Commissions
The BBC Studios Natural History Unit has commissioned three series for BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer. “Mammals” (6 x 60’), coproduced by France Televisions, Zdf and BBC America, offers insights into the most widespread animal group in the world.
“Big Little Journeys” (3 x 60’), coproduced by PBS, follows the real-life adventures of six tiny animals as they voyage into the unknown. “Wild Scandinavia” (3 x 60’), coproduced by PBS and Sveriges Television, and narrated by actor Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune”), celebrates the wildlife, landscapes and culture of the furthest northern reaches of Europe.
BBC Studios is handling international distribution and will present the series to international customers at BBC Studios Showcase taking place on Feb. 27 and 28.
Meanwhile, the BBC has also commissioned two one-off entertainment shows to celebrate the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. “The Greatest Show on Earth” (working title), produced by Little Gem, will celebrate 25 years since the U.K. last hosted the contest,...
The BBC Studios Natural History Unit has commissioned three series for BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer. “Mammals” (6 x 60’), coproduced by France Televisions, Zdf and BBC America, offers insights into the most widespread animal group in the world.
“Big Little Journeys” (3 x 60’), coproduced by PBS, follows the real-life adventures of six tiny animals as they voyage into the unknown. “Wild Scandinavia” (3 x 60’), coproduced by PBS and Sveriges Television, and narrated by actor Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune”), celebrates the wildlife, landscapes and culture of the furthest northern reaches of Europe.
BBC Studios is handling international distribution and will present the series to international customers at BBC Studios Showcase taking place on Feb. 27 and 28.
Meanwhile, the BBC has also commissioned two one-off entertainment shows to celebrate the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. “The Greatest Show on Earth” (working title), produced by Little Gem, will celebrate 25 years since the U.K. last hosted the contest,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Looking for Jane, the book by Heather Marshall, is getting the small-screen treatment.
The project is in the works from BentFrame Film & TV, the Toronto-based production company run by Coroner exec producer Adrienne Mitchell, and Tehran and Reginald the Vampire producer Cineflix Studios.
Spanning six decades and multiple timelines, Looking for Jane tells the story of three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose.
Inspired by the real-life Jane Collective that provided safe but illegal abortions under the constant threat of police raids and prison, the series comes around the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which was recently overruled.
Parr recently wrote a screenplay for Ethel, a period musical drama and true story of conductor Ethel Stark.
Zach Marcovici will produce for BentFrame, with Sonia Hosko and Brett Burlock...
The project is in the works from BentFrame Film & TV, the Toronto-based production company run by Coroner exec producer Adrienne Mitchell, and Tehran and Reginald the Vampire producer Cineflix Studios.
Spanning six decades and multiple timelines, Looking for Jane tells the story of three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose.
Inspired by the real-life Jane Collective that provided safe but illegal abortions under the constant threat of police raids and prison, the series comes around the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which was recently overruled.
Parr recently wrote a screenplay for Ethel, a period musical drama and true story of conductor Ethel Stark.
Zach Marcovici will produce for BentFrame, with Sonia Hosko and Brett Burlock...
- 2/17/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, BBC Studioworks welcomes back studio audiences; Love Nature boards series “Otter Dynasty”; Endeavor Content acquires international rights for series “The Congregation”; Netflix, Ubisoft and Cineflix Studios hire senior team members; and BBC renews “Noughts + Crosses” for season 2.
After the U.K. government eased lockdown restrictions from Monday, BBC Studioworks is getting audiences back into studios from Tuesday, with safety measures in place.
Productions being recorded over the coming days with live audiences present include “The Goes Wrong Show,” produced by Big Talk/Mischief Screen in association with Lionsgate for the BBC; “The Jonathan Ross Show,” a Hotsauce TV/ITV Studios production for ITV; “Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, an ITV Studios production for ITV; and “The Martin Lewis Money Show,” a Multistory Media production for ITV.
Masked audiences will have to take mandatory temperature checks with thermal cameras before entry. Entry and departure to...
After the U.K. government eased lockdown restrictions from Monday, BBC Studioworks is getting audiences back into studios from Tuesday, with safety measures in place.
