Tom Ortenberg, a Hollywood film distributor who specializes in provocative movies, saw an opportunity when Disney’s Searchlight Pictures dropped indie film Magazine Dreams, because its star, Jonathan Majors, was arrested and convicted (…)
Israel-based yes Studios has launched its latest series, six-part action drama Embassy Down.
Inspired by true events, Embassy Down is set at the time of the “Arab Spring” in 2011. At (…)
Possibly in view of the upcoming television upfronts (digital, cable and broadcast) the revival of attack ads became a topic covered by The Wall Street Journal, which explained that the practice (…)
Istanbul-based Kanal D International has licensed drama series Sunshine Girls in Slovenia.
This coming-of-age series follows Güneş, a mother of three daughters, who works as a high school teacher in Izmir. When (…)
Korea-based format production agency Something Special has received a major investment from DAEKYO Investment and SB Partners.
DAEKYO manages the ‘DAEKYO K-Contents Scale Up Fund’ for small and medium-sized venture companies that (…)
Los Angeles-based V Nova Studios has launched Sharkarma: Guardian of the Oceans and Weightless, two cinematic experiences that for the first time fuse cinematic-grade visuals with the freedom to move within hyper-realistic scenes, looking (…)
It’s been pretty hard to overlook New York City filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman during his 50 years of disrupting media, and now he’s back for more with Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews, a (…)
Australia-based VA Media has announced the creation of a U.S. entity to support its North American expansion.
VA’s reorganization includes the establishment of a dedicated Los Angeles-based office. CEO Mark Ashbridge (…)
Canada-based Just for Entertainment Distribution has secured two license deals of popular scripted sketch series LOL : ). The program was sold to both Teledoce in Uruguay and to Transmedia Group in Indonesia (via partner GoQuest).
LOL :) is a (…)
Italy’s public broadcaster RAI has secured a selection of series from Beta, including the French mystery thriller Homejacking, Spain’s Rapa, as well as the German crime movie cycles Murder in the Valley and Crimes (…)
