In Variety’s second Mipcom roundup Ovation announces a raft of series and TV movie pickups, Nelson Mandela’s autobiographical recordings will be developed into a docuseries by Zig Zag and Hipster Media, A+E sells “Project Blue Book” to Viasat World and Rtl, All The Kids and El Cañonazo are set to team in Spain on new formats; “Property Brothers: Forever Home” sells worldwide; and Fremantle’s latest dating show format sells in Holland and Sweden.
Ovation Picks up Raft of Women’s Stories
U.S. arts network Ovation and picked up rights to season three of “Frankie Drake Mysteries” as well as Jon brewer’s TV documentary film “Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark” from international distribution outfit Kew Media Distribution. Set among the world of British aristocrats, “Frankie” is set in 1920s Toronto and turns the female-only Pi agency Drake Private Detectives.
Further reinforcing the network’s focus on empowered women,...
Ovation Picks up Raft of Women’s Stories
U.S. arts network Ovation and picked up rights to season three of “Frankie Drake Mysteries” as well as Jon brewer’s TV documentary film “Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark” from international distribution outfit Kew Media Distribution. Set among the world of British aristocrats, “Frankie” is set in 1920s Toronto and turns the female-only Pi agency Drake Private Detectives.
Further reinforcing the network’s focus on empowered women,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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