Miami– Gaumont USA, producer of “Narcos,” is powering up new series from both Oscar-winning “Birdman” co-writer Armando Bó and also Spain’s Manuel Martin Cuenca, director of Toronto winner “The Motive,” as well as multiple other talents. It is also readying it first movie slate.
Gaumont USA already co-produced the Bó showrun Amazon Original “El Presidente,” with Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula and Argentine powerhouse Kapow, both partners on “La Jauría.”
News of new series projects comes as Gaumont USA is advancing on Lucía Puenzo’s near future android family saga “Futuro Desierto” (“Desolate Future”), part of a 2020 multi-project development pact with the Argentine writer-director.
Gaumont USA is currently developing titles with Jimena Montemayor (“Wind Traces”), Pedro Amorim (“The Dognapper”), Sebastian and Emiliano Zurita (“How to Survive Being Single”), Katina Medina Mora, Belen Macias (“Verano en Rojo”), among other top-level filmmakers. Other projects are from screenwriters Ruth García...
Gaumont USA already co-produced the Bó showrun Amazon Original “El Presidente,” with Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula and Argentine powerhouse Kapow, both partners on “La Jauría.”
News of new series projects comes as Gaumont USA is advancing on Lucía Puenzo’s near future android family saga “Futuro Desierto” (“Desolate Future”), part of a 2020 multi-project development pact with the Argentine writer-director.
Gaumont USA is currently developing titles with Jimena Montemayor (“Wind Traces”), Pedro Amorim (“The Dognapper”), Sebastian and Emiliano Zurita (“How to Survive Being Single”), Katina Medina Mora, Belen Macias (“Verano en Rojo”), among other top-level filmmakers. Other projects are from screenwriters Ruth García...
- 1/24/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Cecilia Mato and Lucas Vivo García Lagos, founder of Navajo Films Argentina and Intro Pictures Brazil, have joined forces to launch Navajo Films Uruguay.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
“We interpret the idea of ‘bringing a fresh perspective to the industry’ as infusing new ideas, creativity and a unique approach into our work. Despite being two young individuals, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our goal is to produce IP that resonates with us as viewers,” said Mato, previously at Salado.
“Our country has immense creative potential and we are committed to contributing to the development of the local and international audiovisual industry. The partnership with our colleagues in Brazil and Argentina allows us to explore new creative frontiers,” she added.
Mariano Kohan has been tapped as executive producer.
Mato also opened up about two projects accompanying the launch, starting with “Menem,” exploring the life and legacy of former Argentine president Carlos Menem.
- 1/23/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Continuing their alliance into 2024, Eo Media, led by Ezequiel Olzanski and Spi International, a Canal+ company, have secured all rights for Latin America, including Brazil, to a star-stacked slate of movies from topline talent such as Keanu Reeves, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon and fanbase stalwart Jean-Claude Van Damme.
As star talent continues to mark apart titles in a crowded marketplace, the new nine-pic distribution lineup also features Alec Baldwin, Diane Keaton.
Eo Media and Spi International’s expanding film catalog now includes “Cold Deck,” headed by Alec Baldwin and Tom Welling, alongside indie “A Little White Lie,” starring Kate Hudson and Michael Shannon, and “The Upside” with Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, and Kevin Hart, a standout in the movie.
Additionally, the lineup takes in the family fayre “Secret Kingdom,” helmed by Matt Drummond. Rounding out the diverse offerings is an intense and bearded Guy Pierce in horror thriller “Sunrise,...
As star talent continues to mark apart titles in a crowded marketplace, the new nine-pic distribution lineup also features Alec Baldwin, Diane Keaton.
Eo Media and Spi International’s expanding film catalog now includes “Cold Deck,” headed by Alec Baldwin and Tom Welling, alongside indie “A Little White Lie,” starring Kate Hudson and Michael Shannon, and “The Upside” with Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, and Kevin Hart, a standout in the movie.
Additionally, the lineup takes in the family fayre “Secret Kingdom,” helmed by Matt Drummond. Rounding out the diverse offerings is an intense and bearded Guy Pierce in horror thriller “Sunrise,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
A&e Ole Networks has acquired a seven-pic Christmas package from Argentine-based Eo Media Distribution. The Xmas-themed TV movies produced by Nicely Entertainment will be airing on Lifetime Latin America and the Caribbean during the holiday season.
The new pact, signed between A&e Ole Networks and Eo Media CEO Ezequiel Olzanski, comprises “Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas,” “A Merry Single Christmas,” “Saving Christmas Spirit,” “Love at the Christmas Contest,” “Old Flames Never Die,” “Lonestar Christmas” and the thriller “Killer Fan.”
“Our viewers will be able to enjoy more Christmas movies this 2023 season on Lifetime,” noted Carmen Larios, senior VP content of Lifetime Latin America.
Watching Christmas movies during the holiday season has been a long-held popular tradition for as long as they’ve been made. Psychology Today reports that the “familiar tropes, and simple, predictable and non-stressful stories of Christmas movies deliver comfort and improve mood.”
Last year,...
The new pact, signed between A&e Ole Networks and Eo Media CEO Ezequiel Olzanski, comprises “Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas,” “A Merry Single Christmas,” “Saving Christmas Spirit,” “Love at the Christmas Contest,” “Old Flames Never Die,” “Lonestar Christmas” and the thriller “Killer Fan.”
“Our viewers will be able to enjoy more Christmas movies this 2023 season on Lifetime,” noted Carmen Larios, senior VP content of Lifetime Latin America.
Watching Christmas movies during the holiday season has been a long-held popular tradition for as long as they’ve been made. Psychology Today reports that the “familiar tropes, and simple, predictable and non-stressful stories of Christmas movies deliver comfort and improve mood.”
Last year,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
CAA-backed Anonymous Content Brazil, a joint venture between Anonymous Content and Rodrigo Teixeira’s Rt Features, is teaming up with Oscar-winning screenwriter-producer-director Armando Bo (“Birdman”) and his sister companies, About Entertainment and film-ad production company Rebolucion, to develop and co-produce television series and advertising content for the Latin American market.
The three-year co-development and co-production agreement will call for the sourcing of IP and original content from writers across Latin America to build a strong Spanish-language slate aimed at regional audiences and beyond.
Through their partnership with Rebolucion, Anonymous Content Brazil will also venture into producing advertising commercials out if its Sao Paulo base.
Rebolucion, in Brazil since 2011, will continue running independently while providing strategic and business support to the new ad commercials division, in which it will be a minority partner.
“Partnering with our long-time friend, Armando, a creative visionary who has demonstrated success at the highest levels...
The three-year co-development and co-production agreement will call for the sourcing of IP and original content from writers across Latin America to build a strong Spanish-language slate aimed at regional audiences and beyond.
Through their partnership with Rebolucion, Anonymous Content Brazil will also venture into producing advertising commercials out if its Sao Paulo base.
Rebolucion, in Brazil since 2011, will continue running independently while providing strategic and business support to the new ad commercials division, in which it will be a minority partner.
“Partnering with our long-time friend, Armando, a creative visionary who has demonstrated success at the highest levels...
- 10/24/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
As earning significant profile for shows in a packed marketplace has become one of Europe’s most pressing industry concerns, a new and ambitious TV series festival is launching in Cadiz, southern Spain, as an initiative of Mediaset España and backed by shows from other key players on the Spanish TV scene, such as The Mediapro Studio and Movistar Plus+.
