Walter Presents has inked a two-year deal with Scandinavian streaming service C More to launch a curated selection of international scripted series across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Walter Presents, which specializes in premium foreign-language programming, will initially launch on C More with an 80-hour collection comprising eight first-run and exclusive series, including the Dutch psychological thriller “The Blood Pact”; Italian crime thrillers “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and “Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone” (pictured); and the French crime dramas “Vanished by the Lake” and “The Other Mother,” and the gripping Belgian political action thriller “Blackout.” The company’s goal is to expand its offer on C More to 500 hours over the next two years.
A key streaming service in the Nordics, C More has been investing in local drama productions and has a large portfolio of popular reality and TV shows, on top of exclusive broadcasting rights for major sports leagues.
Walter Presents, which specializes in premium foreign-language programming, will initially launch on C More with an 80-hour collection comprising eight first-run and exclusive series, including the Dutch psychological thriller “The Blood Pact”; Italian crime thrillers “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and “Ice Cold Murders: Rocco Schiavone” (pictured); and the French crime dramas “Vanished by the Lake” and “The Other Mother,” and the gripping Belgian political action thriller “Blackout.” The company’s goal is to expand its offer on C More to 500 hours over the next two years.
A key streaming service in the Nordics, C More has been investing in local drama productions and has a large portfolio of popular reality and TV shows, on top of exclusive broadcasting rights for major sports leagues.
- 10/29/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TriCoast Worldwide has secured world sales for multi-award winning director Sean Olson’s family sci-fi thriller, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (2019), launching at the upcoming Efm.
Written by Jeff Wild and produced by SkipStone Pictures’ Johnny Remo, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (… a sci-fi thriller for the entire family done right” – Film Threat) follows five teenagers who compete to win a mansion owned by a billionaire scientist. But to win, the teens must face-off against a super computer who controls the mansion.
Starring Chad Michael Murray, Marina Sirtis, Tanner Buchanan, Jade Chynoweth (Step Up High Water) and Sydne Mikelle (The Thinning: New World Order), Max Winslow and the House of Secrets is simultaneously uplifting, comedic and frightening, taking viewers down the adventurous paths of riddles, technology and working together.
Max Winslow and the House of Secrets will continue its successful run on the film festival circuit.
Written by Jeff Wild and produced by SkipStone Pictures’ Johnny Remo, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (… a sci-fi thriller for the entire family done right” – Film Threat) follows five teenagers who compete to win a mansion owned by a billionaire scientist. But to win, the teens must face-off against a super computer who controls the mansion.
Starring Chad Michael Murray, Marina Sirtis, Tanner Buchanan, Jade Chynoweth (Step Up High Water) and Sydne Mikelle (The Thinning: New World Order), Max Winslow and the House of Secrets is simultaneously uplifting, comedic and frightening, taking viewers down the adventurous paths of riddles, technology and working together.
Max Winslow and the House of Secrets will continue its successful run on the film festival circuit.
- 2/26/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Netflix has started production on The Half of It, writer-director Alice Wu’s follow-up to her 2004 feature film Saving Face. The new movie joins Netflix’s expanding roster of live-action teen-focused films like Tall Girl and A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting.
As the follow-up to the Sony Pictures Classics release Saving Face, The Half of It is described by Netflix as “a modern day Cyrano-meets-Pygmalion” in which “a shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-a student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places.”
The cast includes Leah Lewis (Charmed) as Ellie Chu; Daniel Diemer (Sacred Lies) as Paul Munksy; Alexxis Lemire (The Other Mother) as Aster Flores; Becky Ann Baker (Girls) as Mrs. Geselschap; Catherine Curtin (Orange is the New Black) as Colleen Munsky,...
As the follow-up to the Sony Pictures Classics release Saving Face, The Half of It is described by Netflix as “a modern day Cyrano-meets-Pygmalion” in which “a shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-a student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places.”
The cast includes Leah Lewis (Charmed) as Ellie Chu; Daniel Diemer (Sacred Lies) as Paul Munksy; Alexxis Lemire (The Other Mother) as Aster Flores; Becky Ann Baker (Girls) as Mrs. Geselschap; Catherine Curtin (Orange is the New Black) as Colleen Munsky,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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