HBO Max launched with a slew of British series and that shows no sign of slowing down as international originals chief Jen Kim outlined some of her upcoming projects for the nascent streamer.
Kim, who is SVP for International Originals for HBO Max, was speaking on a virtual Edinburgh International TV Festival panel moderated by Deadline.
She teased a few upcoming original projects including co-productions such as a six-part “action mystery thriller” and a reality competition series as well as a comedy pilot with a British comedian.
HBO Max has two major British co-productions in the works – Russell T. Davies’ drama Boys, set in the 1980s under the backdrop of the AIDs crisis, and Starstruck from New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo.
Kim (left) said, “We started out with the idea of maybe 5-10 from co-productions, pre-buys and originally commissioned content. We’ve expanded and we’ve tried to take on...
Kim, who is SVP for International Originals for HBO Max, was speaking on a virtual Edinburgh International TV Festival panel moderated by Deadline.
She teased a few upcoming original projects including co-productions such as a six-part “action mystery thriller” and a reality competition series as well as a comedy pilot with a British comedian.
HBO Max has two major British co-productions in the works – Russell T. Davies’ drama Boys, set in the 1980s under the backdrop of the AIDs crisis, and Starstruck from New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo.
Kim (left) said, “We started out with the idea of maybe 5-10 from co-productions, pre-buys and originally commissioned content. We’ve expanded and we’ve tried to take on...
- 8/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Derek Lam with Ava Raiin: "I would say, all the Robert Altman movies." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Catfish and the upcoming Nerve (starring Emma Roberts, Juliette Lewis and Dave Franco) co-directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman of Supermarché, hosted a cocktail party and special screening at the Angelika Film Center of 10 short films, written by Rightor Doyle, that were inspired by Derek Lam’s upcoming fragrance line 10 Crosby.
Derek Lam 10 Crosby fragrances Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Benjamin Dickinson's Rain Day (Jennifer Westfeldt, Greta Lee), Ellipsis (Langston Kerman, Alia Shawkat), 2am Kiss (Aya Cash, Josh Safdie, Eva Tolkin, Kelsey Lu, Sam Jacober, Jen Kim, Lee, Kerman); Celia Rowlson-Hall's Silent St (Paul Lazar, Hailey Gates, Anthony Ramos, Westfeldt, Cash), Afloat (Jason Kittleberger, Xavier) and Looking Glass (Rowlson-Hall, Kittleberger); Andrew Zuchero's Drunk on Youth (Sofia Black-d'Elia, Christopher Trinidade), Blackout (Devhynes, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kevin Barnett, Kim, Jacober) Something Wild (Celia Rowlson-Hall...
Catfish and the upcoming Nerve (starring Emma Roberts, Juliette Lewis and Dave Franco) co-directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman of Supermarché, hosted a cocktail party and special screening at the Angelika Film Center of 10 short films, written by Rightor Doyle, that were inspired by Derek Lam’s upcoming fragrance line 10 Crosby.
Derek Lam 10 Crosby fragrances Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Benjamin Dickinson's Rain Day (Jennifer Westfeldt, Greta Lee), Ellipsis (Langston Kerman, Alia Shawkat), 2am Kiss (Aya Cash, Josh Safdie, Eva Tolkin, Kelsey Lu, Sam Jacober, Jen Kim, Lee, Kerman); Celia Rowlson-Hall's Silent St (Paul Lazar, Hailey Gates, Anthony Ramos, Westfeldt, Cash), Afloat (Jason Kittleberger, Xavier) and Looking Glass (Rowlson-Hall, Kittleberger); Andrew Zuchero's Drunk on Youth (Sofia Black-d'Elia, Christopher Trinidade), Blackout (Devhynes, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kevin Barnett, Kim, Jacober) Something Wild (Celia Rowlson-Hall...
- 2/5/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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