Speakers from the Spanish-speaking world take in writer-director-producer Armando Bo (“El Presidente”), an Oscar winning scribe for “Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” and Daniel Écija, an executive producer on key hits in the last decade in Spain such as the multi-genre free-to-air series “Estoy Vivo,” and “Locked Up” “(Vis a vis,” a key into its lift-off into premium drama selling worldwide.
Some titles screening at Cadiz are already celebrated, such as Russell T. Davies’ “Nolly,” starring Helena Bonham-Carter.
Also in the Coming Next section is Norwegian political satire “Power Play,...
Speakers from the Spanish-speaking world take in writer-director-producer Armando Bo (“El Presidente”), an Oscar winning scribe for “Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” and Daniel Écija, an executive producer on key hits in the last decade in Spain such as the multi-genre free-to-air series “Estoy Vivo,” and “Locked Up” “(Vis a vis,” a key into its lift-off into premium drama selling worldwide.
Some titles screening at Cadiz are already celebrated, such as Russell T. Davies’ “Nolly,” starring Helena Bonham-Carter.
Also in the Coming Next section is Norwegian political satire “Power Play,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Lanzani, star of some of the greatest films and series to come out of Argentina of late – “Argentina, 1985,” “El Angel,” “The Clan,” “4X4,” “Un Gallo Para Esculapio” – is set to make his directorial debut, helming a biopic of Argentine ‘80s rock icon Luca Prodan. Lanzani will also play Prodan.
Two other movers and shakers on Argentina’s film-tv scene, Argentina’s Armando Bo, an Academy Award winner for the screenplay of Alejandro González Inárritu’s “Birdman, or, Sergio Olguín, Lanzani and Fisner are writing the screenplay.
The big question is what through line they will drive between ‘70s class-bound, punk-energized Britain and an Argentina of the early ‘80s emerging from a bloody dictatorship.
The biopic is set up at Bo’s Rebolución, behind his 2012 Sundance hit, “The Last Elvis,” and his second feature as a director, “Animal,” and Bo’s About Entertainment, founded in 2020 to focus on high quality...
Two other movers and shakers on Argentina’s film-tv scene, Argentina’s Armando Bo, an Academy Award winner for the screenplay of Alejandro González Inárritu’s “Birdman, or, Sergio Olguín, Lanzani and Fisner are writing the screenplay.
The big question is what through line they will drive between ‘70s class-bound, punk-energized Britain and an Argentina of the early ‘80s emerging from a bloody dictatorship.
The biopic is set up at Bo’s Rebolución, behind his 2012 Sundance hit, “The Last Elvis,” and his second feature as a director, “Animal,” and Bo’s About Entertainment, founded in 2020 to focus on high quality...
- 7/20/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Actor, writer and director Lutz and producer Didar Domehri reflect on bringing the film to the big screen.
Studiocanal has inked deals in key European territories for Alex Lutz’s twisty romantic drama Strangers By Night (Une Nuit) following its Cannes premiere as the closing night film of Un Certain Regard.
The Paris-set love story, written by and starring Lutz opposite Karin Viard, has sold to Wanted in Italy, Lusomundo in Portugal, Scanbox in Scandinavia, Kino Swiat in Poland, Mars Films in Turkey, Arthouse in Ukraine, O’Brother in Benelux and will be released by Studiocanal in Germany. Studiocanal will release...
Studiocanal has inked deals in key European territories for Alex Lutz’s twisty romantic drama Strangers By Night (Une Nuit) following its Cannes premiere as the closing night film of Un Certain Regard.
The Paris-set love story, written by and starring Lutz opposite Karin Viard, has sold to Wanted in Italy, Lusomundo in Portugal, Scanbox in Scandinavia, Kino Swiat in Poland, Mars Films in Turkey, Arthouse in Ukraine, O’Brother in Benelux and will be released by Studiocanal in Germany. Studiocanal will release...
- 6/1/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Britton Rizzio’s boutique management firm Curate Management, focused on creators in film and TV, has announced its acquisition of Zipa Entertainment, the Mexico City-based management company founded by Sofia Escallon. Escallon now joins Curate as a Partner, and will spearhead the company’s efforts to expand internationally.
Zipa’s focus on bilingual and bi-cultural showrunners, writers and directors working in Latin America, with the potential to cross over to other markets, broadens Curate’s value proposition and significantly increases its scope of representation. Its clients include such prominent creators as Fernanda Eguiarte, whose show La Flor Más Bella, co-created with comedian Michelle Rodriguez, premiered on Netflix in early December; Miguel Garcia Moreno, the Spanish co-creator of the Netflix series Control Z; Isaac Cherem, the Mexican co-writer and director of the film Leona, which was nominated for seven Ariel Awards; Lucero Sanchez Novaro, the Mexican director and writer nominated...
Zipa’s focus on bilingual and bi-cultural showrunners, writers and directors working in Latin America, with the potential to cross over to other markets, broadens Curate’s value proposition and significantly increases its scope of representation. Its clients include such prominent creators as Fernanda Eguiarte, whose show La Flor Más Bella, co-created with comedian Michelle Rodriguez, premiered on Netflix in early December; Miguel Garcia Moreno, the Spanish co-creator of the Netflix series Control Z; Isaac Cherem, the Mexican co-writer and director of the film Leona, which was nominated for seven Ariel Awards; Lucero Sanchez Novaro, the Mexican director and writer nominated...
- 12/15/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lucía Méndez and Jorge Perugorría have been cast as series regulars in La Máquina, the Hulu limited series that follows an aging boxer (Gael García Bernal) whose crafty manager (Diego Luna) secures him one last shot at a title.
Karina Gidi, Raul Briones, and Luis Gnecco have also joined the project in heavily recurring roles. La Máquina is produced by Searchlight Television, 20th Television, and Bernal and Luna’s La Corriente del Golfo. It will stream on Disney’s Dtc platforms as a Hulu Original in the U.S. Marco Ramirez (Daredevil) serves as executive producer and showrunner, with Bernal, Luna, Gerardo Gatica, Leandro Halperín, Adam Fishbach, and Kyzza Terrazas onboard as executive producers. Gabriel Ripstein will direct.
Méndez will play Josefina, a woman from humble means but has pushed her way into upper class society. She smothers her son, Andy (Luna), constantly commenting on...
Karina Gidi, Raul Briones, and Luis Gnecco have also joined the project in heavily recurring roles. La Máquina is produced by Searchlight Television, 20th Television, and Bernal and Luna’s La Corriente del Golfo. It will stream on Disney’s Dtc platforms as a Hulu Original in the U.S. Marco Ramirez (Daredevil) serves as executive producer and showrunner, with Bernal, Luna, Gerardo Gatica, Leandro Halperín, Adam Fishbach, and Kyzza Terrazas onboard as executive producers. Gabriel Ripstein will direct.
Méndez will play Josefina, a woman from humble means but has pushed her way into upper class society. She smothers her son, Andy (Luna), constantly commenting on...
- 11/16/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a rare double interview, Sidonie Dumas, CEO of France’s oldest film company Gaumont, and Vice CEO Christophe Riandee, tell us about transforming the storied theatrical business into a major TV player in Europe and beyond.
Gaumont, producer of international shows including Lupin (one of Netflix’s biggest ever hits), Narcos (the streamer’s first global foreign language success), Barbarians and El Presidente, currently has TV outposts in Paris, LA, London, Berlin, Cologne and Rome. The duo discuss corporate growth, their recently announced slate deal with Paramount+ and what is next for their hit franchises.
The company, which continues to produce and distribute movies, is working on four foreign-language series for Paramount+: horror-thriller The Signal led by showrunner François Uzan (Lupin); dystopian thriller Desolate Future from Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo; German dramedy Anywhere from creator Jana Burbach (Bad Banks); and French thriller Impact from Jean-Xavier de Lestrade...
Gaumont, producer of international shows including Lupin (one of Netflix’s biggest ever hits), Narcos (the streamer’s first global foreign language success), Barbarians and El Presidente, currently has TV outposts in Paris, LA, London, Berlin, Cologne and Rome. The duo discuss corporate growth, their recently announced slate deal with Paramount+ and what is next for their hit franchises.
The company, which continues to produce and distribute movies, is working on four foreign-language series for Paramount+: horror-thriller The Signal led by showrunner François Uzan (Lupin); dystopian thriller Desolate Future from Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo; German dramedy Anywhere from creator Jana Burbach (Bad Banks); and French thriller Impact from Jean-Xavier de Lestrade...
- 4/5/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Gaumont’s previous drama hits include Lupin, Narcos, Barbarian and Stillwater.
Paramount+, the global streaming service of Paramount Global, have struck a drama slate partnership with Gaumont, France’s historic film and TV company which has made its mark on the global high-end series scene with shows like Lupin, Narcos, Barbarian and Stillwater.
Under the deal, Gaumont will produce several originals in association with Paramount’s international studio, Vis, as part of Paramount+’s plan to greenlight 50 new international scripted originals in 2022.
“This long-term partnership with the storied and esteemed production company Gaumont is another example of our commitment to...
Paramount+, the global streaming service of Paramount Global, have struck a drama slate partnership with Gaumont, France’s historic film and TV company which has made its mark on the global high-end series scene with shows like Lupin, Narcos, Barbarian and Stillwater.
Under the deal, Gaumont will produce several originals in association with Paramount’s international studio, Vis, as part of Paramount+’s plan to greenlight 50 new international scripted originals in 2022.
“This long-term partnership with the storied and esteemed production company Gaumont is another example of our commitment to...
- 3/24/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Paramount Plus, which is the global streaming service of recently rebranded Paramount — formerly ViacomCBS — has forged a three-year partnership with Gaumont, the storied French studio behind Netflix’s “Lupin” and “Narcos,” to jointly produce a slate of high-end original shows for its growing subscribers around the world.
Under the partnership Gaumont will produce these series in association with Paramount’s international studio, Vis.
The shows will be part of Paramount Plus’s stated plans to green light 50 new non-u.S. scripted originals in 2022, as it expands its reach from Latin America, Australia, Canada and the Nordics –– where the service has already launched –– to the U.K., South Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy where it will launch this year.
Vis will gain access to Gaumont’s vast network of top talent and creatives in key Paramount Plus markets, including Latin America and Europe, the two companies said in a joint statement.
Under the partnership Gaumont will produce these series in association with Paramount’s international studio, Vis.
The shows will be part of Paramount Plus’s stated plans to green light 50 new non-u.S. scripted originals in 2022, as it expands its reach from Latin America, Australia, Canada and the Nordics –– where the service has already launched –– to the U.K., South Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy where it will launch this year.
Vis will gain access to Gaumont’s vast network of top talent and creatives in key Paramount Plus markets, including Latin America and Europe, the two companies said in a joint statement.
- 3/24/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Carlos Gardel, the most famous figure in tango history, is set to become the subject of a bio-series made by Kapow, the Argentine producer of HBO Max/Amazon hit “La Jauría,” and Luis Ortega, director of episodes of Netflix’s “El Marginal” as well as smash hit true crime feature “El Angel.”
Currently being written by Ortega, with partner Rodolfo Palacios at their prodco El Despacho, which will co-produce the series, the series should be ready for presentation by around the end of May, Ortega told Variety.
Designed as an “auteur, premium and original” production and part of Kapow’s fiction department output, the bio has to be high-end, said Kapow founder Agustín Sacanell. “This has to be a big production to be done well. It can’t be done on a modest budget,” he added.
The series is inspired by Felipe Pigna’s 500-page plus biography of the singer-composer,...
Currently being written by Ortega, with partner Rodolfo Palacios at their prodco El Despacho, which will co-produce the series, the series should be ready for presentation by around the end of May, Ortega told Variety.
Designed as an “auteur, premium and original” production and part of Kapow’s fiction department output, the bio has to be high-end, said Kapow founder Agustín Sacanell. “This has to be a big production to be done well. It can’t be done on a modest budget,” he added.
The series is inspired by Felipe Pigna’s 500-page plus biography of the singer-composer,...
- 1/20/2022
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Argentine Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Armanda Bó has set as his next feature a film on the heroic opposition of the Buenos Aires Herald and its editor Robert Cox to Argentina’s heinous 1976-83 military dictatorship.
To make the film, About Entertainment, Bó’s new Buenos Aires based production house, has acquired the rights to the script “Dirty War,” written by Michael Steinberger, a journalist for The New York Times Magazine.
The screenplay is based on the book “Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: The Exile of Robert J. Cox,” written by Cox’s son, David Cox.
Bó, who won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for co-writing the screenplay of “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” will produce and direct the movie.
It will tell an inspiring story of exemplary courage in extraordinary and horrifying circumstance: How the Buenos Aires Herald, an English-language daily newspaper, became under Robert...
To make the film, About Entertainment, Bó’s new Buenos Aires based production house, has acquired the rights to the script “Dirty War,” written by Michael Steinberger, a journalist for The New York Times Magazine.
The screenplay is based on the book “Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: The Exile of Robert J. Cox,” written by Cox’s son, David Cox.
Bó, who won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for co-writing the screenplay of “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” will produce and direct the movie.
It will tell an inspiring story of exemplary courage in extraordinary and horrifying circumstance: How the Buenos Aires Herald, an English-language daily newspaper, became under Robert...
- 12/2/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Gabriela Sandoval, director and co-founder of Chilean production-distribution outfit Storyboard Media, and head of industry for the Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic), was at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival where her new Chilean label Cine Matriz struck deals with Nathalia Videla at Argentina’s Magma Cine and Griselda González at Be Revolution Pictures in Belgium on the company’s upcoming drama feature, “After Elena.” The companies join Storyboard Media on the production.
Directed by Shawn Gary, his second feature following the multi-award winning “Desierto Sur,“ the film tells the story of Roberto, a man in his seventies who has just lost the love of his life, Elena. The typically stoic character breaks down when forced to sell his business which stands in the way of the development of a new shopping center. To get away, Roberto plans a trip which is interrupted before it has the chance to begin when his children,...
Directed by Shawn Gary, his second feature following the multi-award winning “Desierto Sur,“ the film tells the story of Roberto, a man in his seventies who has just lost the love of his life, Elena. The typically stoic character breaks down when forced to sell his business which stands in the way of the development of a new shopping center. To get away, Roberto plans a trip which is interrupted before it has the chance to begin when his children,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“I May Destroy You,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Killing Eve” were among the top winners as the Banff World Media Festival revealed the winners to this year’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Announced Tuesday via a live, streamed virtual event, this year’s Rockie Awards saw the United Kingdom take home the most kudos, with 11, followed by the United States with ten. Host country Canada won five.
