There will be no leap to season three for NBC’s Quantum Leap.
The network has canceled the reboot of the 1989 series after a two-season run, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The series starring Raymond Lee wrapped its sophomore season in February and ranked as one of the broadcast network’s lowest-rated scripted originals.
Quantum Leap, which was produced in-house at Universal Television, earned a speedy season two renewal as NBC kept production going in a bid to have scripted originals during the writers and actors strikes.
The follow-up to the original series hailed from Martin Gero and Dean Georgaris, who exec-produced alongside Deborah Pratt, Chris Grismer and Alex Berger. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt developed the series and served as showrunners on the update.
Quantum Leap is the first NBC cancellation of the season and comes after the network previously renewed five of its six Dick Wolf shows. NBC...
The network has canceled the reboot of the 1989 series after a two-season run, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The series starring Raymond Lee wrapped its sophomore season in February and ranked as one of the broadcast network’s lowest-rated scripted originals.
Quantum Leap, which was produced in-house at Universal Television, earned a speedy season two renewal as NBC kept production going in a bid to have scripted originals during the writers and actors strikes.
The follow-up to the original series hailed from Martin Gero and Dean Georgaris, who exec-produced alongside Deborah Pratt, Chris Grismer and Alex Berger. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt developed the series and served as showrunners on the update.
Quantum Leap is the first NBC cancellation of the season and comes after the network previously renewed five of its six Dick Wolf shows. NBC...
- 4/5/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Quantum Leap” has been canceled at NBC after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.
The show served as a followup to the 1989 show of the same name starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The revamped version starred Raymond Lee as physicist Dr. Ben Song, whose attempt to restart the Quantum Leap project pioneered by Dr. Sam Beckett leads to him being trapped in different people’s lives in the past just like Beckett. As he seeks to put right what once went wrong in those lives, he “leaps” to different lives while hoping that each leap will be the leap home.
The cast of the series also included Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt developed the series and served as executive producers alongside Martin Gero via Quinn’s House, Dean Georgaris, Deborah Pratt, Chris Grismer, and Alex Berger. Universal Television was the studio.
The show served as a followup to the 1989 show of the same name starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The revamped version starred Raymond Lee as physicist Dr. Ben Song, whose attempt to restart the Quantum Leap project pioneered by Dr. Sam Beckett leads to him being trapped in different people’s lives in the past just like Beckett. As he seeks to put right what once went wrong in those lives, he “leaps” to different lives while hoping that each leap will be the leap home.
The cast of the series also included Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, and Nanrisa Lee. Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt developed the series and served as executive producers alongside Martin Gero via Quinn’s House, Dean Georgaris, Deborah Pratt, Chris Grismer, and Alex Berger. Universal Television was the studio.
- 4/5/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has decided not to proceed with a third season of its Quantum Leap reboot starring Raymond Lee. The news comes more than a month after the two-hour Season 2 finale aired Feb. 20.
The development is not entirely surprising as the series, from Universal Television, had been on the bubble. That is in contrast to last season when Quantum Leap received a very early renewal in December 2022.
A follow-up to the original series, which aired on NBC from 1989-93, Quantum Leap is set in present day. It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
In addition to Lee, the series stars Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park and Nanrisa Lee.
Co-showrunners Martin Gero and...
The development is not entirely surprising as the series, from Universal Television, had been on the bubble. That is in contrast to last season when Quantum Leap received a very early renewal in December 2022.
A follow-up to the original series, which aired on NBC from 1989-93, Quantum Leap is set in present day. It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
In addition to Lee, the series stars Ernie Hudson, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park and Nanrisa Lee.
Co-showrunners Martin Gero and...
- 4/5/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+’s spy thriller The Department is starting to fill out its ranks.
The drama series, based on the French hit Le Bureau des Legendes, has tapped Joe Wright (Atonement, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice) as director of the first two episodes and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (Ford v. Ferrari, Edge of Tomorrow) to write all 10 installments. The series, which comes from Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, is aiming for a premiere date later this year on Paramount+ With Showtime.
The Department snagged a straight-to-series order in February 2023 at Showtime (shortly after Paramount Global announced the premium cabler would effectively be folded into Paramount+). At the time, George Clooney was announced as director, but he has ceded those duties to Wright. Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov remain executive producers of the series, via their Smokehouse Pictures.
“Joe Wright is a visionary director with a gift of focusing on...
The drama series, based on the French hit Le Bureau des Legendes, has tapped Joe Wright (Atonement, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice) as director of the first two episodes and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (Ford v. Ferrari, Edge of Tomorrow) to write all 10 installments. The series, which comes from Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, is aiming for a premiere date later this year on Paramount+ With Showtime.
The Department snagged a straight-to-series order in February 2023 at Showtime (shortly after Paramount Global announced the premium cabler would effectively be folded into Paramount+). At the time, George Clooney was announced as director, but he has ceded those duties to Wright. Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov remain executive producers of the series, via their Smokehouse Pictures.
“Joe Wright is a visionary director with a gift of focusing on...
