Exclusive: Walking Dead maker Skybound Entertainment has struck what it is calling a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Prime Video over a dystopian thriller series from Scandinavia.
Amazon has taken rights in the Nordics for Vaka but Skybound retains worldwide distribution and controls the show’s “global commissioning structure.” This means Skybound can strike deals with buyers and sellers in different territories while the door remains open for Prime Video to acquire Vaka for other regions further down the line.
Set in Stockholm and starring Aliette Opheim and Jonas Karlsson, Vaka follows the spread of a deadly insomnia epidemic. A disgraced minister must balance addressing the crisis and caring for his son, while an ambulance nurse goes to great lengths to save her lover.
The show is co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Unlimited Stories and Sagafilm, the latter of which was acquired by Skybound and 5th Planet Games last year. The Icelandic...
Amazon has taken rights in the Nordics for Vaka but Skybound retains worldwide distribution and controls the show’s “global commissioning structure.” This means Skybound can strike deals with buyers and sellers in different territories while the door remains open for Prime Video to acquire Vaka for other regions further down the line.
Set in Stockholm and starring Aliette Opheim and Jonas Karlsson, Vaka follows the spread of a deadly insomnia epidemic. A disgraced minister must balance addressing the crisis and caring for his son, while an ambulance nurse goes to great lengths to save her lover.
The show is co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Unlimited Stories and Sagafilm, the latter of which was acquired by Skybound and 5th Planet Games last year. The Icelandic...
- 3/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The aim is to build international bridges for quality, internationally appealing content from Ukraine.
Global industry experts including Marc Lorber (ex-Lionsgate), Christian Wikander of Banijay, Emmanuelle Guilbart of About Premium Content, David Davoli of Anonymous Content, Carlo Dusi of Endor Productions and Criminal Minds writer Simon Mirren are joining the advisory board of the newly launched Ukrainian Content Club.
Kateryna Vyshnevska, co-founder and head of development at leading Ukrainian production company Film.UA, unveiled the initiative today (February 3) at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference. The aim is to build international bridges for quality, internationally appealing content from Ukraine, while...
Global industry experts including Marc Lorber (ex-Lionsgate), Christian Wikander of Banijay, Emmanuelle Guilbart of About Premium Content, David Davoli of Anonymous Content, Carlo Dusi of Endor Productions and Criminal Minds writer Simon Mirren are joining the advisory board of the newly launched Ukrainian Content Club.
Kateryna Vyshnevska, co-founder and head of development at leading Ukrainian production company Film.UA, unveiled the initiative today (February 3) at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference. The aim is to build international bridges for quality, internationally appealing content from Ukraine, while...
- 2/3/2023
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Update, Exclusive: Norway’s Nrk has become the third Scandinavian public broadcasting network to join Those Who Stayed as a co-producer.
Previously, Exclusive: A pair of Nordic networks have boarded Those Who Stayed, the Ukraine invasion anthology series we first told you about last year.
Public broadcasters Svt in Sweden and Yle in Finland have joined Film.UA and Red Arrow Studios International on the project as co-producers.
Shooting on the comedy-drama anthology is planned to begin in March. Three production crews are being readied to allow for a fast turnaround and delivery in autumn of 2023 or winter in early 2024.
The scripted series tells stories from the early days of Russia’s attack on neighbour Ukraine nearly a year ago. We first revealed details in August.
The anthology comedy/drama will focus on the immediate aftermath of the February 24 invasion, with each episode telling the story of a group of characters...
Previously, Exclusive: A pair of Nordic networks have boarded Those Who Stayed, the Ukraine invasion anthology series we first told you about last year.
Public broadcasters Svt in Sweden and Yle in Finland have joined Film.UA and Red Arrow Studios International on the project as co-producers.
Shooting on the comedy-drama anthology is planned to begin in March. Three production crews are being readied to allow for a fast turnaround and delivery in autumn of 2023 or winter in early 2024.
The scripted series tells stories from the early days of Russia’s attack on neighbour Ukraine nearly a year ago. We first revealed details in August.
The anthology comedy/drama will focus on the immediate aftermath of the February 24 invasion, with each episode telling the story of a group of characters...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Ukrainian media companies have launched a 20M fund to help sustain the embattled nation’s ailing TV industry and are seeking investment from the biggest global networks and streamers.
