Netflix has announced its first partnership with the NFL: a new docu-series called Quarterback that will take a unique look at each season, told through the lens of NFL quarterbacks. The series features exclusive, unprecedented access to the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota from the beginning of the 2022 season to […]
TBS has greenlit its first new unscripted series of 2023, further expanding its All Elite Wrestling (AEW) franchise with AEW: All Access – a docuseries featuring some of the company’s biggest stars. The new series is scheduled to premiere in March. Billed as “the ultimate behind-the-scenes experience for fans”, the series will feature the likes […]
The BBC has announced Murder is Easy, a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC One and iPlayer, in a co-commission with BritBox International. The two-part thriller will film this summer and is adapted for the screen by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu […]
BBC Factual has announced three new series from BBC Studios Natural History Unit – Mammals, Big Little Journeys and Wild Scandinavia – that will air on BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer. Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, commented: “2022 was a brilliant year for Natural History on the BBC: Frozen Planet II became […]
La Liga, Spain’s top flight football league, will be the centre of the first sports docuseries that Netflix will produce in the country. The series, currently in pre-production, will focus on the 2023-2024 La Liga Competition, and will be launched globally on Netflix in 2024. Similar to Netflix’s growing slate of sports programming such as […]
Amazon and Superplastic have announced a multifaceted collaboration that spans investment and a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, which is currently in development on a series featuring Superplastic’s synthetic celebrities. The Alexa Fund, Amazon’s venture capital arm that focuses on new media, smart consumer electronics, ambient intelligence, and other areas of digital technology, leads Superplastic’s […]
Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer, director, actor and recording artist Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and Fox Entertainment have entered into a non-exclusive multi-project broadcast direct deal. Jackson, through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series that would air on Fox. Series created under the deal will […]
Great Point Media, the London-based media group that has invested more than £500 million into the creative industries worldwide, is collaborating with Fields Park, US-based Volume Global and Media Cymru, a consortium of creative and educational institutions in South Wales, to build a virtual production hub at Great Point Seren Studios in Cardiff. In addition […]
An economic impact assessment of film and television production incentives has found that the Australian government’s production offset programmes deliver a high level of return on investment. The report also finds that offset programmes underpin Australia’s global standing as a leading production hub among countries where governments have recognised the sector’s economic and cultural benefits. […]
Sony has undertaken analysis of the most engaged Twitter video content linked to 2022’s top news stories across Europe, which amounted to over 201 million views and over 8.6 million points of engagement (total of shares, likes, and comments) on the platform. Stories analysed included the war in Ukraine, the Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp […]