Yearly Archives: 2022

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FOX Orders ‘Universal Basic Guys’/’The Hoagie Bros.’ for 2024

FOX has ordered the all-new animated comedy Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros. (working title) from creators Adam and Craig Malamut (Sports FriendsGame of ZonesThe Champions) for 2024. The series will be co-produced (…)

By |November 8th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Canada-France Series Lab To Debut at Series Mania

Canada-France Series Lab is a joint venture between Series Mania Forum, Telefilm Canada, CNC, and BANFF World Media Festival. The main goal of the Lab is to encourage and facilitate the development of new relationships (…)

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Federation and Empreinte Digitale Launch MEAC Subsidiary

Federation Studios (headed by Pascal Breton and co-directed by Lionel Uzan) and Empreinte Digitale have launched Federation MEAC, a production subsidiary devoted to the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean.

Federation (…)

By |November 8th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

Premiere Dates of FOX Winter Series Announced

FOX has announced the premiere dates for new and returning series of its 2023 winter slate, which includes two new dramas, one new comedy and one new unscripted series.

From executive (…)

By |November 7th, 2022|Categories: News|0 Comments

BritBox International Commissions ‘Inspector Singh’

BritBox International commissioned crime series Inspector Singh, which will go into production in January 2023 and will be produced by London/Singapore-based 108 Media. The three-part series will be starring Sanjeev Bhaskar (The Kumars at (…)

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Dandelooo Sells ‘Ernest and Celestine’ S2 to ZDF

French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has finalized a deal with German pubcaster ZDF for the second season of the pre-school series Ernest and Célestine – The Collection, produced by (…)

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A View from an AFM Exhibitor

“It feels good” to be back at a “live” AFM, said Chevonne O’Shaughnessy, co-founder and president of Los Angeles-based film production and distribution company, ACI. But “it’s slow,” she noted. (…)

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Is Fear of the New Stifling
Originality in TV Content?

A number of the TV executives contacted for this article didn’t want to comment publicly, but the general impression seems to be that most industry green-lighters want to keep their (…)

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DISCOP Miami Set to
Take NATPE’s Spot

The Miami TV market in January is alive and well. But it’s not NATPE Miami — it’s DISCOP Miami — and it comes courtesy of Basic Lead, the folks who’ve (…)

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Michael Cimino: A New Biography
Reevaluates His Life and Films

What happened to Michael Cimino? The acclaimed Italian-American filmmaker rose to fame with his 1978 war drama The Deer Hunter, which won five Academy Awards, but his follow-up film, 1980’s (…)

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