- 3/5/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Joe Wright and writers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth have all boarded the upcoming Paramount+ series “The Department.”
The Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios series, which was announced with a straight-to-series order in February 2023, is based on the French drama series “Le Bureau des Legendes” created by Eric Rochant. Wright will direct the first two episodes and executive produce, while the Butterworths will writer and executive produce all episodes. George Clooney was originally announced as directing the series. He and Grant Heslov remain onboard as executive producers via Smokehouse Pictures.
“Joe Wright is a visionary director with a gift of focusing on intricate details to craft immersive and visually striking stories,” said Chris McCarthy, President and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “And, Jez and John-Henry are masterful writers whose witty and emotionally charged language dives deep into their characters’ moral complexities, while simultaneously creating a propulsive narrative. Bringing these powerhouse...
The Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios series, which was announced with a straight-to-series order in February 2023, is based on the French drama series “Le Bureau des Legendes” created by Eric Rochant. Wright will direct the first two episodes and executive produce, while the Butterworths will writer and executive produce all episodes. George Clooney was originally announced as directing the series. He and Grant Heslov remain onboard as executive producers via Smokehouse Pictures.
“Joe Wright is a visionary director with a gift of focusing on intricate details to craft immersive and visually striking stories,” said Chris McCarthy, President and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “And, Jez and John-Henry are masterful writers whose witty and emotionally charged language dives deep into their characters’ moral complexities, while simultaneously creating a propulsive narrative. Bringing these powerhouse...
- 3/5/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Fassbender has entered into talks to join the cast of the George Clooney espionage thriller series ‘The Department.’
Based on ‘The Bureau,’ the hit French spy show, the story centres on a member of a clandestine branch of the French Secret Services (Dgse) who returns to his home base after a six-year mission in Damascus. As he struggles to let go of his false identity and illicit affair with a Syrian woman, he finds himself playing a double game between the Dgse and the CIA.
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Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, the series will be executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz of Mtve Studios; David Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari of 101 Studios (“Yellowstone”); Alex Berger for The Originals Productions; and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America.
Based on ‘The Bureau,’ the hit French spy show, the story centres on a member of a clandestine branch of the French Secret Services (Dgse) who returns to his home base after a six-year mission in Damascus. As he struggles to let go of his false identity and illicit affair with a Syrian woman, he finds himself playing a double game between the Dgse and the CIA.
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Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, the series will be executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz of Mtve Studios; David Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari of 101 Studios (“Yellowstone”); Alex Berger for The Originals Productions; and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America.
- 2/28/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Michael Fassbender is in negotiations to star in “The Department,” an espionage thriller series executive produced by George Clooney.
Set to start shooting in London this spring, “The Department” is based on “The Bureau,” the hit French spy show created, directed and produced by Eric Rochant. It has already been given a straight-to-series order by Showtime. The series is produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.
The original French show starred Matthieu Kassovitz as Guillaume Debailly — alias Paul Lefebvre, alias Malotru — a member of a clandestine branch of the French Secret Services (Dgse) who returns to his home base after a six-year mission in Damascus. As he struggles to let go of his false identity and illicit affair with a Syrian woman, he finds himself playing a double game between the Dgse and the CIA. The show was a smash hit on...
Set to start shooting in London this spring, “The Department” is based on “The Bureau,” the hit French spy show created, directed and produced by Eric Rochant. It has already been given a straight-to-series order by Showtime. The series is produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.
The original French show starred Matthieu Kassovitz as Guillaume Debailly — alias Paul Lefebvre, alias Malotru — a member of a clandestine branch of the French Secret Services (Dgse) who returns to his home base after a six-year mission in Damascus. As he struggles to let go of his false identity and illicit affair with a Syrian woman, he finds himself playing a double game between the Dgse and the CIA. The show was a smash hit on...
- 2/27/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
EuropaCorp, the production company founded by Luc Besson and taken over by New York fund Vine Alternative Investments in 2020, has appointed Jean-Marc Lacarrère as its new CEO.
Lacarrère will begin his new role on March 3, succeeding Axel Duroux, the French-Swiss executive who helmed the company for nearly four years and stepped down in December.
A French media expert, Lacarrère previously worked at the Canal+ Group, and managed the music publishing and production company La Bande Son, which was later acquired by Studiocanal. He also headed the digital news channel now known as CNews, went on to join Bolloré Média Group to spearhead Direct Cinéma and headed Canal+’s free-to-air division. He has also worked with “The Bureau” producer Alex Berger and Benjamin de Rothschild, and was appointed president of CanalPlay and head of international SVOD for the Canal+ Group. He joined Vivendi Content in 2017, before setting up Harvest Mood Films,...
Lacarrère will begin his new role on March 3, succeeding Axel Duroux, the French-Swiss executive who helmed the company for nearly four years and stepped down in December.
