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Sydney Gallonde, the French producer of Make It Happen Studio, is set to re-team with MGM TV Intl. Productions on a biopic of Eugene Bullard, one of the first Black American military pilots who was also a boxer and a jazz musician.
Gallonde has acquired the book rights to Claude Ribbe’s biography of Bullard, which shed light on the man’s heroic life and drew headlines on French media across the country when it was published in 2012.
Like many Black American entertainers such as Josephine Baker, Bullard left America for Europe and France in 1914 to escape racial segregation, lynchings and prejudice. The young and adventurous man, who was born in Georgia, eventually settled in Paris looking for a better life and worked at a music hall. When WWI erupted, Bullard enlisted in France’s Foreign Legion along with other foreign volunteers, becoming one of the few Black combat pilots during the war.
Gallonde has acquired the book rights to Claude Ribbe’s biography of Bullard, which shed light on the man’s heroic life and drew headlines on French media across the country when it was published in 2012.
Like many Black American entertainers such as Josephine Baker, Bullard left America for Europe and France in 1914 to escape racial segregation, lynchings and prejudice. The young and adventurous man, who was born in Georgia, eventually settled in Paris looking for a better life and worked at a music hall. When WWI erupted, Bullard enlisted in France’s Foreign Legion along with other foreign volunteers, becoming one of the few Black combat pilots during the war.
- 10/17/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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August theatrical releases were a bit sparse, but “Partner Track,” “Lost Ollie” and seven other book-based projects found their way onto streamers last month, including HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon.” September has more theatrical releases, but fewer book adaptations to look forward to. Those that are coming out this month have rich history though, especially “The Rings of Power” series that Amazon has based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and appendices.
There’s also “The Silent Twins” starring Letitia Wright and Jodhi May as well as Andrew Dominik’s feature film “Blonde” adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ book about the career of Marilyn Monroe.
Here are six book to screen adaptations coming out in September:
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There’s also “The Silent Twins” starring Letitia Wright and Jodhi May as well as Andrew Dominik’s feature film “Blonde” adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ book about the career of Marilyn Monroe.
Here are six book to screen adaptations coming out in September:
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series faces another imagining,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
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There has always been a spot for techno-thrillers and apocalyptic tales on television, but every generation faces a different set of fears that drives these stories. From nuclear fallout to viral pandemics, every decade we get new series and films that prey on what frightens us. In this modern age of global reliance on energy, a story about what would happen if we suddenly lost what keeps our world moving is scarier than anything. Last Light preys on those fears.
Last Light, based on the novel by Alex Scarrow, follows the Yeats family. Andy Yeats is a chemist who is called in when something malicious renders the oil that powers vehicles and infrastructure suddenly stops working. Separated by thousands of miles from his wife and children, Andy must find a way home to them while also discovering how to stop the collapse of society as we know it. Built around...
Last Light, based on the novel by Alex Scarrow, follows the Yeats family. Andy Yeats is a chemist who is called in when something malicious renders the oil that powers vehicles and infrastructure suddenly stops working. Separated by thousands of miles from his wife and children, Andy must find a way home to them while also discovering how to stop the collapse of society as we know it. Built around...
- 9/9/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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Plot: Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed. While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment. His teenage daughter, Laura, is alone at home in London while his wife, Elena, and young son, Sam, are in Paris. Amid this chaos, each family member will sacrifice everything to find one another, despite the distance and the dangers that separate them. Based on Alex Scarrow’s best-selling novel of the same name.
Review: Disaster and apocalypse tales have become commonplace on the small screen in recent years. But, what was once the realm of zombies,...
Review: Disaster and apocalypse tales have become commonplace on the small screen in recent years. But, what was once the realm of zombies,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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The increasing sense of precarity around the world’s infrastructure would seem to help Peacock’s “Last Light” resonate: The limited series depicts a disruption in the world’s supply of petroleum, setting off a major energy crisis and fears of global cataclysm. And yet the series never finds its gear, existing as a ripped-from-future-headlines thriller that’s neither particularly credible nor especially thrilling.
Here, Matthew Fox plays the chemist Andy Yeats, who finds himself drawn into the crisis; as the world lurches into a moment of uncertainty, he’s separated from his family, trying both to find his way to them and to do what he can to bring the world back to order. The family struggles seem calculated to wring emotion from viewers, with Andy’s son (Taylor Fay) gradually losing his sight in a way that tests the tender stoicism of mom Elena (Joanne Froggatt). There’s,...
