Metan Development Group and a coalition of North American TV and film writers have joined forces to launch Metan Wen Zhi Ku, a joint venture linking Western writing talent with transmedia projects for the China market.
Metan Wen Zhi Ku’s first project is a rom-com web series to be set in China, Europe and South America.
Metan president and CEO Larry Namer made the announcement with writers Art Eisenson and David Gittins on December 4.
The talent roster includes Marilyn Anderson, Michael Elias, Eric Estrin and Lynn Roth.
Metan Wen Zhi Ku will have access to a talent pool of more than 2,000 writers. After targeting China, the company plans to expand into India, Brazil and Russia.
Metan Wen Zhi Ku’s first project is a rom-com web series to be set in China, Europe and South America.
Metan president and CEO Larry Namer made the announcement with writers Art Eisenson and David Gittins on December 4.
The talent roster includes Marilyn Anderson, Michael Elias, Eric Estrin and Lynn Roth.
Metan Wen Zhi Ku will have access to a talent pool of more than 2,000 writers. After targeting China, the company plans to expand into India, Brazil and Russia.
- 12/2/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Metan Development Group will launch Metan Wen Zhi Ku, a joint venture that will tap Hollywood talent that has worked on hit shows like “Head of the Class” and “Murphy Brown” to cook up transmedia projects for Chinese audiences. Its first project is a romantic comedy web series set in China, Europe and South America. Transmedia is an approach to storytelling that unspools a narrative across multiple media platforms, spanning movies, television shows and social media outlets. Metan CEO and President Larry Name has tapped a team of writers led by Art Eisenson (“Kojak”) and David Gittins (the executive director of the TV.
- 11/29/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Actor and lead singer with the Flying Pickets during the early 1980s, he went on to take roles in several popular TV series, including Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale
Brian Hibbard, who has died of prostate cancer aged 65, first found fame as a member of the Flying Pickets, a group of actors who left the socialist playwright John McGrath's 7:84 theatre group to woo audiences through their a cappella singing. They topped the pop charts in 1983 with a cover version of Only You, trumping Yazoo, the duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke, who had reached No 2 with their original recording. This Christmas No 1 single and the group's flamboyant look – gaudy suits, large hats and Hibbard's massive sideburns – led to brief stardom for the Flying Pickets, a name coined because some of them had supported the miners during their strikes of 1972 and 1974. They hit the Top 10 again with another cover,...
Brian Hibbard, who has died of prostate cancer aged 65, first found fame as a member of the Flying Pickets, a group of actors who left the socialist playwright John McGrath's 7:84 theatre group to woo audiences through their a cappella singing. They topped the pop charts in 1983 with a cover version of Only You, trumping Yazoo, the duo of Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke, who had reached No 2 with their original recording. This Christmas No 1 single and the group's flamboyant look – gaudy suits, large hats and Hibbard's massive sideburns – led to brief stardom for the Flying Pickets, a name coined because some of them had supported the miners during their strikes of 1972 and 1974. They hit the Top 10 again with another cover,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
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