A French media expert, Lacarrère previously worked at the Canal+ Group, and managed the music publishing and production company La Bande Son, which was later acquired by Studiocanal. He also headed the digital news channel now known as CNews, went on to join Bolloré Média Group to spearhead Direct Cinéma and headed Canal+’s free-to-air division. He has also worked with “The Bureau” producer Alex Berger and Benjamin de Rothschild, and was appointed president of CanalPlay and head of international SVOD for the Canal+ Group. He joined Vivendi Content in 2017, before setting up Harvest Mood Films,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy and Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
We have a return date for NBC drama series Quantum Leap. Season 2B will premiere Tuesday, January 30 at 10 pm, moving from its previous Wednesday slot. It takes over the spot left by Found which wraps its first season on January 16.
The remaining five episodes of the 13-episode Season 2 will conclude with a two-hour season finale on February 20 from 9-11 pm. All episodes will stream next day on Peacock.
Quantum Leap ranks as a top 5 drama this season in the 18-49 demo (L+7) and is drawing 4.9 million viewers across all platforms (L+35).
NBC’s follow-up series to Quantum Leap, which aired on NBC from 1989-93, is set in present day. It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
The remaining five episodes of the 13-episode Season 2 will conclude with a two-hour season finale on February 20 from 9-11 pm. All episodes will stream next day on Peacock.
Quantum Leap ranks as a top 5 drama this season in the 18-49 demo (L+7) and is drawing 4.9 million viewers across all platforms (L+35).
NBC’s follow-up series to Quantum Leap, which aired on NBC from 1989-93, is set in present day. It’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
- 1/13/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A long-gestating medical drama that’s inspired by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks has been handed a series order at NBC.
NBC has given a series order to Dr. Wolf, which follows revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The project from writer/EP Michael Grassi and director/EP Lee Toland Krieger was the last 2023 pilot awaiting word of its fate from NBC.
The drama is inspired by the books “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “An Anthropologist on Mars,” by Sacks, who died in 2015 at 82. Dubbed by The New York Times a “poet laureate of contemporary medicine,” Sacks dove into dedicated his life to studying the strangest and most mind-boggling brain disorders in the world as a window into human consciousness,...
NBC has given a series order to Dr. Wolf, which follows revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The project from writer/EP Michael Grassi and director/EP Lee Toland Krieger was the last 2023 pilot awaiting word of its fate from NBC.
The drama is inspired by the books “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “An Anthropologist on Mars,” by Sacks, who died in 2015 at 82. Dubbed by The New York Times a “poet laureate of contemporary medicine,” Sacks dove into dedicated his life to studying the strangest and most mind-boggling brain disorders in the world as a window into human consciousness,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
“Quantum Leap” will come back for Season 2 at NBC with two new series regulars: Peter Gadiot and Eliza Taylor.
One of the few scripted projects returning to broadcast TV this fall amid the Hollywood strikes, “Quantum Leap” is a sequel to the 1989 to 1993 NBC drama of the same name and set 30 years later after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. In the new series, Raymond Lee stars as Ben Song, who makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving his team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.
Taylor will play Hannah Carson, who is described as “a complex young woman who may be more than she appears” and will be introduced in Episode 3.
Gadiot will play Tom Westfall, a U.S. Army Officer, former special forces, who is now high up in Army Intelligence. He is described as “thoughtful, centered,...
One of the few scripted projects returning to broadcast TV this fall amid the Hollywood strikes, “Quantum Leap” is a sequel to the 1989 to 1993 NBC drama of the same name and set 30 years later after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. In the new series, Raymond Lee stars as Ben Song, who makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving his team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.
Taylor will play Hannah Carson, who is described as “a complex young woman who may be more than she appears” and will be introduced in Episode 3.
Gadiot will play Tom Westfall, a U.S. Army Officer, former special forces, who is now high up in Army Intelligence. He is described as “thoughtful, centered,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Iconic French fashion house La Maison is to be spotlighted in an Apple TV+ drama series starring seven-time César Award nominee Lambert Wilson.
La Maison will take a behind-the-curtain look at how a family dynasty of an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent LeDu (Wilson), leaving his family’s legendary haute couture house hanging by a thread. Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse who is still in his shadow, teams up with next-generation, visionary designer Paloma Castel (Zita Hanrot) to save and recreate the century-old Maison Ledu, claiming their rightful place in both the LeDu family and the fashion world.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
Wilson, who played The Merovingian in The Matrix trilogy and is this year’s Locarno Jury President, leads a cast featuring Carole Bouquet (En Thérapie), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Pierre Deladonchamps (Stranger by the Lake...
La Maison will take a behind-the-curtain look at how a family dynasty of an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent LeDu (Wilson), leaving his family’s legendary haute couture house hanging by a thread. Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse who is still in his shadow, teams up with next-generation, visionary designer Paloma Castel (Zita Hanrot) to save and recreate the century-old Maison Ledu, claiming their rightful place in both the LeDu family and the fashion world.
Related: 2023 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders
Wilson, who played The Merovingian in The Matrix trilogy and is this year’s Locarno Jury President, leads a cast featuring Carole Bouquet (En Thérapie), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Pierre Deladonchamps (Stranger by the Lake...
