Keshet International (Ki) has picked up global rights to Finnish sci-fi thriller “Valhalla Project” (“Operaatio Valhalla”), produced by L.A. and Helsinki -based Snapper Films for Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde.
The Elisa Viihde Original six-part series, currently in post-production, will be sneak peeked April 7 at MipDrama in Cannes, MipTV’s buyers and press’ only showcase for premium dramas.
Toplining the international cast of the high-end series, which is filmed in English, Finnish and Russian, are Sara Soulié, Alistair Brammer, Iben Dorner, Joonas Saartamo and Pääru Oja.
The “Valhalla Project” is directed by Snapper Films’s founder and producer Juha Wuolijoki from a screenplay by award-winning writer Jari Olavi Rantala.
The multi-layered story delves into the concept of parallel dimensions, while also exploring themes of humanity, identity, and the limitations of life.
We follow climate researcher Alina Railo (Soulié) as she travels to the Finnish Lapland with an international expedition to...
The Elisa Viihde Original six-part series, currently in post-production, will be sneak peeked April 7 at MipDrama in Cannes, MipTV’s buyers and press’ only showcase for premium dramas.
Toplining the international cast of the high-end series, which is filmed in English, Finnish and Russian, are Sara Soulié, Alistair Brammer, Iben Dorner, Joonas Saartamo and Pääru Oja.
The “Valhalla Project” is directed by Snapper Films’s founder and producer Juha Wuolijoki from a screenplay by award-winning writer Jari Olavi Rantala.
The multi-layered story delves into the concept of parallel dimensions, while also exploring themes of humanity, identity, and the limitations of life.
We follow climate researcher Alina Railo (Soulié) as she travels to the Finnish Lapland with an international expedition to...
- 4/5/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Orlando Bloom-narrated documentary series “Earthbound” has been picked up by Keshet International for global distribution.
“Earthbound,” which Bloom also executive produces, is a six-part docu-series that explores apparently ordinary people tackling potentially life-changing environmental challenges.
Farhoud Meybodi (“My Last Days”) wrote, directed and produced the series. Keshet International will screen the doc to buyers at Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings next week and at London TV Screenings later this month.
Each episode profiles a single environmental visionary, such as 32-year-old engineer, Nzambi Matee, who founded Gjenge Makers, a company that recycles plastic waste into paving bricks.
“This optimistic and solution-orientated series aims to both entertain and inspire viewers around the world to create impact within their community,” reads the logline.
Nzambi Matee in “Earthbound” (Courtesy of Keshet International)
Matee was also the subject of Meybodi’s award-winning feature doc “Earthbound: Nzambi Matee,” which inspired the series. The film also...
“Earthbound,” which Bloom also executive produces, is a six-part docu-series that explores apparently ordinary people tackling potentially life-changing environmental challenges.
Farhoud Meybodi (“My Last Days”) wrote, directed and produced the series. Keshet International will screen the doc to buyers at Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings next week and at London TV Screenings later this month.
Each episode profiles a single environmental visionary, such as 32-year-old engineer, Nzambi Matee, who founded Gjenge Makers, a company that recycles plastic waste into paving bricks.
“This optimistic and solution-orientated series aims to both entertain and inspire viewers around the world to create impact within their community,” reads the logline.
Nzambi Matee in “Earthbound” (Courtesy of Keshet International)
Matee was also the subject of Meybodi’s award-winning feature doc “Earthbound: Nzambi Matee,” which inspired the series. The film also...
- 2/8/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Thirteen women are suing the Black News Channel for gender discrimination, accusing the Florida-based network of unequal pay for female employees and a workplace culture that forced them “to conform to sexist or misogynistic stereotypes about how women are supposed to behave.”
In an amended complaint filed Tuesday in the Cook County, Illinois, Circuit Court, the 13 plaintiffs allege that executives at the 2-year-old network disciplined or terminated female employees for being too vocal, pushy and aggressive, created a hostile work environment for women and paid women thousands of dollars less per year than their male counterparts.
Ashley Flete, a former anchor who first filed suit with Claudia Jean last August, said that a producer had been “berating” her about being “insufficiently feminine” through her earpiece while she was on air. After filing a complaint with human resources, she said her contract was terminated six months into a two-year contract.
Per the complaint,...
In an amended complaint filed Tuesday in the Cook County, Illinois, Circuit Court, the 13 plaintiffs allege that executives at the 2-year-old network disciplined or terminated female employees for being too vocal, pushy and aggressive, created a hostile work environment for women and paid women thousands of dollars less per year than their male counterparts.
Ashley Flete, a former anchor who first filed suit with Claudia Jean last August, said that a producer had been “berating” her about being “insufficiently feminine” through her earpiece while she was on air. After filing a complaint with human resources, she said her contract was terminated six months into a two-year contract.
Per the complaint,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Antoinette Siu
- The Wrap
Embattled Fox News was hit with lawsuits over alleged racial discrimination on Tuesday, including a class action suit in which former “Fox and Friends” co-host Kelly Wright was among the plaintiffs, according to documents obtained by TheWrap. Wright was one of 11 former or current Fox News employees attached to a class action suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court accusing the leading cable news network of fostering an environment in which top-down racial harassment occurred, joining three other former Fox News staffers who filed a separate racial discrimination complaint. “When it comes to racial discrimination, 21st Century Fox has been operating as if.
- 4/25/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
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