Productions being recorded over the coming days with live audiences present include “The Goes Wrong Show,” produced by Big Talk/Mischief Screen in association with Lionsgate for the BBC; “The Jonathan Ross Show,” a Hotsauce TV/ITV Studios production for ITV; “Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, an ITV Studios production for ITV; and “The Martin Lewis Money Show,” a Multistory Media production for ITV.
Masked audiences will have to take mandatory temperature checks with thermal cameras before entry. Entry and departure to...
- 5/18/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Most viewers will know Shenae Grimes-Beech as Annie, the girl next door in Beverly Hills spin–off 90210 or youngster Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation. But she tells Deadline that her latest role, playing a street-smart cop with a messy personal life in procedural The Detail allows her to stop being typecast and marks the next chapter of her acting career.
The Detail is one of the hot titles for international producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) at Mip TV, which kicks off this weekend and the company will be hoping that the show travels around the world with the same success as other North American procedurals.
The show is produced by Icf Films in association with eOne for Canadian broadcaster CTV and has already been picked up by Ion in the U.S. Deadline spoke to Grimes-Beech and co-star Angela Griffin about the show, which follows three female homicide detectives,...
The Detail is one of the hot titles for international producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) at Mip TV, which kicks off this weekend and the company will be hoping that the show travels around the world with the same success as other North American procedurals.
The show is produced by Icf Films in association with eOne for Canadian broadcaster CTV and has already been picked up by Ion in the U.S. Deadline spoke to Grimes-Beech and co-star Angela Griffin about the show, which follows three female homicide detectives,...
- 4/4/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As a result of fiery reactions from rightfully disappointed fans, a group of women from the Canadian show "Saving Hope" have banded together to create the Lexa Pledge, a written promise to treat Lgbtq characters with respect, named for a lesbian character on the CW's "The 100," who met an untimely end. Read More: BBC New Hiring Guidelines: One in Six Stars 'Must Be Gay or Lesbian or Disabled' by 2020 Led by "Saving Hope" writer and co-executive producer Noelle Carbone and producer Sonia Hosko, the two women have teamed up with Trevor Project fundraiser creator Gina Tass and producer/director/writer Michelle Mama. "We admit that it took us a little while to truly understand the outpouring of criticism being directed at the shows in question -- series we love that have showrunners we respect," they wrote. "But, after much discussion and much debate, we believe that every writing room can...
- 4/29/2016
- by Nix Santos
- Indiewire
The Harold Greenberg Fund Script Program, a financing program from the entertainment company Astral Media, unveiled twenty-four upcoming Canadian films - chosen out of ninety-nine films - that will get its financial support.
Moreover, the selection of films include Neuromancer, an adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk novel directed by Vincenzo Natali (Cube), and Prisoner of Tehran, from Kari Skogland (Fifty Dead Men Walking). If you're an enthusiast of literature, you'll notice the presence of the film Cockroach, which is an adaptation of a novel by award-winning author Rawi Hage.
Now, without further ado, let's have a cursory look at the films that will get funded.
Story Optioning
Bottle Rocket Hearts
Sonia Hosko, Michelle Mama and Stephanie Markowitz
Screenwriter: Zoe Whittall and Linsey Stewart
Cockroach
Films du Boulevard Inc.
Screenwriter: Arto Paragamian
The Program
Acqua Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Hal Niedzviecki
Consecrated Ground
Emotion Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Prisoner of Tehran
Miracle Pictures Inc.
Moreover, the selection of films include Neuromancer, an adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk novel directed by Vincenzo Natali (Cube), and Prisoner of Tehran, from Kari Skogland (Fifty Dead Men Walking). If you're an enthusiast of literature, you'll notice the presence of the film Cockroach, which is an adaptation of a novel by award-winning author Rawi Hage.
Now, without further ado, let's have a cursory look at the films that will get funded.
Story Optioning
Bottle Rocket Hearts
Sonia Hosko, Michelle Mama and Stephanie Markowitz
Screenwriter: Zoe Whittall and Linsey Stewart
Cockroach
Films du Boulevard Inc.
Screenwriter: Arto Paragamian
The Program
Acqua Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Hal Niedzviecki
Consecrated Ground
Emotion Pictures Inc.
Screenwriter: Thom Fitzgerald
Prisoner of Tehran
Miracle Pictures Inc.
- 5/6/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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