- 7/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, more than 400 TV creators and showrunners — all of them women — sent letters to top executives at Hollywood studios demanding that specific safety protocols be put in place for pregnant employees in states where abortion has been outlawed, or soon will be. Now, letters of support signed by 594 men — including J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Greg Berlanti, Donald Glover, Aaron Sorkin, David E. Kelley, Taika Waititi and Ryan Murphy — have been sent to the same companies.
The text of the letter is short, simply saying the undersigned stand with their “female, trans & non-binary showrunner colleagues in demanding a response from our employers regarding the imminent crisis” at hand. It was delivered by replying-all to the first letter, and was sent to Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Apple, NBC Universal, Amazon, Lionsgate and AMC.
These activist correspondences have been instigated by the Supreme Court’s June 24 Dobbs decison, which overturned Roe v.
The text of the letter is short, simply saying the undersigned stand with their “female, trans & non-binary showrunner colleagues in demanding a response from our employers regarding the imminent crisis” at hand. It was delivered by replying-all to the first letter, and was sent to Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Apple, NBC Universal, Amazon, Lionsgate and AMC.
These activist correspondences have been instigated by the Supreme Court’s June 24 Dobbs decison, which overturned Roe v.
- 8/1/2022
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
It may only be six months since 2021’s pandemic-delayed edition of Series Mania took place, but the annual Lille, France-based drama festival returns once again but this time in its traditional slot of March 18-25.
It’s been “challenging” for the Series Mania team to pull together 2022’s program so soon after last year’s event, says general director Laurence Herszberg.
However, it hasn’t been hard to attract projects to the festival. In a reflection of both Series Mania’s growing stature and the buoyant state of the scripted TV market, the event had 331 submissions from 46 different countries to the competition program. She says Series Mania, which was created in Paris in 2010 and moved to Lille in 2018, is very different from a giant TV sales market, which she reckons the industry is shifting away from. Rather it’s a place where scriptwriters, producers and platforms can build relationships and make connections,...
It’s been “challenging” for the Series Mania team to pull together 2022’s program so soon after last year’s event, says general director Laurence Herszberg.
However, it hasn’t been hard to attract projects to the festival. In a reflection of both Series Mania’s growing stature and the buoyant state of the scripted TV market, the event had 331 submissions from 46 different countries to the competition program. She says Series Mania, which was created in Paris in 2010 and moved to Lille in 2018, is very different from a giant TV sales market, which she reckons the industry is shifting away from. Rather it’s a place where scriptwriters, producers and platforms can build relationships and make connections,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, a TV industry veteran who ran Lagardere Studios Distribution for a decade, has joined The Oligarchs Group (Tog), the banner behind Eric Rochant’s hit spy series “The Bureau,” as managing director.
The Paris-based company was founded in 2008 by French-American producer Alex Berger and Rochant, the French show runner and director. The outfit’s best-known credits is “The Bureau,” the Canal Plus original series which has been a commercial and critical hit at home and abroad, traveling to more than 110 territories around the world. A U.S. remake is currently being developed at Paramount.
In a newly-created role at Tog, Bouilhaguet will be in charge of driving and expanding the strategy and business opportunities of the company and its subsidiaries.
The seasoned executive will also oversee production, licensing, marketing and distribution of all contents and brands.
“For our next chapter of growth, the team and I couldn’t...
The Paris-based company was founded in 2008 by French-American producer Alex Berger and Rochant, the French show runner and director. The outfit’s best-known credits is “The Bureau,” the Canal Plus original series which has been a commercial and critical hit at home and abroad, traveling to more than 110 territories around the world. A U.S. remake is currently being developed at Paramount.
In a newly-created role at Tog, Bouilhaguet will be in charge of driving and expanding the strategy and business opportunities of the company and its subsidiaries.
The seasoned executive will also oversee production, licensing, marketing and distribution of all contents and brands.
“For our next chapter of growth, the team and I couldn’t...
- 5/3/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development a father-daughter murder mystery drama from Blindspot creator/executive producer Martin Gero and executive producer Alex Berger, as well as Universal TV, where Gero and his Quinn’s House are under an overall deal.
Written by Berger, in the drama, when a dogged young reporter witnesses the murder of her sister, she launches an investigation to find the people responsible, enlisting the help of her estranged father – a legendary but reclusive investigative journalist.
Berger executive produces with frequent collaborator Gero. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Gero created, executive produced and served as showrunner, and Berger served as executive producer on the NBC/Wbtv drama Blindspot which recently aired its fifth and final season. The duo have previously teamed up on development, on legal drama Adversaries starring Archie Panjabi in 2018, and a White House political drama, produced by Berlanti Prods,...
Written by Berger, in the drama, when a dogged young reporter witnesses the murder of her sister, she launches an investigation to find the people responsible, enlisting the help of her estranged father – a legendary but reclusive investigative journalist.