Here, Matthew Fox plays the chemist Andy Yeats, who finds himself drawn into the crisis; as the world lurches into a moment of uncertainty, he’s separated from his family, trying both to find his way to them and to do what he can to bring the world back to order. The family struggles seem calculated to wring emotion from viewers, with Andy’s son (Taylor Fay) gradually losing his sight in a way that tests the tender stoicism of mom Elena (Joanne Froggatt). There’s,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
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Peacock’s Last Light is a consistently inert environmental thriller that fails to deliver even the most minor thrills. But in reaching its bizarrely anticlimactic conclusion in only five episodes, none more than 44 minutes, it’s far too brisk to be mad at.
Peacock is hoping that Last Light might get some attention for Matthew Fox’s return to TV, but with less watchable goofiness than The Lost Symbol, the streamer’s short-lived Dan Brown adaptation — another cheap-looking international thriller with allegedly literary trappings — I’m pretty confident this will be another no-impact fizzle.
Last Light begins with Fox’s Andy Yeats — a weirdass reference to “The Second Coming”? — standing on a sand dune. He’s disoriented, or “lost,” if you will. After a burst of high-drama snippets from later in the series, we go back to two days earlier; it’s an...
Peacock’s Last Light is a consistently inert environmental thriller that fails to deliver even the most minor thrills. But in reaching its bizarrely anticlimactic conclusion in only five episodes, none more than 44 minutes, it’s far too brisk to be mad at.
Peacock is hoping that Last Light might get some attention for Matthew Fox’s return to TV, but with less watchable goofiness than The Lost Symbol, the streamer’s short-lived Dan Brown adaptation — another cheap-looking international thriller with allegedly literary trappings — I’m pretty confident this will be another no-impact fizzle.
Last Light begins with Fox’s Andy Yeats — a weirdass reference to “The Second Coming”? — standing on a sand dune. He’s disoriented, or “lost,” if you will. After a burst of high-drama snippets from later in the series, we go back to two days earlier; it’s an...
- 9/7/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Matthew Fox kept a mental checklist of things he’d like to accomplish in his career, and once every gig had been crossed out, he made a decision to “walk away from the storytelling business.”
Fox had starred in a pair of hit television shows in Party of Five and Lost, toplined a string of feature films, acted in a Western and jetted across the Atlantic to hit the stage for a play in London’s West End. Bucket list achieved. So, in 2015, the actor retired, taking what seemed like a final bow with back-to-back films Bone Tomahawk and Extinction before settling down in Oregon with his wife and two children.
Not so fast. Another small-screen challenge soon revealed itself. “One of the things that I had never done was executive produce and that was kind of, you know, haunting me a little bit like,...
Matthew Fox kept a mental checklist of things he’d like to accomplish in his career, and once every gig had been crossed out, he made a decision to “walk away from the storytelling business.”
Fox had starred in a pair of hit television shows in Party of Five and Lost, toplined a string of feature films, acted in a Western and jetted across the Atlantic to hit the stage for a play in London’s West End. Bucket list achieved. So, in 2015, the actor retired, taking what seemed like a final bow with back-to-back films Bone Tomahawk and Extinction before settling down in Oregon with his wife and two children.
Not so fast. Another small-screen challenge soon revealed itself. “One of the things that I had never done was executive produce and that was kind of, you know, haunting me a little bit like,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Lost anchor Matthew Fox bursts back onto TV after a 12-year absence in this action thriller based on Alex Scarrow’s bestseller. Read on for three reasons to turn on Last Light. We repeat: Matthew Fox. He plays petrochemist Andy Yeats. After the global oil supply is contaminated, “He finds out what he’s made of,” says exec producer-director Dennie Gordon. (Credit: Courtesy of MGM Television/NBCU/Peacock) A family risks all to reunite. As riots, blackouts and plane crashes result, Andy, in the Middle East, tries to reach loved ones caught in the bedlam. Wife Elena (Joanne Froggatt) and blind son Sam (Taylor Fay) are in Paris; teen daughter Laura (Alyth Ross), a climate activist, is in London. The five episodes feel like a blockbuster film. Gordon reports Froggatt saying, “‘I didn’t think I’d be jumping road barricades [to escape] exploding cars — in pointy boots!’” Last Light, Series Premiere,...
- 9/4/2022
- TV Insider
The new 'apocalyptic thriller' TV series "Last Light", directed by Dennie Gordon ("Jack Ryan"), based on Alex Scarrow’s novel of the same, stars Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Alyth Ross, Taylor Fay, Amber Rose Revah, Victor Alli, Tom Wlaschiha and Hakeem Jomah, streaming September 8, 2022 on Peacock:
"...petro-chemist 'Andy Yeats' (Fox) knows how dependent the world is on oil. If something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed.
