Academy Award-nominee and Bafta Award-winning writer Steven Knight has signed up to write a six-part limited series adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, once again teaming with producers Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy. Great Expectations is the second Dickens adaptation penned by Knight, following the hit limited series A Christmas Carol, which launched on the […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced that Disney+ will fast track the premiere of the filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton, bringing the multiple-award winning stage musical to homes around the world on July 3rd. Producers for Hamilton, the film of the original Broadway production, include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and Thomas […]
HBO Max has ordered the adult animated series Santa Inc from Lionsgate, featuring voice performances by leads Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen. The 8 episode, half-hour series will be written by showrunner Alexandra Rushfield (Shrill) and will be produced by Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures as part of their multiplatform partnership with Lionsgate. Santa Inc. is the […]
Analysts at research firm Ampere Analysis are publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. Here is a top line summary of the most recent discussing what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future. Ups and downs for US operators in Q1: Daniel […]
The Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA), in cooperation with Netflix, have announced the creation of a new Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help the hardest hit workers in the television and cinema industry due to the productions shut down in Poland caused by the Coronavirus crisis. The fund will operate under the slogan: “Producers […]
Disney+ has ordered the 8-episode series Just Beyond from writer Seth Grahame-Smith and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The horror/comedy anthology, based on the best-selling BOOM! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (Goosebumps), was created by Grahame-Smith, who has a history of moving between horror and comedy as author of […]
Sky Studios, Sky’s Europe-wide development and production arm, has acquired a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, an independent production company specialising in TV drama. Longboat Pictures was founded last year by LA-based director-producer Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. Robinson directed both theatre and award-winning TV shows in the UK (Blackpool, Coming […]
K League 1, the top-tier Korean football league, will begin its postponed season May 8th with a global match broadcast live to social media using Grabyo. K League will use Grabyo’s cloud video platform to produce and deliver the season opener between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung Bluewings to its YouTube and Twitter channels […]
Streaming giants Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are continuing to beef up their local content in international markets with an increasing focus on Asian markets such as Japan and India. The 15 markets that spend the most on original TV content also represent 88 per cent of the world’s SVoD revenue. For international players looking […]
In a move that it says complements its live production solution portfolio and strategically expands its global footprint, live video technology specialist EVS is to acquire broadcast and media network infrastructure specialist Axon in a deal valued at €10.5 million. With development centres in the Netherlands and the UK, and more than 80 team members, […]