Berger executive produces with frequent collaborator Gero. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Gero created, executive produced and served as showrunner, and Berger served as executive producer on the NBC/Wbtv drama Blindspot which recently aired its fifth and final season. The duo have previously teamed up on development, on legal drama Adversaries starring Archie Panjabi in 2018, and a White House political drama, produced by Berlanti Prods,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Top Productions, the Paris-based outfit behind international hit TV series “The Bureau” and “The Oligarchs,” is looking to expand into the Spanish-language scene, according to its executive producer and co-founder Alex Berger.
As befitting the executive producer of an intelligence show, the media entrepreneur gave his online keynote at Spain’s Conecta Fiction event from a top-secret location.
Berger was more forthcoming, however, on the subject of expanding into Spanish-language TV and is currently looking for partners in Latin America and Spain to work on a new Top scripted TV series in development “Dick” – which focuses on FBI offices outside the U.S.
He told fellow U.S.-born Europe-based TV executive Steven Bawol (co-creator of police drama “Section de Recherches”), who was moderating the keynote: “I’d like to find an interesting show – that could bring to Spain what we have brought to France. We have some ideas but...
As befitting the executive producer of an intelligence show, the media entrepreneur gave his online keynote at Spain’s Conecta Fiction event from a top-secret location.
Berger was more forthcoming, however, on the subject of expanding into Spanish-language TV and is currently looking for partners in Latin America and Spain to work on a new Top scripted TV series in development “Dick” – which focuses on FBI offices outside the U.S.
He told fellow U.S.-born Europe-based TV executive Steven Bawol (co-creator of police drama “Section de Recherches”), who was moderating the keynote: “I’d like to find an interesting show – that could bring to Spain what we have brought to France. We have some ideas but...
- 9/2/2020
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
Éric Rochant, super-producer and creator behind the hit French spy drama “The Bureau,” is set to team with Tomorrow Studios on his U.S. television debut.
Rochant will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the untitled espionnage series, which will center on the lives of intelligence officers from different countries who are involved in missions. They are allies or enemies in the big carousel of intelligence, both in the field and in cyberspace. ITV Studios will distribute the series internationally.
Tomorrow Studios, which was formed from a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, recently announced a series order of “10-Year-Old-Tom” through Work Friends, its new animation studio with Nick Weidenfeld.
“Thanks to modern technology, Becky and I were able to have incredible conversations with Éric during the last few months, to really get to know him and to understand the creative vision he’s formulated for his next television project,...
Rochant will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the untitled espionnage series, which will center on the lives of intelligence officers from different countries who are involved in missions. They are allies or enemies in the big carousel of intelligence, both in the field and in cyberspace. ITV Studios will distribute the series internationally.
Tomorrow Studios, which was formed from a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, recently announced a series order of “10-Year-Old-Tom” through Work Friends, its new animation studio with Nick Weidenfeld.
“Thanks to modern technology, Becky and I were able to have incredible conversations with Éric during the last few months, to really get to know him and to understand the creative vision he’s formulated for his next television project,...
- 6/30/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Federation Entertainment has sold the fifth season of Eric Rochant’s hit espionage thriller series “The Bureau” to Germany’s Joyn Plus, the streaming service of ProSieben group.
Federation also scored deals with Joint Entertainment (Taiwan), Rtbf (Belgium), Sbs (Australia), Yle (Finland), Mtva (Hungary) and Lnk (Lithuania). Previous sales for Season 5 were closed with Sundance, Rialto (New Zealand), Svt (Sweden) and Nrk (Norway).
Federation, which took part in Series Mania’s and MipTV’s digital markets, is now in talks with buyers in Spain, Italy, Russia, Poland, and Denmark to ink further deals. “The Bureau” was commissioned by Canal Plus under its Creation Originale label and the fifth season premiered on the French pay TV group on April 6. “The Bureau” has become one of the most critically acclaimed international drama series in the last decade and has so far sold to more than 112 territories, according to Federation.
Federation said that...
Federation also scored deals with Joint Entertainment (Taiwan), Rtbf (Belgium), Sbs (Australia), Yle (Finland), Mtva (Hungary) and Lnk (Lithuania). Previous sales for Season 5 were closed with Sundance, Rialto (New Zealand), Svt (Sweden) and Nrk (Norway).
Federation, which took part in Series Mania’s and MipTV’s digital markets, is now in talks with buyers in Spain, Italy, Russia, Poland, and Denmark to ink further deals. “The Bureau” was commissioned by Canal Plus under its Creation Originale label and the fifth season premiered on the French pay TV group on April 6. “The Bureau” has become one of the most critically acclaimed international drama series in the last decade and has so far sold to more than 112 territories, according to Federation.
Federation said that...
- 4/14/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Jacques Audiard, whose latest film “The Sisters Brothers” with John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal earned him a best director prize at Venice, will make his TV debut with the Canal Plus hit original spy series “The Bureau.”
The Palme d’Or winning director of “Dheepan” will direct some episodes of the fifth and final season of “The Bureau,” along with the series creator Eric Rochant, Jérôme Salle, Thomas Bidegain, Anna Novion, Samuel Collardey and Mathieu Kassovitz, who is also the star of “The Bureau.”