“I May Destroy You” earned the top Grand Jury prize, which is selected from the top-scoring programs across the entire field of nominees, and chosen by the Rockies Awards Grand Jury. The Michaela Coel series, from HBO, also won the Rockie Award for limited series.
YouTube personality Jasmeet Raina hosted this virtual edition of the Rockie Awards, which featured 142 nominations from 37 countries including the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, and The Netherlands. Also, this year’s Banff World Media Festival Rockie...
“I May Destroy You” earned the top Grand Jury prize, which is selected from the top-scoring programs across the entire field of nominees, and chosen by the Rockies Awards Grand Jury. The Michaela Coel series, from HBO, also won the Rockie Award for limited series.
YouTube personality Jasmeet Raina hosted this virtual edition of the Rockie Awards, which featured 142 nominations from 37 countries including the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, and The Netherlands. Also, this year’s Banff World Media Festival Rockie...
- 6/15/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Global streaming sports platform Dazn and Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo have closed a multi-project development deal kicking off with “El Presidente,” a docu-series chronicling the former striker’s tenure as part owner of Spanish club Valladolid Fc, which will launch globally on May 20.
Best known for its live sports streams and the headaches it initially caused pay TV broadcasters when it crashed in on the scene in 2015, Dazn is now establishing itself as a platform for high-end sports-based entertainment programming and a service worth keeping during the off-season.
“What this shows you is a commitment to going beyond live sports and making Dazn a designer destination that keeps fans coming back,” senior VP of creative studios and publishing Hugh Sleight explained to Variety in an exclusive interview accompanying Wednesday’s announcement.
Produced by Zoom Sport and Dazn, “El Presidente” is the first of three series the streamer will commission featuring Ronaldo.
Best known for its live sports streams and the headaches it initially caused pay TV broadcasters when it crashed in on the scene in 2015, Dazn is now establishing itself as a platform for high-end sports-based entertainment programming and a service worth keeping during the off-season.
“What this shows you is a commitment to going beyond live sports and making Dazn a designer destination that keeps fans coming back,” senior VP of creative studios and publishing Hugh Sleight explained to Variety in an exclusive interview accompanying Wednesday’s announcement.
Produced by Zoom Sport and Dazn, “El Presidente” is the first of three series the streamer will commission featuring Ronaldo.
- 5/5/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
After collaborating on a number of hit songs over the years, Snoop Dogg and Jamie Foxx are now teaming up for vampire-hunter film “Day Shift.”
Also joining the ensemble cast are Meagan Good and Karla Souza.
Foxx stars in the new Netflix movie as a hard working, blue collar dad who wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 8-year-old daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income — hunting and killing vampires as part of an international union of vampire hunters.
J.J. Perry — known for his work as a second-unit director and stunt coordinator on films including “Fast 9,” “The Fate of the Furious,” “Bloodshot,” and the “John Wick” franchise — makes his directorial debut with the pic. “Day Shift” is written by Tyler Tice with current revisions by Shay Hatten.
Producers are Chad Stahelski (“John Wick” franchise) and Jason Spitz for 87Eleven Entertainment,...
Also joining the ensemble cast are Meagan Good and Karla Souza.
Foxx stars in the new Netflix movie as a hard working, blue collar dad who wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 8-year-old daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income — hunting and killing vampires as part of an international union of vampire hunters.
J.J. Perry — known for his work as a second-unit director and stunt coordinator on films including “Fast 9,” “The Fate of the Furious,” “Bloodshot,” and the “John Wick” franchise — makes his directorial debut with the pic. “Day Shift” is written by Tyler Tice with current revisions by Shay Hatten.
Producers are Chad Stahelski (“John Wick” franchise) and Jason Spitz for 87Eleven Entertainment,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The Banff World Media Festival has revealed the full list of nominees for its 2021 Rockie Awards International Program Competition.
In the English comedy category, contenders include FX’s “Better Things,” HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant,” Hulu’s “The Great,” FX’s “What We Do In The Shadows,” Hulu’s “Woke” and Sky One’s “Brassic.” English-lingo drama nominees include AMC’s “Gangs of London,” HBO/BBC’s “His Dark Materials,” BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” BBC’s “Noughts + Crosses” and Bell Media’s
“Transplant.”
BBC Studios leads all producers, with 28 nominations, followed by HBO, with nine. Among countries, the United States was tops with 50 nods, then United Kingdom with 47.
“We’re ecstatic with the range of high-profile international and Canadian programs that entered and are nominated for the 2021 Rockie Awards,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the Banff World Media Festival. “This year’s nominees are a showcase of the spirit,...
In the English comedy category, contenders include FX’s “Better Things,” HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant,” Hulu’s “The Great,” FX’s “What We Do In The Shadows,” Hulu’s “Woke” and Sky One’s “Brassic.” English-lingo drama nominees include AMC’s “Gangs of London,” HBO/BBC’s “His Dark Materials,” BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” BBC’s “Noughts + Crosses” and Bell Media’s
“Transplant.”
BBC Studios leads all producers, with 28 nominations, followed by HBO, with nine. Among countries, the United States was tops with 50 nods, then United Kingdom with 47.
“We’re ecstatic with the range of high-profile international and Canadian programs that entered and are nominated for the 2021 Rockie Awards,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the Banff World Media Festival. “This year’s nominees are a showcase of the spirit,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming heavyweights have big global aspirations, and they’re relying on a growing cadre of women to realize them.
Female leaders abound at Netflix and Amazon Studios, where international programming initiatives are well underway, and they occupy top roles at Disney, Viacom and HBO Max as the businesses expand globally. In a sign of how important these initiatives are to Netflix, the streamer elevated Bela Bajaria, formerly head of local-language programming, to head of global TV in September as part of a broader corporate realignment. Earlier, in June, it lured Eleonora “Tinny” Andreatta, who shepherded HBO’s cross-national hit “My Brilliant Friend” as head of Rai drama, to oversee Italian originals. At Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, a proponent of global franchises, is relying on an all-female regional leadership team to grow the company’s international fortunes. Over at Disney, Rebecca Campbell gained oversight of global streaming when Kevin Mayer exited in May,...
Female leaders abound at Netflix and Amazon Studios, where international programming initiatives are well underway, and they occupy top roles at Disney, Viacom and HBO Max as the businesses expand globally. In a sign of how important these initiatives are to Netflix, the streamer elevated Bela Bajaria, formerly head of local-language programming, to head of global TV in September as part of a broader corporate realignment. Earlier, in June, it lured Eleonora “Tinny” Andreatta, who shepherded HBO’s cross-national hit “My Brilliant Friend” as head of Rai drama, to oversee Italian originals. At Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, a proponent of global franchises, is relying on an all-female regional leadership team to grow the company’s international fortunes. Over at Disney, Rebecca Campbell gained oversight of global streaming when Kevin Mayer exited in May,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
It’s finally the weekend, and the various streaming services have got you covered with a glut of new titles arriving over the next three days. It’s not the biggest haul we’ve ever seen, but coming our way is a bunch of movies, new TV episodes and whole seasons and series, so there’s still plenty to keep you occupied until Monday. On that note, let’s take a look at everything that’s heading to Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video from Friday, November 6th to Sunday, November 8th.
