Exclusive: Vice Media has a new partner in the documentary space.
The youth-media company, which recently saw its CEO Nancy Dubuc exit amid sale plans, has struck a deal with Fox-owned Tubi for a new slate of original documentaries for the ad-supported streamer.
Vice News will produce eight documentaries for the service and is kicking off with The Cult of Elon, about Twitter owner Elon Musk.
The Cult of Elon will launch on April 24 and will follow the story of Musk and Tesla’s success, examining his path to becoming one of the most influential, and controversial, businessman by creating an immensely powerful cult of personality.
It is executive produced by Maral Usefi and Stacey Sommer. Jeb Banegas and Patrick Mannion serve as editors and Steve Bartus produces.
It will be followed by Vigilante, Inc., which will launch on May 6. This project will investigate the volatile world of online vigilantism,...
The youth-media company, which recently saw its CEO Nancy Dubuc exit amid sale plans, has struck a deal with Fox-owned Tubi for a new slate of original documentaries for the ad-supported streamer.
Vice News will produce eight documentaries for the service and is kicking off with The Cult of Elon, about Twitter owner Elon Musk.
The Cult of Elon will launch on April 24 and will follow the story of Musk and Tesla’s success, examining his path to becoming one of the most influential, and controversial, businessman by creating an immensely powerful cult of personality.
It is executive produced by Maral Usefi and Stacey Sommer. Jeb Banegas and Patrick Mannion serve as editors and Steve Bartus produces.
It will be followed by Vigilante, Inc., which will launch on May 6. This project will investigate the volatile world of online vigilantism,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Vice is launching its own online documentary film festival with 11 feature-docs curated by the company’s co-founder Suroosh Alvi.
The youth-skewing media company is launching a site to house the films, which includes a number of Oscar contenders, with each film featuring a Q&a with Alvi and the filmmakers and subjects.
The films are The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, Showgirls of Pakistan, We Hold the Line, Sakawa, Another Kind of Paradise, Dope Is Death, Mayor, The Donut King, Yung Lean – In My Head, Two Gods and The Prophet and the Space Aliens (full details below).
The collection will be preceded by a linear airing of The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, which will air today, January 31 at 6:30am Pt, on Vice TV, with the site going live at 8am Pt.
The Short List With Suroosh Alvi is produced by Vice World News and distributed worldwide by Vice Distribution. Executive...
The youth-skewing media company is launching a site to house the films, which includes a number of Oscar contenders, with each film featuring a Q&a with Alvi and the filmmakers and subjects.
The films are The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, Showgirls of Pakistan, We Hold the Line, Sakawa, Another Kind of Paradise, Dope Is Death, Mayor, The Donut King, Yung Lean – In My Head, Two Gods and The Prophet and the Space Aliens (full details below).
The collection will be preceded by a linear airing of The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, which will air today, January 31 at 6:30am Pt, on Vice TV, with the site going live at 8am Pt.
The Short List With Suroosh Alvi is produced by Vice World News and distributed worldwide by Vice Distribution. Executive...
- 1/31/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vice has picked up all rights to Valparaiso Pictures’ documentary The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima by The Eagle Huntress filmmaker Otto Bell.
The film charts the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 which triggered a tsunami, nuclear disaster and mass evacuations in Fukushima Prefecture. Today, as part of a government push to encourage resettlement, local hunters have been enlisted to dispose of radiated wild boars that now roam the abandoned streets and buildings.
The film was inspired by the photographs of co-producers Toru Hanai and Yuki Iwanami and the original score was written and performed by ambient artist Midori Takada.
The deal was negotiated by Jason Guberman, Chris Andaya, Maral Usefi and Zara Meerza for Vice. CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, brokered the deal with Marc Simon of Fox Rothschild on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell, whose Daisy Ridley-narrated doc The Eagle Huntress...
The film charts the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 which triggered a tsunami, nuclear disaster and mass evacuations in Fukushima Prefecture. Today, as part of a government push to encourage resettlement, local hunters have been enlisted to dispose of radiated wild boars that now roam the abandoned streets and buildings.
The film was inspired by the photographs of co-producers Toru Hanai and Yuki Iwanami and the original score was written and performed by ambient artist Midori Takada.
The deal was negotiated by Jason Guberman, Chris Andaya, Maral Usefi and Zara Meerza for Vice. CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing for the film, brokered the deal with Marc Simon of Fox Rothschild on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell, whose Daisy Ridley-narrated doc The Eagle Huntress...
- 1/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vice Media has made a number of senior promotions in its global news division – including new roles for Subrata De and Maral Usefi.
De becomes EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer, Long Form, Vice News.
De will work alongside Susie Banikarim, EVP and Global Head of Newsgathering, who joined Vice Media Group in December 2019.