Kateryna Vyshnevska, a leading industry exec who oversees co-productions for Film.UA, told Deadline she has briefed major content associations with plans including NATPE, Mip TV and the European Broadcasting Union, and she is now heading out on a funding drive.
The plan is to have global behemoths such a the BBC, Netflix and Disney put money into the fund, for which Vyshnevska has set a 20M target, which will be used to pre-buy or co-produce Ukrainian content early in the production process so that these shows can be sustained and make it to greenlight and beyond before being sold around the world, showcasing the best of Ukrainian TV.
Factual, animation and scripted are the genres being targeted and Ukrainian production companies...
Kateryna Vyshnevska, a leading industry exec who oversees co-productions for Film.UA, told Deadline she has briefed major content associations with plans including NATPE, Mip TV and the European Broadcasting Union, and she is now heading out on a funding drive.
The plan is to have global behemoths such a the BBC, Netflix and Disney put money into the fund, for which Vyshnevska has set a 20M target, which will be used to pre-buy or co-produce Ukrainian content early in the production process so that these shows can be sustained and make it to greenlight and beyond before being sold around the world, showcasing the best of Ukrainian TV.
Factual, animation and scripted are the genres being targeted and Ukrainian production companies...
- 4/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Ukraine doesn’t need mercy, pity or condolences, noted Film.UA Group CEO Victoria Yarmoshchuk at MipTV on Monday. What it needs are new projects, international co-operations and jobs for people in the creative sector.
“On the first day of war, we realized that content is our weapon. Ukrainian stories are not local stories; they can be understood everywhere. The best thing the world can do right now is to collaborate with us,” she said.
Representatives of Film.UA Group, Media Group Ukraine, 1+1 Media and StarLightMedia, once rivals for content and viewers, came together in Cannes during a “Stand with Ukrainian Content Industry” session, urging international players to notice their showrunners, producers and writers, ready to work right now.
“We would like to be much more integrated in the international media community once the war ends,” said Inna Filipova, head of sales at 1+1 Media. She used to live in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv,...
“On the first day of war, we realized that content is our weapon. Ukrainian stories are not local stories; they can be understood everywhere. The best thing the world can do right now is to collaborate with us,” she said.
Representatives of Film.UA Group, Media Group Ukraine, 1+1 Media and StarLightMedia, once rivals for content and viewers, came together in Cannes during a “Stand with Ukrainian Content Industry” session, urging international players to notice their showrunners, producers and writers, ready to work right now.
“We would like to be much more integrated in the international media community once the war ends,” said Inna Filipova, head of sales at 1+1 Media. She used to live in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exhibit
Germany’s Osthaus Museum in Hagen is presenting a retrospective of American actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone’s decades-long oeuvre of paintings on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Stretching back more than half a century, the showcase features more than 50 paintings, including self-portraits and several works which will be shared publicly for the first time.
“That’s what I love about painting, it’s the only true communication you can have,” said Stallone in a release announcing the retrospective. “While writing can be manipulated, painting is the fastest and purest translator of the subconscious. When something is going on inside you and you hit the canvas, it’s hard to fake it. The artist on the canvas is number one for me when it comes to conveying his feelings.”
The Stallone retrospective opens on Dec. 4 and will be available through Feb. 20, 2022.
Director
Award-winning filmmaker Clement Virgo will helm...
Germany’s Osthaus Museum in Hagen is presenting a retrospective of American actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone’s decades-long oeuvre of paintings on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Stretching back more than half a century, the showcase features more than 50 paintings, including self-portraits and several works which will be shared publicly for the first time.
“That’s what I love about painting, it’s the only true communication you can have,” said Stallone in a release announcing the retrospective. “While writing can be manipulated, painting is the fastest and purest translator of the subconscious. When something is going on inside you and you hit the canvas, it’s hard to fake it. The artist on the canvas is number one for me when it comes to conveying his feelings.”
The Stallone retrospective opens on Dec. 4 and will be available through Feb. 20, 2022.
