BritBox To Launch In South Africa
BritBox, ITV and BBC Studios’ joint-venture UK streamer, is to expand into South Africa in the second half of 2021. It follows previous launches in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, as the Spitting Image streamer targets a presence in 25 territories. Paul Dempsey, president of global distribution at BBC Studios, said: “We know that South African audiences have a real connection to British television and we can’t wait to bring them even more great shows, on demand, that we know they will love.”
Vis Sets ‘Stories To Stay Awake’ At Amazon
Viacom International Studios has set Spanish horror series Historias Para No Dormir (Stories To Stay Awake) at Amazon Prime Video and Spanish public broadcaster Rtve. The four-part series, co-produced by Prointel e Isla Audiovisual, is a reboot of the iconic horror brand by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador. Production has commenced in Madrid with the...
BritBox, ITV and BBC Studios’ joint-venture UK streamer, is to expand into South Africa in the second half of 2021. It follows previous launches in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, as the Spitting Image streamer targets a presence in 25 territories. Paul Dempsey, president of global distribution at BBC Studios, said: “We know that South African audiences have a real connection to British television and we can’t wait to bring them even more great shows, on demand, that we know they will love.”
Vis Sets ‘Stories To Stay Awake’ At Amazon
Viacom International Studios has set Spanish horror series Historias Para No Dormir (Stories To Stay Awake) at Amazon Prime Video and Spanish public broadcaster Rtve. The four-part series, co-produced by Prointel e Isla Audiovisual, is a reboot of the iconic horror brand by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador. Production has commenced in Madrid with the...
- 2/16/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Titles include ‘The True Don Quixote’ starring Tim Blake Nelson.
Nascent UK sales firm Mise En Scène Company (Msc) has added two feature titles to the slate for its first European Film Market next month.
The company is representing international rights on Chris Poché’s directorial The True Don Quixote, starring Tim Blake Nelson, Jacob Batalon, Brandon Stacy and Ann Mahoney.
Adapted by Poché, the story moves Miguel de Cervantes’ classic 1605 novel to the wilds of Louisiana, with Nelson’s titular character riding a rusty Vespa instead of a horse.
Produced by US companies Charterhouse Films and Neutral Ground Films,...
Nascent UK sales firm Mise En Scène Company (Msc) has added two feature titles to the slate for its first European Film Market next month.
The company is representing international rights on Chris Poché’s directorial The True Don Quixote, starring Tim Blake Nelson, Jacob Batalon, Brandon Stacy and Ann Mahoney.
Adapted by Poché, the story moves Miguel de Cervantes’ classic 1605 novel to the wilds of Louisiana, with Nelson’s titular character riding a rusty Vespa instead of a horse.
Produced by US companies Charterhouse Films and Neutral Ground Films,...
- 2/15/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, Margo Martindale becomes a mob boss, Kevin Tsujihara is selected as a commencement speaker and the homeless woman project “Landing Up” gets distribution.
Castings
Margo Martindale is joining Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss and Melissa McCarthy in the mob drama “The Kitchen” for New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment.
“Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff will direct from her own script, based on the comic book series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle from DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint. The movie will mark Berloff’s feature directorial debut. Michael De Luca is producing the film.
“The Kitchen” follows a group of Irish mobsters sent to prison. The wives take over their jailed spouses’ organized crime operation to become the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in 1970s Hell’s Kitchen. Martindale will play the behind-the-scenes operative who runs the mob. “The Kitchen” hits theaters on Sept.
Castings
Margo Martindale is joining Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss and Melissa McCarthy in the mob drama “The Kitchen” for New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment.
“Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff will direct from her own script, based on the comic book series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle from DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint. The movie will mark Berloff’s feature directorial debut. Michael De Luca is producing the film.
“The Kitchen” follows a group of Irish mobsters sent to prison. The wives take over their jailed spouses’ organized crime operation to become the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in 1970s Hell’s Kitchen. Martindale will play the behind-the-scenes operative who runs the mob. “The Kitchen” hits theaters on Sept.
- 3/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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