Audiard, one of France’s most revered filmmakers, also co-wrote the fifth season of “The Bureau” with Bidegain, his writing partner on several films including “The Sisters Brothers,” as well as Cécile Ducrocq, Capucine Rochant, Hippolyte Girardot, Dominique Baumard, Camille de Castelnau, Olivier Dujols, Raphaël Chevènement, with the collaboration of Valentine Milville.
“The Bureau” revolves around a member of a clandestine branch of...
The Palme d’Or winning director of “Dheepan” will direct some episodes of the fifth and final season of “The Bureau,” along with the series creator Eric Rochant, Jérôme Salle, Thomas Bidegain, Anna Novion, Samuel Collardey and Mathieu Kassovitz, who is also the star of “The Bureau.”
Audiard, one of France’s most revered filmmakers, also co-wrote the fifth season of “The Bureau” with Bidegain, his writing partner on several films including “The Sisters Brothers,” as well as Cécile Ducrocq, Capucine Rochant, Hippolyte Girardot, Dominique Baumard, Camille de Castelnau, Olivier Dujols, Raphaël Chevènement, with the collaboration of Valentine Milville.
“The Bureau” revolves around a member of a clandestine branch of...
- 6/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The most lauded of titles on this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, UniFrance’s online showcase featured by over 50 Ott services around the world, may not be a film but a drama series.
With four seasons aired, and a milestone in world sales on a French TV show, slow-boiling espionage series ‘Le Bureau des légendes’ (“The Bureau”) is tracking to become a French modern classic, its admirers say..
“This series is the best ever made in France,” trumpeted French newspaper Le Figaro.
A Canal Plus Création Originale produced by The Oligarchs Productions (Top) and Federation Entertainment Ent., which handles international sales, the series was created by screenwriter-director Eric Rochant whose “The Patriots,” with Yvan Attal as a Mossad operative, was selected for main competition at the 1994 Cannes Festival.
First released on Canal Plus in April 2015, Season 4 concluded last November. MyFrenchFilmFestival is screening Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 1 in its New Horizons showcase, out of competition.
With four seasons aired, and a milestone in world sales on a French TV show, slow-boiling espionage series ‘Le Bureau des légendes’ (“The Bureau”) is tracking to become a French modern classic, its admirers say..
“This series is the best ever made in France,” trumpeted French newspaper Le Figaro.
A Canal Plus Création Originale produced by The Oligarchs Productions (Top) and Federation Entertainment Ent., which handles international sales, the series was created by screenwriter-director Eric Rochant whose “The Patriots,” with Yvan Attal as a Mossad operative, was selected for main competition at the 1994 Cannes Festival.
First released on Canal Plus in April 2015, Season 4 concluded last November. MyFrenchFilmFestival is screening Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 1 in its New Horizons showcase, out of competition.
- 2/16/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Gero and Brendan Gall have scored a pilot production commitment for a drama series in the works at CBS, Variety has learned.
Titled “The Secret to a Good Marriage,” the project follows an elite pair of CIA spies who are pushed to their limits both professionally and personally, fighting to save the world while they forge a new kind of relationship for themselves and their son in the wake of their fractured marriage.
Gero and Gall will write and executive produce, with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter also executive producing via Berlanti Productions. Warner Bros. Television will produce along with Berlanti Productions and Gero’s Quinn’s House banner. Both Gero and Berlanti are under overall deals at Wbtv.
This is the second commitment Gero has gotten at a broadcast network in the past few months. Back in August, he and Alex Berger set up a legal drama at...
Titled “The Secret to a Good Marriage,” the project follows an elite pair of CIA spies who are pushed to their limits both professionally and personally, fighting to save the world while they forge a new kind of relationship for themselves and their son in the wake of their fractured marriage.
Gero and Gall will write and executive produce, with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter also executive producing via Berlanti Productions. Warner Bros. Television will produce along with Berlanti Productions and Gero’s Quinn’s House banner. Both Gero and Berlanti are under overall deals at Wbtv.
This is the second commitment Gero has gotten at a broadcast network in the past few months. Back in August, he and Alex Berger set up a legal drama at...
- 9/24/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Archie Panjabi is planning ahead: The Good Wife alum has signed on to headline a NBC legal drama pilot in one of the first deals of the 2019-2020 TV season.
According to our sister site Variety, Panjabi will star as a successful Los Angeles attorney who moves back to her home state of Wisconsin to practice law. There, “she’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.” The project has earned a put-pilot commitment from NBC, meaning the network will incur a major financial penalty if the show doesn’t eventually land a series order.
According to our sister site Variety, Panjabi will star as a successful Los Angeles attorney who moves back to her home state of Wisconsin to practice law. There, “she’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.” The project has earned a put-pilot commitment from NBC, meaning the network will incur a major financial penalty if the show doesn’t eventually land a series order.
- 8/8/2018
- TVLine.com
NBC has given a put pilot commitment to the legal drama “Adversaries,” starring “The Good Wife” alum Archie Panjabi, TheWrap has learned.
