Exclusive: Lionsgate Television has landed its first Israeli drama series.
The U.S. major is teaming with Israel’s Yes and Gil Formats on a spy drama based on the hunt for Doctor Josef Mengele starring Dark’s Oliver Masucci.
The as-yet-untitled show comes from vet Israeli producer Assaf Gil, who is creating with Moshe Zonder (Tehran) and Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl from Oslo). Lionsgate is co-producing and distributing.
Masucci, who played Ulrich Nielsen in Netflix smash Dark and portrayed Adolf Hitler in 2015’s Look Who’s Back, stars as Uri, the alpha male of a kibbutz and one of the pioneers of the state of Israel. He and his wife Anna (Ania Bukstein) decide to leave behind their traumatic past as Holocaust survivors and start a new life in Israel. They keep quiet about their past for 25 years, until the day when Israeli spy agency Mossad forces Uri to return...
The U.S. major is teaming with Israel’s Yes and Gil Formats on a spy drama based on the hunt for Doctor Josef Mengele starring Dark’s Oliver Masucci.
The as-yet-untitled show comes from vet Israeli producer Assaf Gil, who is creating with Moshe Zonder (Tehran) and Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz (The Girl from Oslo). Lionsgate is co-producing and distributing.
Masucci, who played Ulrich Nielsen in Netflix smash Dark and portrayed Adolf Hitler in 2015’s Look Who’s Back, stars as Uri, the alpha male of a kibbutz and one of the pioneers of the state of Israel. He and his wife Anna (Ania Bukstein) decide to leave behind their traumatic past as Holocaust survivors and start a new life in Israel. They keep quiet about their past for 25 years, until the day when Israeli spy agency Mossad forces Uri to return...
- 7/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fresh off the back of her jury prize win in Monte Carlo, we can bring you first look images of Unorthodox star Shira Haas in yes TV’s Night Therapy.
Night Therapy will launch on the Israeli Network on June 30 and yes Studios is selling around the world. It won Haas the special jury prize as last night’s TV fest drew to a close, while the show was nominated for best drama but lost out to Channel 4’s The Gathering. Another image can be viewed below.
Created by Raanan Caspi, Night Therapy is a psychological drama starring Yousef Sweid and Haas (Captain America), plus Lucy Ayoub, Yaakov Zada Daniel and Firas Nassar, all of whom have starred in Fauda.
The show tells the story of Louie (Sweid), an Arab-Israeli psychologist struggling to raise his two children after the suicide of his Jewish-Israeli wife.
Night Therapy will launch on the Israeli Network on June 30 and yes Studios is selling around the world. It won Haas the special jury prize as last night’s TV fest drew to a close, while the show was nominated for best drama but lost out to Channel 4’s The Gathering. Another image can be viewed below.
Created by Raanan Caspi, Night Therapy is a psychological drama starring Yousef Sweid and Haas (Captain America), plus Lucy Ayoub, Yaakov Zada Daniel and Firas Nassar, all of whom have starred in Fauda.
The show tells the story of Louie (Sweid), an Arab-Israeli psychologist struggling to raise his two children after the suicide of his Jewish-Israeli wife.
- 6/19/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
UK drama The Gathering was the big winner at the Golden Nymph Awards, which were announced at the closing ceremony of the Monte-Carlo TV Festival.
The series won the Golden Nymph for Best Series and triumphed in both acting categories; Eva Morgan scooped Best Actress and Warren Brown Best Actor. The World Productions’ drama centers on a violent attack on a teenage girl during an all-night rave. It won over the Festival’s fiction jury, which was headed by Seal Team star David Boreanaz.
Rachel Griffiths’ New Zealand-set drama Madam won Best Creation. It follows Mack, a woman who discovers her husband is seeing a sex worker, which sets off a chain of events that sees her setting up an ethical brothel.
Little Did I Know, based on two of Martina Haag’s novels, was named Best Film. The Public Prize went to dystopian drama Helgoland 513, rounding off a...