" While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment. His teenage daughter, 'Laura' (Ross), is alone at home in London while his wife, 'Elena' (Froggatt), and young son, 'Sam' (Fay), are in Paris. Amid this chaos, each family member will...
"...petro-chemist 'Andy Yeats' (Fox) knows how dependent the world is on oil. If something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed.
" While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment. His teenage daughter, 'Laura' (Ross), is alone at home in London while his wife, 'Elena' (Froggatt), and young son, 'Sam' (Fay), are in Paris. Amid this chaos, each family member will...
- 8/24/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry have signed on to co-host the Roku Original series “The Great American Baking Show.” Kemper and Cherry will take audiences into the iconic tent to watch contestants vying to become the America’s top baker.
A U.S. adaptation of the popular British competition series “The Great British Baking Show,” the new show will feature six 60-minute episodes and will premiere in 2023. In addition to Kemper and Cherry, judges featured in the original British iteration, celebrity chef Paul Hollywood and famed restauranteur Prue Leith, will serve as judges on “The Great American Baking Show.”
Love Productions USA is handling production, which is underway in the United Kingdom. Executive producers for the series are Richard McKerrow, Al Edgington, Joe Labracio, Jeremy Finn and John Hesling.
Dates
• Mattel’s “Pictionary,” hosted by Jerry O’Connell, is set to premiere nationally on September 12. O’Connell hosts the family favorite game...
A U.S. adaptation of the popular British competition series “The Great British Baking Show,” the new show will feature six 60-minute episodes and will premiere in 2023. In addition to Kemper and Cherry, judges featured in the original British iteration, celebrity chef Paul Hollywood and famed restauranteur Prue Leith, will serve as judges on “The Great American Baking Show.”
Love Productions USA is handling production, which is underway in the United Kingdom. Executive producers for the series are Richard McKerrow, Al Edgington, Joe Labracio, Jeremy Finn and John Hesling.
Dates
• Mattel’s “Pictionary,” hosted by Jerry O’Connell, is set to premiere nationally on September 12. O’Connell hosts the family favorite game...
- 8/17/2022
- by EJ Panaligan and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
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Last Light is coming to Peacock, and the new show brings Matthew Fox (Lost) back to the small screen. Based on the novel by Alex Scarrow, the thriller series tells the story of what happens when the world loses its oil supply. The series also stars Joanne Froggatt Alyth Ross, Taylor Fay, Amber Rose Revah, Victor Alli, Tom Wlaschiha, and Hakeem Jomah. All five episodes of the limited drama will drop on September 8th.
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- 8/17/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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"The worst case is unfolding." Peacock has revealed a trailer for a mini-series titled Last Light, which will be streaming on their service next month. This is being described as an apocalyptic disaster series, though it really seems like a freak out "we're afraid of change" maintain-the-status-quo concept more than anything. Here's the fear-mongering pitch: "Your family. Your world. What if it all disappeared tomorrow? If society were collapsing, how far would you go to save the ones you love?" So what's causing this disaster? The end of oil. Yes, the thing that we actually need to stop using for the sake of our planet's health and our survival as a species, is the resource in the "society will collapse without it" series. This is based on the novel of the same name by Alex Scarrow. Last Light follows a petro-chemist who discovers the world's oil supplies have been cut off.
- 8/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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Matthew Fox is coming out of a 7-year-long hibernation for the Peacock Original mini-series Last Light. This high-profile television event finds Joanne Froggatt joining the Lost alum for an intense thriller based on Alex Scarrow‘s best-selling novel of the same name. If deception, close calls, political intrigue, and death-defying escapes are your kink, prepare for the Last Light trailer, which depicts a journey about overcoming darkness with hope as your only light.
“Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed,” reads the show’s official description. “While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
“Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed,” reads the show’s official description. “While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
- 8/16/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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Matthew Fox will return to TV screens early next month.
Peacock on Tuesday unveiled the trailer for the five-part thriller, Last Light.
"Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed," reads the logline.
"While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment."
"His teenage daughter, Laura, is alone at home in London while his wife, Elena, and young son, Sam, are in Paris."
"Amid this chaos, each family member will sacrifice everything to find one another, despite the distance and the dangers that separate them."
The series is based on Alex Scarrow’s best-selling novel of the same name.
Peacock on Tuesday unveiled the trailer for the five-part thriller, Last Light.
"Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed," reads the logline.
"While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment."
"His teenage daughter, Laura, is alone at home in London while his wife, Elena, and young son, Sam, are in Paris."
"Amid this chaos, each family member will sacrifice everything to find one another, despite the distance and the dangers that separate them."
The series is based on Alex Scarrow’s best-selling novel of the same name.