First up, Netflix drops four new titles today. Namely, Nigerian drama Citation, reality series Country Ever After, Spanish political drama The Endless Trench and 2016’s The Late Bloomer, a raunchy comedy starring Johnny Simmons as a man with pituitary gland issues who finally experiences puberty at the age of 27.
For more, here’s the...
First up, Netflix drops four new titles today. Namely, Nigerian drama Citation, reality series Country Ever After, Spanish political drama The Endless Trench and 2016’s The Late Bloomer, a raunchy comedy starring Johnny Simmons as a man with pituitary gland issues who finally experiences puberty at the age of 27.
For more, here’s the...
- 11/6/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
November can be a slow month for streaming services. Amazon, however, is entering into 2020’s penultimate month with some steam.
Amazon is really beefing up its TV library in November 2020. Both Community (which arrives on Nov. 8) and Scrubs (Nov. 14) will be added to Amazon Prime this month and in the process complete the streaming trifecta: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu. That’s pretty impressive stuff for both shows. And then on the film side of things, November 1 sees the arrival of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Twilight, and the Underworld franchise. Somebody didn’t tell Amazon Spooky Season was over and bless them for it.
As for the originals, Alex Rider is the most intriguing TV series here. That is based on the British spy novel series and premieres on Nov. 13 on IMDb TV (which is available to all Prime subscribers). That will be followed by Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series on Nov.
Amazon is really beefing up its TV library in November 2020. Both Community (which arrives on Nov. 8) and Scrubs (Nov. 14) will be added to Amazon Prime this month and in the process complete the streaming trifecta: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu. That’s pretty impressive stuff for both shows. And then on the film side of things, November 1 sees the arrival of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Twilight, and the Underworld franchise. Somebody didn’t tell Amazon Spooky Season was over and bless them for it.
As for the originals, Alex Rider is the most intriguing TV series here. That is based on the British spy novel series and premieres on Nov. 13 on IMDb TV (which is available to all Prime subscribers). That will be followed by Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series on Nov.
- 11/3/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Fremantle and Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula, the Chilean-based company behind the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman, have teamed to develop Vostok, a high stakes submarine environmental horror thriller, as a television series. The project falls under the exclusive first-look deal between the two companies to develop a slate of original English and Spanish-language dramas, which Fremantle will distribute worldwide. Pablo Trapero (The Clan) is attached to direct and executive produce the project.
Written by Chilean screenwriter Julio Rojas (The Summer of the Flying Fish) in his international English-language debut, Vostok, which refers to the subglacial lake in Antarctica, features a group of international scientists returning from a mission in Antarctica. The series will film in Latin America.
Rojas’ previous projects have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including The Summer of the Flying Fish and Mi Mejor Enemigo. He also wrote on the Netflix quarantine anthology Homemade,...
Written by Chilean screenwriter Julio Rojas (The Summer of the Flying Fish) in his international English-language debut, Vostok, which refers to the subglacial lake in Antarctica, features a group of international scientists returning from a mission in Antarctica. The series will film in Latin America.
Rojas’ previous projects have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, including The Summer of the Flying Fish and Mi Mejor Enemigo. He also wrote on the Netflix quarantine anthology Homemade,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has a whole load of new content coming this November, and the best thing about the large haul is that all tastes are accounted for, so whatever you’re in the mood for, you’ll have a lot of options. From Christmas flicks to action films to some classic sci-fi and horror, subscribers will find much to enjoy from what’s hitting Prime next month.
Take a look at the full list below and scroll down further for our runthrough of the highlights:
Released November 1
28 Days Later (2003)
A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019)
A Christmas Switch (2018)
(2018) (Hallmark Movies Now)
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
Article 99 (1992)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Boyz N’ The Hood (1991)
Breathless (1983)
Country Strong (2011)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Deja Vu (2006)
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)
Firewalker (1986)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Marrying Father Christmas (2018) (Hallmark...
Take a look at the full list below and scroll down further for our runthrough of the highlights:
Released November 1
28 Days Later (2003)
A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019)
A Christmas Switch (2018)
(2018) (Hallmark Movies Now)
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
Article 99 (1992)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Boyz N’ The Hood (1991)
Breathless (1983)
Country Strong (2011)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Deja Vu (2006)
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)
Firewalker (1986)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
Marrying Father Christmas (2018) (Hallmark...
- 10/20/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Latin America’s Movistar, the brand of giant Madrid-based telecom Telefonica, has dropped a first teaser for “Los Prisioneros,” a portrait of the legendary Chilean punk band as it creates its greatest hits under Augusto Pinochet’s oppressive military dictatorship.
Set to go into production in January, and showrun by Joanna Lombardi, Movistar Latin America’s head of fiction, “Los Prisioneros” marks the first Movistar Original in Chile. It is made in a powerful production alliance with one of the country’s premier premium scripted producers, Parox, producers of “Invisible Heroes” and headed by Leonora González and Sergio Gándara.
Now in pre-production, and scheduled for release in the second half of 2021, the series will be made available in exclusivity and free of charge to the 85 million clients of Movistar Play, the company’s Latin America cell-phone service.
“At Movistar, we are focused on giving contents that stand apart as well as great connectivity,...
Set to go into production in January, and showrun by Joanna Lombardi, Movistar Latin America’s head of fiction, “Los Prisioneros” marks the first Movistar Original in Chile. It is made in a powerful production alliance with one of the country’s premier premium scripted producers, Parox, producers of “Invisible Heroes” and headed by Leonora González and Sergio Gándara.
Now in pre-production, and scheduled for release in the second half of 2021, the series will be made available in exclusivity and free of charge to the 85 million clients of Movistar Play, the company’s Latin America cell-phone service.
“At Movistar, we are focused on giving contents that stand apart as well as great connectivity,...
- 10/9/2020
- by John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gaumont, the production company behind Netflix’s hit drama Narcos, is lining up its next trip south of the border.
The company, which also produces Amazon original El Presidente, is developing Spanish-language drama series Los Últimos Análogos (w/t). The series comes from Max Zunino and Hari Sama, who were behind Sundance Film Festival feature This Is Not Berlin.
The show, which the pair will co-write chronicles the peak of the Rock en Español movement during the mid 1990s in Mexico City. Sama is attached to direct the series, to be filmed on location in Mexico City.
Los Últimos Análogos follows a foreign record label executive, who arrives in Mexico City to spearhead the A&r Rock division at a record label. What begins as an escape from her past becomes an opportunity to rebuild her life and capitalize on a new musical movement that’s simmering in Mexico City’s underground scene.
The company, which also produces Amazon original El Presidente, is developing Spanish-language drama series Los Últimos Análogos (w/t). The series comes from Max Zunino and Hari Sama, who were behind Sundance Film Festival feature This Is Not Berlin.
The show, which the pair will co-write chronicles the peak of the Rock en Español movement during the mid 1990s in Mexico City. Sama is attached to direct the series, to be filmed on location in Mexico City.
Los Últimos Análogos follows a foreign record label executive, who arrives in Mexico City to spearhead the A&r Rock division at a record label. What begins as an escape from her past becomes an opportunity to rebuild her life and capitalize on a new musical movement that’s simmering in Mexico City’s underground scene.
- 9/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Gina Rodriguez is set to star alongside Karla Souza in the road trip comedy “Like it Used to Be.”