The project, from “Blindspot” duo Alex Berger and Martin Gero centers on a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland, her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Berger will write and executive produce the drama from Gero’s Quinn’s House banner in association with Warner Bros. Television. Gero is an executive producer, and Panjabi will produce.
Also Read: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' on NBC Will Have 'No Substantive Changes,' Showrunner Dan Goor Says
The project reunites Panjabi with the “Blindspot” duo after her recurring role as an Nsa agent on the second season of the NBC drama.
Read original story Archie...
The project, from “Blindspot” duo Alex Berger and Martin Gero centers on a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland, her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Berger will write and executive produce the drama from Gero’s Quinn’s House banner in association with Warner Bros. Television. Gero is an executive producer, and Panjabi will produce.
Also Read: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' on NBC Will Have 'No Substantive Changes,' Showrunner Dan Goor Says
The project reunites Panjabi with the “Blindspot” duo after her recurring role as an Nsa agent on the second season of the NBC drama.
Read original story Archie...
- 8/8/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
In one of the first deals for the 2019-2020 season, NBC has given a put pilot order to a legal drama with Archie Panjabi attached to star, Variety has learned.
Panjabi would star as a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland: her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
The one-hour project hails from Alex Berger, who will serve as writer and executive producer, with Martin Gero also executive producing. Panjabi will also be a producer on the series. Gero’s Quinn’s House banner will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television, where both Gero and Berger are under overall deals.
Panjabi is best known to American audiences for playing Kalinda Sharma on the critically-acclaimed CBS series “The Good Wife,” for which she won...
Panjabi would star as a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland: her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
The one-hour project hails from Alex Berger, who will serve as writer and executive producer, with Martin Gero also executive producing. Panjabi will also be a producer on the series. Gero’s Quinn’s House banner will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television, where both Gero and Berger are under overall deals.
Panjabi is best known to American audiences for playing Kalinda Sharma on the critically-acclaimed CBS series “The Good Wife,” for which she won...
- 8/8/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Good Wife alumna Archie Panjabi is returning to the legal drama genre as the star and producer of Adversaries, from Blindspot creator/executive producer Martin Gero and executive producer Alex Berger. In a competitive situation, the project, from Warner Bros. TV and Gero’s Quinn’s House, has landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment.
Written by Berger, Adversaries is described as a humorous, aspirational legal drama that argues the path to healing a polarized nation is through listening and empathy. It stars Panjabi as a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland, her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Berger and Gero, both under overall deals at Wbtv, executive produce. Panjabi is a producer.
Adversaries also marks Panjabi’s return to NBC.
Written by Berger, Adversaries is described as a humorous, aspirational legal drama that argues the path to healing a polarized nation is through listening and empathy. It stars Panjabi as a successful La attorney who leaves her comfortable, coastal bubble to practice law in America’s heartland, her home state of Wisconsin. She’s forced to confront preconceived stereotypes and realize there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Berger and Gero, both under overall deals at Wbtv, executive produce. Panjabi is a producer.
Adversaries also marks Panjabi’s return to NBC.
- 8/8/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Blindspot” duo Greg Berlanti and Martin Gero have re-teamed with NBC for the political drama “Republic,” TheWrap has learned. The script, which has scored a pilot commitment at the network, is written by “Blindspot” alum Alex Berger. The series is described as a “hopeful political drama” that follows the newly minted female Chief of Staff to a moderate Republican President. With their administration in dire crisis, they find themselves under fire from extremists on both sides, defending their well-intentioned actions both politically and legally. Also Read: Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble's 'You' Ordered to Series on Lifetime Berger will...
- 8/14/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Blindspot co-executive producer Alex Berger has closed an overall deal at Warner Bros. TV, the studio behind the drama series that’s in its second season on NBC. Berger has been on Blindspot since the start, joining after the pilot. He previously worked as a producer on the final season of Wbtv’s CBS crime drama The Mentalist. Before that, Berger worked on the TNT dramedy Franklin & Bash starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer, and USA’s Covert Affairs starring…...
- 4/5/2017
- Deadline TV
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Question: I know Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has said she hasn’t watched Season 7 and therefore didn’t see how hurt Richard and Emily were after the Paris elopement. But (Spoiler Alert!) after all the therapy and healing in the revival, how could Lorelai get married without her mom present again? —Katie
Ausiello: Get with the proverbial program, Katie. This issue was put to bed last week in my wide-ranging post mortem with As-p. Towards the end of the Q&A,...
Question: I know Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has said she hasn’t watched Season 7 and therefore didn’t see how hurt Richard and Emily were after the Paris elopement. But (Spoiler Alert!) after all the therapy and healing in the revival, how could Lorelai get married without her mom present again? —Katie
Ausiello: Get with the proverbial program, Katie. This issue was put to bed last week in my wide-ranging post mortem with As-p. Towards the end of the Q&A,...