- 8/16/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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Fresh out of retirement, former Lost star Matthew Fox is back on TV to prevent an ecological disaster… or at least help mitigate one for which he’s partially responsible.
The man formerly known as Jack Shepherd is starring in Last Light, Peacock’s forthcoming adaptation of Alex Scarrow’s apocalyptic novel of the same name. All five episodes of the limited series drop Thursday, Sept. 8.
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The man formerly known as Jack Shepherd is starring in Last Light, Peacock’s forthcoming adaptation of Alex Scarrow’s apocalyptic novel of the same name. All five episodes of the limited series drop Thursday, Sept. 8.
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- 8/16/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
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Peacock is ramping up its slate of originals in the second half of 2022.
The streaming service on Wednesday revealed premiere dates for some of its most highly anticipated shows.
Vampire Academy, the supernatural drama based on the novel series of the same name, premieres on September 15.
From executive producers Julie Plec & Marguerite MacIntyre comes a story of friendship, romance, and danger.
"In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society," the logline reads.
"One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart."
"That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first."
Last Light, starring Matthew Fox, premieres on week earlier on September 8.
"Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if...
The streaming service on Wednesday revealed premiere dates for some of its most highly anticipated shows.
Vampire Academy, the supernatural drama based on the novel series of the same name, premieres on September 15.
From executive producers Julie Plec & Marguerite MacIntyre comes a story of friendship, romance, and danger.
"In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society," the logline reads.
"One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart."
"That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first."
Last Light, starring Matthew Fox, premieres on week earlier on September 8.
"Petro-chemist Andy Yeats knows how dependent the world is on oil; if...
- 6/29/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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Peacock announced on Wednesday the premiere dates for its scripted originals for the rest of the year, including Matthew Fox’s “Last Light,” “Vampire Academy,” the “Pitch Perfect” spinoff series “Bumper in Berlin” and the TV adaptation of “The Best Man.”
Original series set to premiere in July (and have been previously announced) include six-part drama thriller “Trigger Point” from Jed Mercurio’s Htm Television on July 8, starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester; “Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem,” a spin-off of the legendary NBC soap that stars cast members Kristian Alfonso, Peter Reckell and Eileen Davidson on July 11; and comedic thriller series “The Resort” with William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti, from writer and executive producer Andy Siara premieres on July 28.
In August, Peacock will premiere “The Undeclared War,” a series from BAFTA winner Peter Kominsky that tracks a team of analysts at Gchq as they combat cyber warfare and premieres on Aug.
Original series set to premiere in July (and have been previously announced) include six-part drama thriller “Trigger Point” from Jed Mercurio’s Htm Television on July 8, starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester; “Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem,” a spin-off of the legendary NBC soap that stars cast members Kristian Alfonso, Peter Reckell and Eileen Davidson on July 11; and comedic thriller series “The Resort” with William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti, from writer and executive producer Andy Siara premieres on July 28.
In August, Peacock will premiere “The Undeclared War,” a series from BAFTA winner Peter Kominsky that tracks a team of analysts at Gchq as they combat cyber warfare and premieres on Aug.
- 6/29/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
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MGM’s five-part limited series “Last Light” will make its world premiere at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, kicking off the festival’s 61st edition as the opening screening.
Adapted from Alex Scarrow’s popular novel, this high-throttle drama set during an international oil crisis boasts a cast toplined by Matthew Fox (“Lost”), Joanne Froggat (“Downton Abbey”), and Tom Wlaschiha (“Game of Thrones”), who are all expected to attend.
“We want to start a conversation,” said Rola Bauer, president of MGM International TV Productions. “[The series] brings to light our dependence on oil, reminds us that we must shift away with the utmost urgency…. And it turns around the quote, ‘we don’t inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.’”
Running from June 17 – 21, this year’s edition will play host to the world premieres of Bambú Producciones’ Jean Reno-led “A Private Affair,” Ziegler Film’s “Martha Liebermann,” and...
Adapted from Alex Scarrow’s popular novel, this high-throttle drama set during an international oil crisis boasts a cast toplined by Matthew Fox (“Lost”), Joanne Froggat (“Downton Abbey”), and Tom Wlaschiha (“Game of Thrones”), who are all expected to attend.
“We want to start a conversation,” said Rola Bauer, president of MGM International TV Productions. “[The series] brings to light our dependence on oil, reminds us that we must shift away with the utmost urgency…. And it turns around the quote, ‘we don’t inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.’”
Running from June 17 – 21, this year’s edition will play host to the world premieres of Bambú Producciones’ Jean Reno-led “A Private Affair,” Ziegler Film’s “Martha Liebermann,” and...