De and Banikarim will be the most senior operational executives in Vice’s global newsroom, overseeing all aspects of the company’s news content internationally. De will lead Vice News’ longform unit, long lead development programming, and editorial staffing. Banikarim will continue to look after the daily newsroom, bureaus and newsgathering functions, including Vice News Tonight.
De, who reports to Jesse Angelo, President News & Entertainment, Vice Media Group, started at Vice in May 2018 as Executive Producer of HBO’s Vice and was promoted to...
De becomes EVP and Global Head of Programming and Development for Vice News. She was previously Senior Executive Producer, Long Form, Vice News.
De will work alongside Susie Banikarim, EVP and Global Head of Newsgathering, who joined Vice Media Group in December 2019.
De and Banikarim will be the most senior operational executives in Vice’s global newsroom, overseeing all aspects of the company’s news content internationally. De will lead Vice News’ longform unit, long lead development programming, and editorial staffing. Banikarim will continue to look after the daily newsroom, bureaus and newsgathering functions, including Vice News Tonight.
De, who reports to Jesse Angelo, President News & Entertainment, Vice Media Group, started at Vice in May 2018 as Executive Producer of HBO’s Vice and was promoted to...
- 6/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Vice TV has ordered Shelter in Place with Shane Smith, a new half-hour weekly interview show hosted by the Vice Media Group founder. It’s set to premiere Thursday, April 9 at 10 Pm with two back-to-back episodes.
In the series, produced through remote video interviews from Smith’s home in Santa Monica, Smith will tackle the biggest questions of the moment with experts from the fields of science, journalism, entertainment, food and economics.
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“I’m at home, you’re at home and our news cycle is changing by the minute,” said Smith. “So, I decided to dial up some of the...
In the series, produced through remote video interviews from Smith’s home in Santa Monica, Smith will tackle the biggest questions of the moment with experts from the fields of science, journalism, entertainment, food and economics.
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“I’m at home, you’re at home and our news cycle is changing by the minute,” said Smith. “So, I decided to dial up some of the...
- 4/7/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Susie Banikarim, a journalist with nearly two decades of experience in digital and TV news, is joining Vice News as one of its top editorial execs.
Vice Media Group tapped Banikarim as executive VP and global head of newsgathering for Vice News, a newly created role. She will be based out of Vice’s Brooklyn headquarters and report to Jesse Angelo, president of global news and entertainment.
At Vice News, Banikarim will oversee newsgathering functions and daily newsroom operations for bureaus across New York, Washington, D.C., London and L.A. as well as the news organization’s digital and social-media divisions. Banikarim is scheduled to start at Vice News on Jan. 6, 2020.
Her hire comes after the recent exit of Vice News Evp Josh Tyrangiel, who had been the organization’s highest-ranking editorial exec and oversaw both “Vice News Tonight” and the weekly “Vice” series (which were canceled by HBO...
Vice Media Group tapped Banikarim as executive VP and global head of newsgathering for Vice News, a newly created role. She will be based out of Vice’s Brooklyn headquarters and report to Jesse Angelo, president of global news and entertainment.
At Vice News, Banikarim will oversee newsgathering functions and daily newsroom operations for bureaus across New York, Washington, D.C., London and L.A. as well as the news organization’s digital and social-media divisions. Banikarim is scheduled to start at Vice News on Jan. 6, 2020.
Her hire comes after the recent exit of Vice News Evp Josh Tyrangiel, who had been the organization’s highest-ranking editorial exec and oversaw both “Vice News Tonight” and the weekly “Vice” series (which were canceled by HBO...
- 12/11/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: With the impeachment process against President Donald Trump ramping up in Congress, Viceland has added The Impeachment Show to its weekly lineup.
The Vice News-produced hourlong show will explore several angles and developments — and try to surface the humor — in the unfolding and highly partisan procedural saga. It will debut November 7 and will continue to air on Thursday nights on Viceland before appearing Friday mornings on the Vice News YouTube channel. Six initial episodes have been ordered, but given the open-ended nature of the impeachment process itself, an extension is not out of the question.
Jane Fonda will be a guest on the premiere, sitting for a lengthy interview about her recent protests and lifelong activism and offering thoughts on how climate has affected the political conversation.
Vice veteran Michael Moynihan will host the show.
While Showtime’s The Circus, HBO’s Last Week Tonight, cable news and...
The Vice News-produced hourlong show will explore several angles and developments — and try to surface the humor — in the unfolding and highly partisan procedural saga. It will debut November 7 and will continue to air on Thursday nights on Viceland before appearing Friday mornings on the Vice News YouTube channel. Six initial episodes have been ordered, but given the open-ended nature of the impeachment process itself, an extension is not out of the question.
Jane Fonda will be a guest on the premiere, sitting for a lengthy interview about her recent protests and lifelong activism and offering thoughts on how climate has affected the political conversation.
Vice veteran Michael Moynihan will host the show.
While Showtime’s The Circus, HBO’s Last Week Tonight, cable news and...
- 11/5/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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