- 12/7/2016
- TVLine.com
Last night, CBS served up the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 10 of season 7, and it gives us new looks at some pretty dramatic stuff as it's revealed that one of the FBI peeps will lose their life. Patrick is also seen demanding answers, and more! The episode is titled, "Nothing Gold Can Stay." In the new, 10th episode official storyline: Jane is going to take extreme measures as the FBI hunts a deadly gang of armored car robbers. Storyline number 2: Jane will take extreme measures as the team tries to apprehend a deadly gang of armored car robbers before their desperation to remain free, costs more innocent people their lives. The episode was written by Alex Berger, and it was directed by Paul Kaufman. Episode 10 is scheduled to air on Wednesday night, February 4th at 7pm central time on CBS.
- 1/29/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 10 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and it turns out that we're going to see some major, intense stuff take place after deadly armored car robbers prompt Patrick to go to extreme measures, and more! In the new, 10th episode press release: Jane will take extreme measures as the FBI hunts a deadly gang of armored car robbers. Press release number 2: Jane is going to take extreme measures as the team tries to apprehend a deadly gang of armored car robbers before their desperation to remain free, costs more innocent people their lives. Guest stars feature: William Gregory Lee (Steve Sellers), A.J. Buckley (Ace Brunell), Alex Weed (Tommy Brunell), Lewis T. Powell (Larry), Troy Blendell (Gil Clark), Ben Begley (Ken Fletcher), Victoria Garcia (Tawnia Meeks), Allison Bills (Jenny Moss), Alex Fernandez (Det.
- 1/28/2015
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS served up this new preview/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 6 of season 7, and it gives us a new look at Kimball telling a murderer that the best deal he can give him, is not to give him a death penalty, and more. The episode is labeled, "Green Light." In the new episode 6 official storyline: The FBI is going to get asked to consult on a botched DEA raid, but Abbott's former colleage could derail the investigation and Abbott's career. Storyline number 2: The FBI will get brought in to consult on a botched DEA raid, but when Abbott’s former boss tries to blackmail Abbott into keeping the agency’s missteps quiet, he is going to be forced to choose between his career and morals. The episode was written by Alex Berger, and it was directed by Geary McLeod. Episode 6 is scheduled to air on Wednesday night,...
- 1/4/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released these new,official spoiler photos for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 6 of season 7, and they feature new looks at Patrick and Teresa in some major lip locking action. We also get a glimpse of them walking around in some other scenes. The episode is labeled, "Green Light." The official description for episode 6, reads like this: The FBI will end up ,getting asked to consult on a botched DEA raid, but Abbott's former colleage could derail the investigation and Abbott's career. Description number 2: The FBI is going to get brought in to consult on a botched DEA raid, but when Abbott’s former boss tries to blackmail Abbott into keeping the agency’s missteps quiet, he will be forced to choose between his career and morals. The episode was written by Alex Berger, and it was directed by Geary McLeod. Episode 6 is scheduled to air on Wednesday night,...
- 12/29/2014
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 6 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Green Light," and it turns out that we're going to see very interesting things go down when Dennis Abbott's previous boss tries to blackmail him into covering up some mistakes the agency made, and more. In the new, 6th episode press release: The FBI is going to get asked to consult on a botched DEA raid, but Abbott's former colleage could derail the investigation and Abbott's career. Press release number 2: The FBI will get brought in to consult on a botched DEA raid, but when Abbott’s former boss tries to blackmail Abbott into keeping the agency’s missteps quiet, he is going to be forced to choose between his career and morals. Guest stars feature: Ross Partridge (Steven Korbell), Jeremy Ray Valdez (Pedro Orosco), Chastity Dotson (Anita Hammonds...
- 12/28/2014
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Heading into Mipcom, French television executive Pascal Breton has partnered with a group of film and television producers and showrunners to launch Federation Entertainment.
Based in Paris with development and marketing offices in Los Angeles, Federation Entertainment will be led by head of worldwide distribution Jean-Michel Ciszewski.
One of its debut commissions is Netflix’s previously-announced first French original series Marseille, a political drama due to hit screens at the end of 2015.
The creation of Federation Entertainment is a sign that traditional TV production practices are changing in France.
“Federation Entertainment is a new kind of company to meet the demands of a new era in entertainment,” said Breton.
“Federation Entertainment is an industry game-changer, offering producers and showrunners unique partnership opportunities and offering programmers worldwide an unprecedented wealth of major creative talent.”
Breton was the head of Marathon Entertainment, the French production company group behind series such as Dolmen and Saint-Tropez.
His new executive...
Based in Paris with development and marketing offices in Los Angeles, Federation Entertainment will be led by head of worldwide distribution Jean-Michel Ciszewski.
One of its debut commissions is Netflix’s previously-announced first French original series Marseille, a political drama due to hit screens at the end of 2015.
The creation of Federation Entertainment is a sign that traditional TV production practices are changing in France.
“Federation Entertainment is a new kind of company to meet the demands of a new era in entertainment,” said Breton.
“Federation Entertainment is an industry game-changer, offering producers and showrunners unique partnership opportunities and offering programmers worldwide an unprecedented wealth of major creative talent.”
Breton was the head of Marathon Entertainment, the French production company group behind series such as Dolmen and Saint-Tropez.
His new executive...
- 9/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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