- 5/2/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
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The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has outlined its plans for the 61st edition which takes place in the principality from June 17-21 this year. Vying for the Golden Nymph awards which honor the best in international television production are 21 programs from 12 countries across three categories. They include Paramount+’s The Offer, Amy Poehler’s doc Lucy And Desi and Jamie Dornan-starrer The Tourist.
The opening evening of the festival will see the world premiere of the first two episodes of five-part thriller Last Light, produced by MGM International TV Productions, in association with Peacock, Viaplay, Mbc Group, Stan and internationally distributed by MGM.
Based on the novel by Alex Scarrow, Last Light is directed by Dennie Gordon and stars Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt and Tom Wlaschiha. Talent is expected to attend.
Also on opening night, the first-ever International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent prize will be awarded, to French...
The opening evening of the festival will see the world premiere of the first two episodes of five-part thriller Last Light, produced by MGM International TV Productions, in association with Peacock, Viaplay, Mbc Group, Stan and internationally distributed by MGM.
Based on the novel by Alex Scarrow, Last Light is directed by Dennie Gordon and stars Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt and Tom Wlaschiha. Talent is expected to attend.
Also on opening night, the first-ever International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent prize will be awarded, to French...
- 5/2/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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Australian streaming service Stan has struck a television development alliance with Hollywood mini-studio Lionsgate. The deal is in addition to the content supply agreement that the pair hatched last year.
Stan and Lionsgate announced the megachurch family drama series “Prosper,” drama series “The Geography of Friendship” and outback comedy crime series “Population: 11” as the first three titles to flow from their development deal.
Separately, Stan announced an expansion of its originals-production activity with other partners and suppliers in Australia. The company says that the new slates put it “on track to deliver 30% of its premium first-run slate from original productions.”
The local slate includes: drama series “Black Snow,” a cold case mystery series set in Far North Queensland; “Last Light,” starring Matthew Fox and Joanne Froggatt; and “The Jump,” a series about the power of friendship and the ways our sadness can unite us.
Also announced is the absurdist comedy feature film “Nude Tuesday,...
Stan and Lionsgate announced the megachurch family drama series “Prosper,” drama series “The Geography of Friendship” and outback comedy crime series “Population: 11” as the first three titles to flow from their development deal.
Separately, Stan announced an expansion of its originals-production activity with other partners and suppliers in Australia. The company says that the new slates put it “on track to deliver 30% of its premium first-run slate from original productions.”
The local slate includes: drama series “Black Snow,” a cold case mystery series set in Far North Queensland; “Last Light,” starring Matthew Fox and Joanne Froggatt; and “The Jump,” a series about the power of friendship and the ways our sadness can unite us.
Also announced is the absurdist comedy feature film “Nude Tuesday,...
- 3/23/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Lost alum Matthew Fox’s return to TV, Julie Plec’s take on Vampire Academy and Emmy Rossum as Angelyne are among the many first looks served in Peacock’s 2022 sizzle reel.
Released early Friday morning during the streamer’s presentation of the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony, the sizzle reel offers fleeting peeks at the dramedic Bel-Air (premiering Sunday. Feb. 13), the Tiger King-y Joe vs. Carole (Thursday, March 3), Bust Down (Thursday, March 10, starring Jak Knight, Langston Kerman, Sam Jay and Chris Redd), Craig Robinson’s Killing It (out in April, from Brooklyn Nine-Nine creators Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici) and other scheduled launches.
Released early Friday morning during the streamer’s presentation of the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony, the sizzle reel offers fleeting peeks at the dramedic Bel-Air (premiering Sunday. Feb. 13), the Tiger King-y Joe vs. Carole (Thursday, March 3), Bust Down (Thursday, March 10, starring Jak Knight, Langston Kerman, Sam Jay and Chris Redd), Craig Robinson’s Killing It (out in April, from Brooklyn Nine-Nine creators Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici) and other scheduled launches.
- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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MGM International Television Productions and Scandinavia’s local streaming leader Nent Group have signed a multi-year deal to develop and co-produce six English-language original international series for the Nordic company’s SVOD service Viaplay.
The partnership’s first two projects will be “Billy the Kid” and “Last Light,” both of which were previously announced. Under the deal, all six series will be Viaplay Originals and will launch exclusively on the service throughout the Nordics, Baltics, Netherlands and Poland, with MGM handling distribution in the rest of the world.
“Billy the Kid” is an epic romantic drama series from Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) starring British actor Tom Blyth (“Benediction”) as the famous American outlaw. The series is a co-production with Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Nent Group. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is directing the first two episodes of the eight-episode first season.
“Last Light,” which MGM is...