The project, from Broken English Production, is being introduced to buyers this week at the Toronto Film Festival.
Based on Bernardo Cubria’s screenplay, “Like it Used to Be” centers on four female best friends going for a final road trip to Mexico when one finds out life changing news.
The project is being developed and produced by Jolene Rodriguez, president of Broken English Productions, alongside Rodriguez’s production company I Can & I Will. Souza is also producing.
“‘Like it Used to Be’ is a comedy about friendship, strength, and forgiveness that empowers women and will not only connect with the Latinx community but audiences around the world,” Rodriguez said. “This is exactly why Broken English was created — to uplift our community. I couldn’t be happier to work with these talented women.
The project, from Broken English Production, is being introduced to buyers this week at the Toronto Film Festival.
Based on Bernardo Cubria’s screenplay, “Like it Used to Be” centers on four female best friends going for a final road trip to Mexico when one finds out life changing news.
The project is being developed and produced by Jolene Rodriguez, president of Broken English Productions, alongside Rodriguez’s production company I Can & I Will. Souza is also producing.
“‘Like it Used to Be’ is a comedy about friendship, strength, and forgiveness that empowers women and will not only connect with the Latinx community but audiences around the world,” Rodriguez said. “This is exactly why Broken English was created — to uplift our community. I couldn’t be happier to work with these talented women.
- 9/8/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Showrun by Lucía Puenzo and produced by Fremantle and Fabula, “Señorita México” (“Miss Mexico”) has added two writers, María Renée Prudencio and Tatiana Merenuk, as it advances towards production, which is scheduled for the first half of 2021.
The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also unveiled more details of one of Latin America’s banner productions for 2021, which will be the first at Fabula’s new Mexican production beach-head.
Star of Fernando Eimbke’s “Club Sandwich,” actress-writer Mexico-based Prudencio scooped a Mexican Academy Ariel for co-adapting ensemble comedy “Last Call,” which also won its female cast a collective prize at the Guadalajara Festival. Her second major movie screenplay, for Natalia Beristain’s “The Eternal Feminine,” exhibited a distinctive female sensibility in its portrait of Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos.
The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also unveiled more details of one of Latin America’s banner productions for 2021, which will be the first at Fabula’s new Mexican production beach-head.
Star of Fernando Eimbke’s “Club Sandwich,” actress-writer Mexico-based Prudencio scooped a Mexican Academy Ariel for co-adapting ensemble comedy “Last Call,” which also won its female cast a collective prize at the Guadalajara Festival. Her second major movie screenplay, for Natalia Beristain’s “The Eternal Feminine,” exhibited a distinctive female sensibility in its portrait of Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos.
- 9/1/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Marking another step in its journey to become a scripted drama force in Latin America, Buenos Aires-based Kapow is set to co-produce “Siganme!” (“Follow Me!”), a biopic of ex-Argentine president Carlos Saúl Menem, a politician whose figure and mistakes anticipate those of the contemporary world.
Set up at Argentina’s Mulata Films, which originated the series, “Follow Me!” will be introduced to possible co-production partners at this week’s Conecta Fiction, which runs Sept. 1-3 in Pamplona, northern Spain.
Although he has become a name that some Argentines refuse to even utter, arguing it brings bad luck, Menem gained power in 1989 thanks to his undoubtable charisma, wild promises of enriching Argentina and vacuous slogans, one of which provides the title to the series. He is remembered for rampant corruption scandals and massive public borrowing, encouraged by a cavalier Imf, which helped stoke Argentina’s dramatic economic collapse in 2001 — none of...
Set up at Argentina’s Mulata Films, which originated the series, “Follow Me!” will be introduced to possible co-production partners at this week’s Conecta Fiction, which runs Sept. 1-3 in Pamplona, northern Spain.
Although he has become a name that some Argentines refuse to even utter, arguing it brings bad luck, Menem gained power in 1989 thanks to his undoubtable charisma, wild promises of enriching Argentina and vacuous slogans, one of which provides the title to the series. He is remembered for rampant corruption scandals and massive public borrowing, encouraged by a cavalier Imf, which helped stoke Argentina’s dramatic economic collapse in 2001 — none of...
- 8/31/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Armando Bó, the Oscar-winning co-writer of Birdman, has unveiled his first television slate since launching his own production company, About Entertainment, earlier this year.
The writer and filmmaker is developing two series based on well-known Argentinian stories.
About Entertainment has acquired the rights to Las Malas, the 2019 autobiographic novel by Camila Sosa Villada, and is developing Cromanon, based on true events of the tragedy that took place at the venue in Balvanera, Argentina in 2004.
Las Malas (Bad Girls) tells the story of a nineteen-year-old trans woman who moves to the big city and joins a group of trans sex workers that create a unique community. This story of self-discovery has two sides: one is realistic, harsh, and hostile; the other is fantastical, united, and thoughtful. Throughout their journey these ‘bad girls’ will take care of each other as a family.
Cromanon is a coming-of-age series that follows a group of...
The writer and filmmaker is developing two series based on well-known Argentinian stories.
About Entertainment has acquired the rights to Las Malas, the 2019 autobiographic novel by Camila Sosa Villada, and is developing Cromanon, based on true events of the tragedy that took place at the venue in Balvanera, Argentina in 2004.
Las Malas (Bad Girls) tells the story of a nineteen-year-old trans woman who moves to the big city and joins a group of trans sex workers that create a unique community. This story of self-discovery has two sides: one is realistic, harsh, and hostile; the other is fantastical, united, and thoughtful. Throughout their journey these ‘bad girls’ will take care of each other as a family.
Cromanon is a coming-of-age series that follows a group of...
- 7/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
TV series Cromañon, Bad Girls in development.
Argentinian Oscar-winning Birdman co-screenwriter and filmmaker Armando Bó and his new company About Entertainment are developing two TV series centred on modern Argentinian events and personalities.
About Entertainment has purchased the rights to Las Malas (Bad Girls), the 2019 autobiographical novel by Camila Sosa Villada, and is also developing Cromañon, based on true events surrounding a fatal fire at a music venue.
Las Malas is an autobiographical story about a 19-year-old trans woman who moves to the big city and joins a group of trans sex workers. Villada is a trans writer and actress...
Argentinian Oscar-winning Birdman co-screenwriter and filmmaker Armando Bó and his new company About Entertainment are developing two TV series centred on modern Argentinian events and personalities.
About Entertainment has purchased the rights to Las Malas (Bad Girls), the 2019 autobiographical novel by Camila Sosa Villada, and is also developing Cromañon, based on true events surrounding a fatal fire at a music venue.
Las Malas is an autobiographical story about a 19-year-old trans woman who moves to the big city and joins a group of trans sex workers. Villada is a trans writer and actress...
- 7/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bluff City Law star Caitlin McGee is set as a co-lead opposite Topher Grace in ABC’s Home Economics. Also cast as major characters in the single-camera family comedy pilot are How To Get Away With Murder alumna Karla Souza in her return to ABC, and Saturday Night Live alumna Sasheer Zamata. The project hails from from writers Michael Colton and John Aboud, the Tannenbaum Co., Lionsgate TV and ABC Studios.
Written by Colton and Aboud inspired by Colton’s family,, Home Economics is said to be in the vein of Modern Family and revolves around three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.
McGee plays the oldest sibling, Sarah, a therapist for at-risk kids, married to a teacher, and they’re often scraping to make ends meet. Of her siblings, she earns the least money, but she does the most socially important...
