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23.10.2023 - 13:15 / variety.com
Anna Tingley For many content creators, TikTok is the gateway to Hollywood. But now, the movie industry may finally be catching on to the value of the behemoth social media platform, which will soon be home to more scripted and produced shows.
Adam McKay, with his non-profit production company Yellow Dot Studios, is set to be the first traditional Hollywood producer to invest real money into a scripted series on TikTok. Written and directed by Ari Cagan, whose podcast “Things You Don’t Need to Know” was produced by McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, “Noble Energy” is a satirical office comedy about a family-owned oil company “battling against innovation, activists and each other as they destroy the planet to protect their own interests,” according to the series logline.
The first episode of the 15-episode series releases on the platform on Nov. 14.
“Ari is a creative ball of energy who wakes up every day to make something or cause some kind of trouble,” Mckay told Variety ahead of the show’s official announcement on Monday morning.“So when Staci Roberts-Steele at Yellow Dot and I realized how aware he is of the urgency of the climate’s insane warming and that he had a funny idea to call out the oil companies, I couldn’t say yes fast enough.” A Studio 181 production, the series is co-written by Cagan, John Connor Hammond and Jack Reichert, with Cagan also directing and producing the series and Hammond starring and producing. Of course, as a made-for-TikTok series, it’s also one of the first narrative series to shot vertically, with cinematography by Matt Klahn.
The first season starts off after a massive explosion causes an oil spill at one of Noble Energy’s offshore rigs. On track to be one of the largest oil spills ever
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tucker Tooley Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to a pair of books about First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with plans to develop them into a limited series. Variety has learned exclusively that the company has acquired the rights to the books ““Jackie: Public, Private, Secret” and “Jackie, Janet and Lee,” both written by by J. Randy Taraborrelli.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Series Mania Institute, the first school entirely dedicated to series, and Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), Wednesday announced launch next year of Serial Bridges, a workshop event, in France and Taiwan. The first workshop will begin in March at Series Mania (Mar. 15-21, 2023, 2024) in Lille, France, and conclude at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest in November 2024. The Serial Bridges workshop is open to six writer-producer duos with a series project.
JLo dances with a plant to her iconic song, “Waiting for Tonight.” North West shows off her epic duo costume with Penelope Disick as Tiana and Charlotte La Bouff from Princess and the Frog. Tiana and LottieKim Kardashian reveals her last Halloween costume, dressing up as Salma Hayek in From Dusk Til Dawn, which got the Mexican stars approval.
Paris Fury has admitted that a potential children's nanny that she was looking to hire refused to work with the family as her kids were too unruly.The 33 year old is now a mum of seven, after welcoming another son, Prince Rico Paris, in September, and her large brood can often be a handful, as documented in Paris and husband Tyson's recent Netflix series, At Home With the Furys. In her new book: How Does She Do It?, Paris admits she once considered getting some extra help for her then-six children in the form of a nanny, but when she tried, her nanny of choice opted not to work with the family.
Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to horror thriller “Don’t Move” from Capstone Global. The film follows a seasoned killer as he injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
Pairs Fury has said she feels like the 'world's worst mum' after jetting off to support her husband Tyson five weeks after they welcomed their seventh child into the world.
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Paris Fury said the 'King and Queen back together' as she reunited with her husband Tyson ahead of his boxing match this weekend.
Jaden Thompson Former Amazon executive Leo Zimbrón has been appointed senior vice president of Spanish-language features and international co-productions at Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell’s 3Pas Studios. “There are few executives with the levels of experience and success that Leo has garnered over the years. Eugenio and I have both worked with him previously and love what he will bring to 3pas as we continue to build and scale our business,” Odell said.
William Earl TikTok has announced its first-ever live global music event for fans, with a lineup that includes Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta and Charlie Puth. The social media platform is set to host “In the Mix” at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona on December 10. In addition to the headliners, TikTok is planning to highlight musicians from its emerging artist program Elevate with performances from Kaliii, Isabel LaRosa, Sam Barber and Lu Kala.
EXCLUSIVE: Little Dot Studios and its streamer, History Hit, have struck an exclusive deal with Rishi Sharma, a doc maker known for interviewing thousands of World War II veterans.
Paris Hilton has shared a rare photo of her baby boy, after welcoming him via surrogate earlier this year. The heiress and TV personality, 42, took to Instagram to share a photo of her nine month old son, Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum, who she shares with husband Carter Reum. In the photos, Phoenix can be seen being cradled on mum’s knee as he gives a cheeky grin.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Annecy Animation Film Festival, which hosted the world premiered of Disney’s “Once Upon a Studio” and welcomed more than 16,000 people during its latest edition, is expanding its scope with a sprawling €26 million ($27.5 million) international institute dedicated to the world of animation. Called the Cité Internationale du Cinema d’Animation, the venue is expected to launch during the second half of 2025 and will boast a 330-seat screening room, an artists’ residency, special areas for training courses and cultural action, a space for temporary exhibitions, a permanent exhibition to showcase the animation film collections from Annecy’s Musée-Château, a bookstore and a gift shop.
EXCLUSIVE: ETM Distribution has set a nationwide theatrical release for Holiday Twist, a new family film starring Kelly Stables (Superstore), Neal McDonough (Yellowstone), Sean Astin (Stranger Things) and more. Marking the debut feature of Stephanie Garvin, who directed from her own script, the film will bow exclusively in 500+ theaters nationwide December 1.
K.J. Yossman “House of Kardashian,” the documentary about television’s most famous family, is heading to Australia among other territories. FOXTEL have picked up the three-part doc series, made by 72 Films, for the Australian market.
Anna Marie de la Fuente Stuart Ford’s AGC Television has boarded the series adaptation of F.G. Haghenbeck’s novel, ‘Primavera del Mal’ (‘The Spring of Evil’) alongside Mexican-American filmmaker Fernando Lebrija of Cielo Content and Irreversible Pictures. To be retitled “Amapola,” the upcoming historical drama series is set in the early 20th century when the Chinese held sway over the drug trade along the Mexican-U.S.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mathieu Kassovitz has quit the Paris Has Fallen television series citing creative differences. He has been replaced by Spiral actor Tewfik Jallab.
EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau creator Eric Rochant is today formally unveiling his production banner, Maui Entertainment, which has quietly launched with backing from Federation Studios.