The partnership’s first two projects will be “Billy the Kid” and “Last Light,” both of which were previously announced. Under the deal, all six series will be Viaplay Originals and will launch exclusively on the service throughout the Nordics, Baltics, Netherlands and Poland, with MGM handling distribution in the rest of the world.
“Billy the Kid” is an epic romantic drama series from Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) starring British actor Tom Blyth (“Benediction”) as the famous American outlaw. The series is a co-production with Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Nent Group. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is directing the first two episodes of the eight-episode first season.
“Last Light,” which MGM is...
- 11/10/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Peacock has locked in the full cast for Last Light, a series adaptation based on Alex Scarrow’s bestselling apocalyptic thriller novel. Game of Thrones alum Tom Wlaschiha, Amber Rose Revah (The Punisher), Victor Alli, Alyth Ross, Taylor Fay and Hakeem Jomah are set as leads opposite Matthew Fox and Joanna Froggatt in the limited series from MGM International TV Productions in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay. Production is currently underway in Prague, with Film United overseeing physical production.
The five-episode limited drama series is based on Scarrow’s Last Light, which tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos.
Ross will play Laura Yeats. Laura is a passionate and informed university student committed to confronting the mounting crisis of climate change and finding a solution to helping the planet.
The five-episode limited drama series is based on Scarrow’s Last Light, which tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos.
Ross will play Laura Yeats. Laura is a passionate and informed university student committed to confronting the mounting crisis of climate change and finding a solution to helping the planet.
- 10/21/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Lost alum Matthew Fox is set to star alongside Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) in Peacock’s Last Light, a series adaptation based on Alex Scarrow’s bestselling apocalyptic thriller novel. Fox also will executive produce the series from MGM International TV Productions in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay. Production is set to begin soon in Prague with Film United overseeing physical production.
The five-episode limited drama series is based on Scarrow’s Last Light, which tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos.
Fox will play Andy Neilson, an ex-pat living in London who is one of the world’s leading petro-chemical engineers. He’s brilliant and very in-demand, but his drive and ambition sometimes have been to the detriment of his family life. The story’s unfolding crisis will force Andy to reassess his priorities — both familial and professional.
The five-episode limited drama series is based on Scarrow’s Last Light, which tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos.
Fox will play Andy Neilson, an ex-pat living in London who is one of the world’s leading petro-chemical engineers. He’s brilliant and very in-demand, but his drive and ambition sometimes have been to the detriment of his family life. The story’s unfolding crisis will force Andy to reassess his priorities — both familial and professional.
- 9/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Lost‘s Matthew Fox is making his TV return with Peacock’s newly-announced series Last Light. The limited drama thriller series from MGM International TV Productions in association with Nordin Entertainment Group’s Viaplay will also feature Downton Abbey‘s Joanne Froggatt. Based on Alex Scarrow’s international best-selling book of the same name, Last Light tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that’s been thrown into chaos. Joanne Froggatt in Liar (Credit: Joss Barratt / ©Sundance Channel/ITV/Two Brothers Pictures / Courtesy: Everett Collection) Fox plays petro-chemist Andy Nielsen who knows how dependent the world is on oil. Fearing the fallout that would occur should the supply be disrupted, Andy’s worst imaginings are realized during a business trip to the Middle East. Meanwhile, his daughter is at home in London, and his wife Elena (Froggatt) and young son are in Paris, leaving the family separated.
- 9/17/2021
- TV Insider
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“Lost” star Matthew Fox is making his TV return with the newly announced Peacock limited series “Last Light.”
Based on Alex Scarrow’s 2007 novel of the same name, “Last Light” tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos. Fox, who has not had a TV role since the conclusion of ABC’s “Lost” in 2010, will star alongside “Downton Abbey” vet Joanne Foggatt.
Here is Peacock’s description of the series:
Petro-chemist Andy Nielsen (Fox) knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed. While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
Based on Alex Scarrow’s 2007 novel of the same name, “Last Light” tells the story of a family fighting to survive in a world that has been suddenly thrown into chaos. Fox, who has not had a TV role since the conclusion of ABC’s “Lost” in 2010, will star alongside “Downton Abbey” vet Joanne Foggatt.
Here is Peacock’s description of the series:
Petro-chemist Andy Nielsen (Fox) knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world’s oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed. While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realizes that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
- 9/17/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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We have to go baaaaaack… to work on TV.
Lost alum Matthew Fox is set to star in and executive-produce a five-episode adaptation of Alex Scarrow’s apocalyptic thriller Last Light, for Peacock.
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The project marks Fox’s first TV gig since his run as Lost‘s Jack ended more than 11 years ago. Downton Abbey‘s Joanne Froggatt will co-star.
