairs, financial affairs, administration and operations. In his new position, he adds oversight of Wbtv's physical production activities to his responsibilities. He will continue to report to Wbtv president Peter Roth.
In her new position, Palladino will be responsible for day-to-day production operations on primetime series, telefilms and miniseries. Most recently senior vp business affairs, Palladino will continue to report to Paul.
"Brett's combination of brilliant negotiating skills and creative business acumen makes him the perfect executive to take on oversight of our production activities," Roth said. "Sue brings nearly 30 years of production and business management experience to the job as our day-to-day head of production."
Since joining Wbtv in 1995 as vp business affairs, Paul has risen through the ranks to executive vp business affairs before taking on expanded responsibilities the past couple of years. He has acted as a key negotiator for many of the studio's highest-profile deals with networks and talent.
Palladino joined Wbtv as vp business affairs in 1999 and last year was promoted to senior vp. Before that, she spent 20 years at Witt-Thomas-Harris Prods.
Paul has been named executive vp, a newly created position in which he will serve as the studio's top business executive, overseeing production, business affairs, legal, finance and operations.
Palladino has been upped to executive vp production, succeeding Judith Zaylor, who recently announced her retirement from the company.
Since January 2006, Paul has served as executive vp business affairs, operations and finance, overseeing business, legal and financial affairs, financial affairs, administration and operations. In his new position, he adds oversight of Wbtv's physical production activities to his responsibilities. He will continue to report to Wbtv president Peter Roth.
In her new position, Palladino will be responsible for day-to-day production operations on primetime series, telefilms and miniseries. Most recently senior vp business affairs, Palladino will continue to report to Paul.
"Brett's combination of brilliant negotiating skills and creative business acumen makes him the perfect executive to take on oversight of our production activities," Roth said. "Sue brings nearly 30 years of production and business management experience to the job as our day-to-day head of production."
Since joining Wbtv in 1995 as vp business affairs, Paul has risen through the ranks to executive vp business affairs before taking on expanded responsibilities the past couple of years. He has acted as a key negotiator for many of the studio's highest-profile deals with networks and talent.
Palladino joined Wbtv as vp business affairs in 1999 and last year was promoted to senior vp. Before that, she spent 20 years at Witt-Thomas-Harris Prods.
- 7/1/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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