The series won the Golden Nymph for Best Series and triumphed in both acting categories; Eva Morgan scooped Best Actress and Warren Brown Best Actor. The World Productions’ drama centers on a violent attack on a teenage girl during an all-night rave. It won over the Festival’s fiction jury, which was headed by Seal Team star David Boreanaz.
Rachel Griffiths’ New Zealand-set drama Madam won Best Creation. It follows Mack, a woman who discovers her husband is seeing a sex worker, which sets off a chain of events that sees her setting up an ethical brothel.
Little Did I Know, based on two of Martina Haag’s novels, was named Best Film. The Public Prize went to dystopian drama Helgoland 513, rounding off a...
- 6/18/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
British Thriller ‘The Gathering’ Wins Best Series, Actress, Actor at Monte-Carlo Television Festival
British thriller “The Gathering” won the Golden Nymph Award for best fiction series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Tuesday, and the show’s leads Eva Morgan and Warren Brown picked up the best actress and actor prizes.
The show centers on two teenage athletes from opposite sides of the tracks in Liverpool. It was created by Helen Walsh, produced by World Productions and was commissioned by Channel 4.
Walsh thanked World Productions and Channel 4 “for supporting regional voices to tell regional stories and also my home city of Liverpool for providing the stories, the locations and the magic.”
Actress Shira Haas, who appears in Israeli psychological drama “Night Therapy,” produced by Yes TV and Eight Productions, took the jury special prize. The show centers on an Arab-Israeli psychologist who struggles to raise his two children after his Jewish-Israeli wife commits suicide.
Sweden’s “Little Did I Know,” produced by Bigster,...
The show centers on two teenage athletes from opposite sides of the tracks in Liverpool. It was created by Helen Walsh, produced by World Productions and was commissioned by Channel 4.
Walsh thanked World Productions and Channel 4 “for supporting regional voices to tell regional stories and also my home city of Liverpool for providing the stories, the locations and the magic.”
Actress Shira Haas, who appears in Israeli psychological drama “Night Therapy,” produced by Yes TV and Eight Productions, took the jury special prize. The show centers on an Arab-Israeli psychologist who struggles to raise his two children after his Jewish-Israeli wife commits suicide.
Sweden’s “Little Did I Know,” produced by Bigster,...
- 6/18/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has rolled out the blue carpet welcoming star guests for its 63rd edition, but it also has an eye on the future.
“We’re always working towards expanding and developing the festival. Each year, we get better and better,” executive director Cécile Menoni says.
Listing “fabulous highlights,” Menoni gushes over this year’s Crystal Nymph winner: Morgan Freeman. The award recognizes the “stellar body of work” of the veteran actor, who recently exec produced “The Gray House,” which celebrated its world premiere Friday at the opening ceremony. Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis and Ben Vereen attended.
“It’s such a thrill for us to honor him,” Menoni says.
The fest will also take a closer look at rising stars, with “Bridgerton’s” Simone Ashley given the International Golden Nymph for most promising talent. Honorary Golden Nymph – “Our festival’s highest accolade” – will go to “true fan favorite” Olivier Marchal.
“We’re always working towards expanding and developing the festival. Each year, we get better and better,” executive director Cécile Menoni says.
Listing “fabulous highlights,” Menoni gushes over this year’s Crystal Nymph winner: Morgan Freeman. The award recognizes the “stellar body of work” of the veteran actor, who recently exec produced “The Gray House,” which celebrated its world premiere Friday at the opening ceremony. Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis and Ben Vereen attended.
“It’s such a thrill for us to honor him,” Menoni says.
The fest will also take a closer look at rising stars, with “Bridgerton’s” Simone Ashley given the International Golden Nymph for most promising talent. Honorary Golden Nymph – “Our festival’s highest accolade” – will go to “true fan favorite” Olivier Marchal.
- 6/15/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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