Last Light tells the story...
Lost alum Matthew Fox is set to star in and executive-produce a five-episode adaptation of Alex Scarrow’s apocalyptic thriller Last Light, for Peacock.
More from TVLineThe Lost Series Finale, 10 Years Later: The Highs, the Lows, the ConfusionTV's Greatest Season Ever: Was It 2004-05, With Lost, Grey's, 24 and House?The Amber Ruffin Show Renewed for Season 2 at Peacock
The project marks Fox’s first TV gig since his run as Lost‘s Jack ended more than 11 years ago. Downton Abbey‘s Joanne Froggatt will co-star.
Last Light tells the story...
- 9/17/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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After an 11-year hiatus, Matthew Fox is returning to TV.
The “Lost” and “Party of Five” star will join Joanne Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) in “Last Light,” an action-packed thriller mini-series adapted from Alex Scarrow’s bestselling novel. The show will be directed by Dennie Gordon (“Jack Ryan”).
The five-part series, which Fox will also executive produce, marks the actor’s first TV foray since ABC’s desert-island thriller “Lost.” Fox played Jack Shepard on the hit series across its six seasons until wrapping in 2010. He has since starred in a handful of feature films, including Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” and “Bone Tomahawk” alongside Kurt Russell.
MGM International TV Production, which is headed by former Studiocanal executive Rola Bauer, is producing “Last Light” in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s streaming service Viaplay, NBC streamer Peacock and Entertainment 360 which is exec producing along with Fox. It’s believed...
The “Lost” and “Party of Five” star will join Joanne Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) in “Last Light,” an action-packed thriller mini-series adapted from Alex Scarrow’s bestselling novel. The show will be directed by Dennie Gordon (“Jack Ryan”).
The five-part series, which Fox will also executive produce, marks the actor’s first TV foray since ABC’s desert-island thriller “Lost.” Fox played Jack Shepard on the hit series across its six seasons until wrapping in 2010. He has since starred in a handful of feature films, including Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” and “Bone Tomahawk” alongside Kurt Russell.
MGM International TV Production, which is headed by former Studiocanal executive Rola Bauer, is producing “Last Light” in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s streaming service Viaplay, NBC streamer Peacock and Entertainment 360 which is exec producing along with Fox. It’s believed...
- 9/17/2021
- by K.J. Yossman and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Matthew Fox is returning to TV more than a decade after Lost.
Fox and Downton Abbey alum Joanne Froggatt will lead the cast for Last Light, a limited series based on a novel by Alex Scarrow. The five-episode thriller is set to film in Prague; MGM International TV Productions is producing in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay.
Last Light centers on petrochemical engineer Andy Nielson, his wife, Elena (Froggatt) and their two children. While on a business trip to the Middle East and separated from his family, Andy realizes the world’s oil supply has been compromised, which threatens to throw society into ...
Fox and Downton Abbey alum Joanne Froggatt will lead the cast for Last Light, a limited series based on a novel by Alex Scarrow. The five-episode thriller is set to film in Prague; MGM International TV Productions is producing in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay.
Last Light centers on petrochemical engineer Andy Nielson, his wife, Elena (Froggatt) and their two children. While on a business trip to the Middle East and separated from his family, Andy realizes the world’s oil supply has been compromised, which threatens to throw society into ...
- 9/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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Matthew Fox is returning to TV more than a decade after Lost.
Fox and Downton Abbey alum Joanne Froggatt will lead the cast for Last Light, a limited series based on a novel by Alex Scarrow. The five-episode thriller is set to film in Prague; MGM International TV Productions is producing in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay.
Last Light centers on petrochemical engineer Andy Nielson, his wife, Elena (Froggatt) and their two children. While on a business trip to the Middle East and separated from his family, Andy realizes the world’s oil supply has been compromised, which threatens to throw society into ...
Fox and Downton Abbey alum Joanne Froggatt will lead the cast for Last Light, a limited series based on a novel by Alex Scarrow. The five-episode thriller is set to film in Prague; MGM International TV Productions is producing in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay.
Last Light centers on petrochemical engineer Andy Nielson, his wife, Elena (Froggatt) and their two children. While on a business trip to the Middle East and separated from his family, Andy realizes the world’s oil supply has been compromised, which threatens to throw society into ...
- 9/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Peacock is doubling down on true-crime content and global co-productions, while NBC will develop more limited series in the vein of Renée Zellweger’s upcoming drama The Thing About Pam.
Those were some of the key scripted takeaways from Susan Rovner’s session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, one of her first major public speaking appearances since becoming Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming last year.