Written by Colton and Aboud inspired by Colton’s family,, Home Economics is said to be in the vein of Modern Family and revolves around three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on.
McGee plays the oldest sibling, Sarah, a therapist for at-risk kids, married to a teacher, and they’re often scraping to make ends meet. Of her siblings, she earns the least money, but she does the most socially important...
- 7/16/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gaumont, the production company behind series including Netflix’s Narcos and Apple TV+’s Stillwater, is shaking up its U.S. division with Nicolas Atlan taking over and Gene Stein exiting.
The French company has handed oversight of its U.S. and Latin American drama divisions to Atlan, who becomes President of Gaumont U.S. He was formerly President of Gaumont Animation and Family and will report to Vice CEO Christophe Riandee. All divisions within the organization: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing will come under his purview.
The former head of U.S. television, Gene Stein, will exit the company to pursue other opportunities. Stein joined the company in 2015 and has exec produced Narcos and Netflix animated series F Is For Family.
Elsewhere, Terry Kalagian has been promoted to EVP, Creative Content, reporting to Atlan and there are a number of promotions in her team including Alexandra Hunter,...
The French company has handed oversight of its U.S. and Latin American drama divisions to Atlan, who becomes President of Gaumont U.S. He was formerly President of Gaumont Animation and Family and will report to Vice CEO Christophe Riandee. All divisions within the organization: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing will come under his purview.
The former head of U.S. television, Gene Stein, will exit the company to pursue other opportunities. Stein joined the company in 2015 and has exec produced Narcos and Netflix animated series F Is For Family.
Elsewhere, Terry Kalagian has been promoted to EVP, Creative Content, reporting to Atlan and there are a number of promotions in her team including Alexandra Hunter,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Former head of Us television Gene Stein exiting company.
Gaumont, whose recent productions include Narcos, El Presidente, and F Is For Family, is streamlining its operations in the Us and has named Nicolas Atlan president.
The former president of Gaumont animation and family adds oversight of the Us and Latin American drama divisions to his remit and reports to Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan assumes operational control of all divisions within the organisation: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing.
The former head of Us television Gene Stein is exiting the company to pursue other opportunities.
As part of the reorganisation,...
Gaumont, whose recent productions include Narcos, El Presidente, and F Is For Family, is streamlining its operations in the Us and has named Nicolas Atlan president.
The former president of Gaumont animation and family adds oversight of the Us and Latin American drama divisions to his remit and reports to Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan assumes operational control of all divisions within the organisation: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing.
The former head of Us television Gene Stein is exiting the company to pursue other opportunities.
As part of the reorganisation,...
- 7/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Gaumont U.K. — the British operation of the French studio behind “Narcos” and “Arsène Lupin” — has optioned a new biography of wartime Vogue editor Audrey Withers.
The project, entitled “Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire From the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties,” is based on a biography by researcher and historian Julie Summers, published by Simon & Schuster U.K. in February, with support from Vogue.
The title is envisioned by Gaumont as a multi-part returning drama series. The producer is in early discussions on casting and a female writer for the project who will work closely with author Summers.
Set in 1940’s London, “Dressed For War” is the untold story of Vogue editor-in-chief Withers, a dynamic young woman who was determined to transform an upper-class fashion journal into a provocative, informative magazine that served as a modern lifeline for women of all backgrounds. Withers, at one point,...
The project, entitled “Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire From the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties,” is based on a biography by researcher and historian Julie Summers, published by Simon & Schuster U.K. in February, with support from Vogue.
The title is envisioned by Gaumont as a multi-part returning drama series. The producer is in early discussions on casting and a female writer for the project who will work closely with author Summers.
Set in 1940’s London, “Dressed For War” is the untold story of Vogue editor-in-chief Withers, a dynamic young woman who was determined to transform an upper-class fashion journal into a provocative, informative magazine that served as a modern lifeline for women of all backgrounds. Withers, at one point,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Canadoan company has four films in post, production slate earmarked for 2020, 2021.
Former Gaumont TV International vice-president of TV sales for Asia Pacific Ben Bishop has joined Canada’s Vortex Words + Pictures in the newly created position of president, international distribution, effective immediately.
Bishop will be based in Sydney, Australia. Vortex Words + Pictures has four films in post and a slate of films earmarked for production in 2020 and 2021.
The company acquired a majority interest in A71 Entertainment and V71 Entertainment last year and announced in January the hiring of Justin Rebelo as CEO. Shortly after that it said it had purchased the assets of D Films.
Former Gaumont TV International vice-president of TV sales for Asia Pacific Ben Bishop has joined Canada’s Vortex Words + Pictures in the newly created position of president, international distribution, effective immediately.
Bishop will be based in Sydney, Australia. Vortex Words + Pictures has four films in post and a slate of films earmarked for production in 2020 and 2021.
The company acquired a majority interest in A71 Entertainment and V71 Entertainment last year and announced in January the hiring of Justin Rebelo as CEO. Shortly after that it said it had purchased the assets of D Films.
- 6/9/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Gaumont International exec Ben Bishop has joined Canadian firm Vortex Words + Pictures as President, International Distribution, based in Sydney, Australia.
Bishop, who started June 1, joins from Gaumont where he served as International VP of TV Sales for Asia Pacific and sold shows including Narcos, El Chapo, Art Of Crime, El Presidente, and Calimero.
Prior to Gaumont, he worked for 13 years at Entertainment One, latterly as Sales Director for Australia, New Zealand and Asia, selling The Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels, Girl On The Train, Divergent and Spotlight.
The exec will be tasked with growing the international footprint of Vortex, which has been on a buying spree. The company, run by veteran Canadian producer Bill Marks, acquired a majority interest in A71 Entertainment and V71 Entertainment in 2019 and this year purchased the assets of D Films. In January of this year the company announced Justin Rebelo as its new CEO.
Bishop, who started June 1, joins from Gaumont where he served as International VP of TV Sales for Asia Pacific and sold shows including Narcos, El Chapo, Art Of Crime, El Presidente, and Calimero.
Prior to Gaumont, he worked for 13 years at Entertainment One, latterly as Sales Director for Australia, New Zealand and Asia, selling The Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels, Girl On The Train, Divergent and Spotlight.
The exec will be tasked with growing the international footprint of Vortex, which has been on a buying spree. The company, run by veteran Canadian producer Bill Marks, acquired a majority interest in A71 Entertainment and V71 Entertainment in 2019 and this year purchased the assets of D Films. In January of this year the company announced Justin Rebelo as its new CEO.
- 6/9/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Editor’s note: The list is constantly updated. Dates refer to when announcements were made, or when an event is scheduled to happen.
You’ve probably seen our other Covid-19 list, the one where we are examining every cancellation that has taken place as the pandemic takes hold in our community. This is the counterpoint to that “Houston, we have a problem” list; this is the one where we’ll talk about how the show must go on, how the Force will be with us, and, maybe most importantly, how we’ll be back.
IndieWire will continue to update this page with the latest breaking news regarding virtual events, work logistics, TV premieres, and general acts of bravery and kindness. This is the place where we’ll be documenting our return to normalcy — and make no mistake, we’ll get through this. The most recent updates will be posted at...
