Netflix to Spend $5 Billion on Content Next Year
At The New York Times DealBook Conference on Tuesday, Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings emphasized the company’s focus on content, reporting that Netfilx will spend $5 billion next (…)
Production Begins for Studio 100’s “Maya the Bee 2”
Munich-based Studio 100 Media has started production on Maya the Bee 2—The Honey Games. Expected to hit theaters in 2017/2018, the upcoming family feature will tell the tale of (…)
Multicom Goes Behind the Scenes at Cannon Films
Multicom Entertainment brings drama and revenge to AFM. Documentary The Go-Go Boys explores how independent film company Cannon Films challenged the Hollywood power structure. Fatally ill Garvey tries to (…)
“Jump in the Pool” with Breakthrough
Breakthrough Entertainment will feature Anne of Green Gables (pictured), the story of an imaginative girl who is taken from an orphanage to serve in an older couple’s household. Blood and (…)
Hong Kong Spotlight at AFM
Hong Kong Day is slated to open tomorrow at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. The sixth edition of the event, which is co-organized by the AFM and (…)
Up the Ladder: The Africa Channel Promotes Three Execs
The Africa Channel has promoted three executives: Narendra Reddy to evp Content & Global Operations (from svp Programming & Production), Karen Juve to vp Programming & Acquisitions (from director, Programming (…)
Armoza’s “Re-Gender’ Licensed in India
India’s digital media brand Arré, launched by UDigital, is scheduled to kick off the nation’s first digital reality show. Based on Armoza’s “social experiment” Re-Gender, the show follows five (…)
New “Star Trek” Television Series in 2017
Good news for today’s Trekkies: producer Alex Kurtzman is creating a new take on the classic series, slated to debut January 2017. The new Star Trek, which celebrates its 50th (…)
“Web Therapy” Breaks Player.pl Record
Warsaw-based TVN has reported record results for its new online series, Web Therapy. The Polish adaptation of the U.S. Hulu series stars Oscar-winning actress Agata Kulesza as an elegant (…)
Starz Offers “Flesh and Bone” Preview, “Black Sails” Returns
The premiere episode of Starz series Flesh and Bone became available for sampling yesterday, nearly a week prior to the season’s November 8 debut. The sampling will be available (…)