On Peacock, Rovner revealed that it was increasingly getting into global co-productions on the scripted side.
The streamer has previously announced international co-productions including The Undeclared War, the Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg-fronted drama written by Peter Kosminsky and produced by Colin Callender’s Playground with Channel 4, and Wolf Like Me, a genre-bending romantic comedy starring Josh Gad and Isla Fisher with Australian streamer Stan.
The former Warner Bros exec (left) told Deadline that it was also involved in two more series Irreverent and Last Light.
Those were some of the key scripted takeaways from Susan Rovner’s session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, one of her first major public speaking appearances since becoming Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming last year.
On Peacock, Rovner revealed that it was increasingly getting into global co-productions on the scripted side.
The streamer has previously announced international co-productions including The Undeclared War, the Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg-fronted drama written by Peter Kosminsky and produced by Colin Callender’s Playground with Channel 4, and Wolf Like Me, a genre-bending romantic comedy starring Josh Gad and Isla Fisher with Australian streamer Stan.
The former Warner Bros exec (left) told Deadline that it was also involved in two more series Irreverent and Last Light.
- 8/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The deal will cover properties developed from now going forward.
REinvent Studios, the Copenhagen-based company launched by former TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis, has signed a three-year strategic partnership to handle international sales for Sf Studios’ new Scandinavian TV series.
The deal will cover properties developed from now going forward.
Tim King, executive vice president production for Sf Studios, based in Stockholm, explained, “We have eight new shows in active development across the Nordics that we will start discussing at Mipcom. These shows represent a broad range of genres, which reflects the general need for Scandinavian producers to move away from pure Scandi Noir.
REinvent Studios, the Copenhagen-based company launched by former TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis, has signed a three-year strategic partnership to handle international sales for Sf Studios’ new Scandinavian TV series.
The deal will cover properties developed from now going forward.
Tim King, executive vice president production for Sf Studios, based in Stockholm, explained, “We have eight new shows in active development across the Nordics that we will start discussing at Mipcom. These shows represent a broad range of genres, which reflects the general need for Scandinavian producers to move away from pure Scandi Noir.
- 9/18/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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FilmCash’s Frederik Nelsson will be CFO of the Copenhagen-based company.
Rikke Ennis, the departing CEO of TrustNordisk, says her new company REinvent Studios will focus on development, packaging, finance and creative producing.
“We want to be competitive to delivering finance solutions – equity, gap and bridge financing that would be a new thing from Scandinavia,” she said.
One partner in the new company will be Frederik Nelsson, an experienced financier as CEO of FilmCash, who will become REinvent’s CFO.
The Copenhagen-based outfit, which is expected to have about seven or eight full-time staff in its first year of operation,...
Rikke Ennis, the departing CEO of TrustNordisk, says her new company REinvent Studios will focus on development, packaging, finance and creative producing.
“We want to be competitive to delivering finance solutions – equity, gap and bridge financing that would be a new thing from Scandinavia,” she said.
One partner in the new company will be Frederik Nelsson, an experienced financier as CEO of FilmCash, who will become REinvent’s CFO.
The Copenhagen-based outfit, which is expected to have about seven or eight full-time staff in its first year of operation,...
- 5/2/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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Sydney Gallonde, the Paris-based producer of “No Second Chance,” Harlan Coben’s first series adaptation which traveled to more than 50 countries and drew high ratings, is ready to take his company Make it Happens Studios to the next level.
Gallonde (pictured with Coben), who has been attracting a wide range of French and international authors due to his successful collaboration with Coben, is currently developing an adaptation of the epic novel “The Twelve Children of Paris” with its author Tim Willocks, as well as untitled projects with Guillaume Musso and Jeff Linsday.
“The Twelve Children of Paris” is Willcoks’s latest book following his bestselling trilogy “The Religion,” “Bad City Blues” and “Green River Rising” which have been translated into more than 20 languages.
The British author, who previously collaborated with Steven Spielberg on “The Unfinished Journey,” has written a bible for an historical thriller mini-series based on “The Twelve Children of Paris.
Gallonde (pictured with Coben), who has been attracting a wide range of French and international authors due to his successful collaboration with Coben, is currently developing an adaptation of the epic novel “The Twelve Children of Paris” with its author Tim Willocks, as well as untitled projects with Guillaume Musso and Jeff Linsday.
“The Twelve Children of Paris” is Willcoks’s latest book following his bestselling trilogy “The Religion,” “Bad City Blues” and “Green River Rising” which have been translated into more than 20 languages.
The British author, who previously collaborated with Steven Spielberg on “The Unfinished Journey,” has written a bible for an historical thriller mini-series based on “The Twelve Children of Paris.
- 4/11/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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