You’ve probably seen our other Covid-19 list, the one where we are examining every cancellation that has taken place as the pandemic takes hold in our community. This is the counterpoint to that “Houston, we have a problem” list; this is the one where we’ll talk about how the show must go on, how the Force will be with us, and, maybe most importantly, how we’ll be back.
IndieWire will continue to update this page with the latest breaking news regarding virtual events, work logistics, TV premieres, and general acts of bravery and kindness. This is the place where we’ll be documenting our return to normalcy — and make no mistake, we’ll get through this. The most recent updates will be posted at...
- 6/8/2020
- by IndieWire Staff
- Thompson on Hollywood
Greetings, and welcome to our monthly rundown of goodies that are set for Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service here in the UK this June!
Highlights on Prime this month? Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider book series gets the TV treatment, This Is Us returns for season 4 after Channel 4 abandoned the UK broadcast rights to the hit series last year, and El Presidente explores the 2015 FIFA Gate corruption scandal for dramatic purposes. Elsewhere, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon will be streaming, as will 2018’s terrifically underrated dark comedy Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. Definitely try and check that out if you have a bit of time on your hands! When all else fails, you can also watch the Back to the Future trilogy again, as that’ll be available, too.
You will find as the weeks tick along that our list of stuff coming...
Highlights on Prime this month? Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider book series gets the TV treatment, This Is Us returns for season 4 after Channel 4 abandoned the UK broadcast rights to the hit series last year, and El Presidente explores the 2015 FIFA Gate corruption scandal for dramatic purposes. Elsewhere, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon will be streaming, as will 2018’s terrifically underrated dark comedy Game Night, starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. Definitely try and check that out if you have a bit of time on your hands! When all else fails, you can also watch the Back to the Future trilogy again, as that’ll be available, too.
You will find as the weeks tick along that our list of stuff coming...
- 5/27/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
With Hollywood production being sideswiped by the coronavirus pandemic, it was a wild spring for the TV world. And there’s still not much clarity as we swing into the summer season. But the shows must go on — most of them, anyway — so here is our annual list of summer premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows. It covers more than 150 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from June 1 through August 31 in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.
June 1:
The Titan Games (NBC, Season 2; time slot premiere)
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way
Below Deck Mediterranean
Hero Elementary
Royalties
June 2:
Fuller House
Maxxx (Hulu,...
June 1:
The Titan Games (NBC, Season 2; time slot premiere)
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way
Below Deck Mediterranean
Hero Elementary
Royalties
June 2:
Fuller House
Maxxx (Hulu,...
- 5/25/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the eve of the Amazon Prime launch of his FIFA-Gate futbol scandal series El Presidente, Argentinian Academy Award winning writer-filmmaker Armando Bó has launched About Entertainment. The new production company will produce elevated scripted, non-scripted, and brand-integrated content across all genres. Bó is accompanied by a diverse and seasoned team: Content Development will be led by Mercedes Reincke, a former Vice President of Content Development at Viacom; Natacha Cervi (Rizoma Films) leads Production & Operations; Mariana Levy leads the Screenwriting division and Ezequiel Olemberg leads the Financial and Legal department.
Bó shared the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Alexander Dinelaris for Birdman. The quartet also won the Golden Globe. He followed by writing/directing and producing Animal. Bó is putting together the first projects for About Entertainment but hasn’t solidified the first slate.
Bó’s series El Presidente is Amazon Prime...
Bó shared the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Alexander Dinelaris for Birdman. The quartet also won the Golden Globe. He followed by writing/directing and producing Animal. Bó is putting together the first projects for About Entertainment but hasn’t solidified the first slate.
Bó’s series El Presidente is Amazon Prime...
- 5/18/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
El Presidente to debut on Amazon Prime Video on June 5.
Armando Bó, the Argentinian filmmaker and part of the Oscar-winning screenwriting team behind Birdman whose first foray into TV El Presidente debuts on Amazon Prime Video next month, has launched About Entertainment.
The company will focus on producing elevated scripted, non-scripted, and brand-integrated content across all genres.
Joining Bó are former Viacom vice-president of content development Mercedes Reincke as head of content development; Natacha Cervi of Rizoma Films as head of production and operations; Mariana Levy as head of the screenwriting division; and Ezequiel Olemberg as head of the financial and legal department.
Armando Bó, the Argentinian filmmaker and part of the Oscar-winning screenwriting team behind Birdman whose first foray into TV El Presidente debuts on Amazon Prime Video next month, has launched About Entertainment.
The company will focus on producing elevated scripted, non-scripted, and brand-integrated content across all genres.
Joining Bó are former Viacom vice-president of content development Mercedes Reincke as head of content development; Natacha Cervi of Rizoma Films as head of production and operations; Mariana Levy as head of the screenwriting division; and Ezequiel Olemberg as head of the financial and legal department.
- 5/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
El Presidente to debut on Amazon Prime Video on June 5.
Armando Bó, the Argentinian filmmaker and part of the Oscar-winning screenwriting team behind Birdman whose first foray into TV El Presidente debuts on Amazon Prime Video next month, has launched About Entertainment.
The company will focus on producing elevated scripted, non-scripted, and brand-integrated content across all genres.
Joining Bó are former Viacom vice-president of content development Mercedes Reincke as head of content development; Natacha Cervi of Rizoma Films as head of production and operations; Mariana Levy as head of the screenwriting division; and Ezequiel Olemberg as head of the financial and legal department.
Armando Bó, the Argentinian filmmaker and part of the Oscar-winning screenwriting team behind Birdman whose first foray into TV El Presidente debuts on Amazon Prime Video next month, has launched About Entertainment.
The company will focus on producing elevated scripted, non-scripted, and brand-integrated content across all genres.
Joining Bó are former Viacom vice-president of content development Mercedes Reincke as head of content development; Natacha Cervi of Rizoma Films as head of production and operations; Mariana Levy as head of the screenwriting division; and Ezequiel Olemberg as head of the financial and legal department.
- 5/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
When Netflix bowed in France in late 2004, industry insiders predicted the U.S. streaming service would struggle to get access to local producers, talent and ultimately content, because of pre-existing relationships with French TV networks and the pay TV group Canal Plus.
Five years later, Netflix is about to launch a fully staffed office in Paris. It has also become one of the world’s biggest purveyors of French TV projects, not only through acquisitions but also with original series ranging from the political thriller “Marseille” to the romantic comedy “Plan Coeur,” and from the sci-fi drama “Osmosis” to the comedy “Family Business” and most recently the horror show “Marianne.” This year, Netflix also started collaborating with French broadcasters on ambitious big-budget shows, such as “The Bazar de la Charité” with TF1.
Boasting distribution deals with every French telco group — Orange, Bouygues, Free and Sfr — Netflix now has an estimated 6.5 million subscribers in France.
Five years later, Netflix is about to launch a fully staffed office in Paris. It has also become one of the world’s biggest purveyors of French TV projects, not only through acquisitions but also with original series ranging from the political thriller “Marseille” to the romantic comedy “Plan Coeur,” and from the sci-fi drama “Osmosis” to the comedy “Family Business” and most recently the horror show “Marianne.” This year, Netflix also started collaborating with French broadcasters on ambitious big-budget shows, such as “The Bazar de la Charité” with TF1.
Boasting distribution deals with every French telco group — Orange, Bouygues, Free and Sfr — Netflix now has an estimated 6.5 million subscribers in France.
- 10/14/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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