Director
Award-winning filmmaker Clement Virgo will helm...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, CNN International ups its global content on CNN Marketplace; “Love in Bloom” begins shooting in Australia; British gold medalist Greg Rutherford and Peppa Pig team on a video series to get kids active ahead of the Tokyo Olympics; Film UA Group’s “The Sniffer” heads to Sky Krimi in Germany; and the Nfts appoints Cymru Wales as head of its new Welsh office.
News
CNN International is expanding its CNN Marketplace franchise with new programming for both its TV and digital platforms, focused on business in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Beginning this weekend, CNN Marketplace Asia and CNN Marketplace Europe will broadcast on CNN International to be joined later this year by CNN Marketplace Middle East. Focusing on the macro trends impacting those territories, the monthly programs and dedicated news sections on CNN business will also shine a light on major players from...
News
CNN International is expanding its CNN Marketplace franchise with new programming for both its TV and digital platforms, focused on business in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Beginning this weekend, CNN Marketplace Asia and CNN Marketplace Europe will broadcast on CNN International to be joined later this year by CNN Marketplace Middle East. Focusing on the macro trends impacting those territories, the monthly programs and dedicated news sections on CNN business will also shine a light on major players from...
- 5/19/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Entertainment Germany has picked up “Hide and Seek,” Ukraine’s first crime noir series, in a deal struck with Zdf Enterprises.
The show is expected to air on the Sony Channel, available on German pay TV via cable and satellite, this fall in both German and original Russian language.
Filmed in over 80 locations in the Ukraine, “Hide and Seek” is a tension-filled story about children who mysteriously disappear from a small industrial town and the two determined detectives who track down the kidnapper while battling their own demons.
Produced by Film.UA Group for Ictv Ukraine and Okko Russia, “Hide and Seek” has already premiered in the U.S. and Canada on Global Series Network’s Walter Presents VOD service. In Europe, it has so far sold to Rai in Italy; Ftv Prima in the Czech Republic; Bonton Film for the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Canal Plus in...
The show is expected to air on the Sony Channel, available on German pay TV via cable and satellite, this fall in both German and original Russian language.
Filmed in over 80 locations in the Ukraine, “Hide and Seek” is a tension-filled story about children who mysteriously disappear from a small industrial town and the two determined detectives who track down the kidnapper while battling their own demons.
Produced by Film.UA Group for Ictv Ukraine and Okko Russia, “Hide and Seek” has already premiered in the U.S. and Canada on Global Series Network’s Walter Presents VOD service. In Europe, it has so far sold to Rai in Italy; Ftv Prima in the Czech Republic; Bonton Film for the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Canal Plus in...
- 1/22/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Yagira Yuya, the Japanese actor who won the acting prize in Cannes for his role in Koreeda Hirokazu’s “Nobody Knows,” heads the cast of “Gift of Fire,” which stands as the first internationally co-produced film made in 8K.
In the fact-based drama, Yagira plays a nuclear scientist who struggles with his conscience while working Japan’s own nuclear weapon effort, a secret program that remained largely unknown until ten years ago.
The film is directed by Kurosaki Hiroshi, whose past work includes multi award-winning “Goldfish” (aka “Hi No Sakana”) and 2011’s “Second Virgin.” It was produced in partnership between Japanese public broadcaster Nhk and Los Angeles-based Eleven Arts.
“Gift of Fire” charts the relationship of the scientist, his younger brother, an air force pilot, played by Miura Haruma (“Attack on Titan”), and their lifelong female friend played by Arimori Kasumi (“Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I – The Final”).
Nhk...
In the fact-based drama, Yagira plays a nuclear scientist who struggles with his conscience while working Japan’s own nuclear weapon effort, a secret program that remained largely unknown until ten years ago.
The film is directed by Kurosaki Hiroshi, whose past work includes multi award-winning “Goldfish” (aka “Hi No Sakana”) and 2011’s “Second Virgin.” It was produced in partnership between Japanese public broadcaster Nhk and Los Angeles-based Eleven Arts.
“Gift of Fire” charts the relationship of the scientist, his younger brother, an air force pilot, played by Miura Haruma (“Attack on Titan”), and their lifelong female friend played by Arimori Kasumi (“Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I – The Final”).
Nhk...
- 8/28/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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