Studiocanal, the leading European production, distribution and international sales powerhouse, is teaming with France’s Cpb Films (“Savages”) and Leyland Films (“Murder in Provence”) to develop a high-end English-language drama series about the trailblazing African American entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker, whom the partners describe as the world’s first Black global star performer.
Studiocanal, part of Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group, will handle international distribution rights to the as yet untitled drama series.
The venture comes with the approval and full support of Baker’s family, said Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker, one of Baker’s foster children who wrote a book about his mother. Bouillon-Baker is also consulting on the series.
A Baker bioseries can draw on what Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh describes as a “multi-faceted, brilliant life story.” Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1905, initially performing in vaudeville before moving to the chorus lines of two big Broadway revues,...
Studiocanal, part of Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group, will handle international distribution rights to the as yet untitled drama series.
The venture comes with the approval and full support of Baker’s family, said Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker, one of Baker’s foster children who wrote a book about his mother. Bouillon-Baker is also consulting on the series.
A Baker bioseries can draw on what Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh describes as a “multi-faceted, brilliant life story.” Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1905, initially performing in vaudeville before moving to the chorus lines of two big Broadway revues,...
- 7/16/2020
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cologne, Germany – French production company Marathon has picked up remake rights to hit German sitcom Danni Lowinski from sales group Red Arrow International. The series, currently in its fourth season at German commercial network Sat.1, focuses on a hairdresser turned lawyer who sets up shop in a local mall, offering legal advice for 1 Euro a minute. "When I came across this format at Mipcom (last Fall), I straightaway secured the rights for the French market," said Marathon producer Jerome Vignac. “Funny, sharp, popular, modern ... Danni Lowinski is the kind of comedy we need right now."
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- 3/19/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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