EXCLUSIVE: Laurieann Gibson, choreographer to stars such as Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and Britney Spears, has teamed up with Sky-backed producer Catalina Content to develop a new talent format.
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Anna Marie de la Fuente Endeavor Content is in talks to reteam with the filmmakers behind the hit “Blue Miracle,” in the wake of its success on Netflix, where it ranked second on its opening weekend, and is reported to have resonated in the U.S.
across all ethnic groups.Starring a relatively unknown Latino cast, the most high-profile actor in it is Dennis Quaid who plays a washed-up and cantankerous boat captain who reluctantly teams up with a guardian, played by Jimmy Gonzales (“Mayans M.C.”),
.EXCLUSIVE: Laurieann Gibson, choreographer to stars such as Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and Britney Spears, has teamed up with Sky-backed producer Catalina Content to develop a new talent format.
Anna Marie de la Fuente After a multi-year hiatus, Pablo Stoll, who broke out with directing partner Juan Pablo Rebella on such hits as “25 Watts” and “Whisky,” is back in the director’s seat, albeit on his own, with “Summer Hit” (“El Tema del Verano”), a zombie pic now shooting on the beaches of Uruguay.Presented at last year’s Cannes Producers Network, film is co-produced by Temperamento Films (Uruguay), Ice End Content (Chile) and La Unión de los Ríos (Argentina) in association with Nadador
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAfter a decade at YouTube, Malik Ducard is moving on: He’s been hired by Pinterest as the image-sharing and social media company’s first chief content officer.For the last two years, Ducard has been VP of content partnerships at YouTube, in charge of business development for the platform’s partnerships on film, TV, social impact, family and learning.
Anna Marie de la Fuente In a nod to the growing demand for elevated television content in the market and consumers, Chile’s Santiago International Film Festival is launching screenings of select series to the general public as part of its Sanfic Series sidebar.As the first in Chile to launch such an event, Sanfic Series will be screening four television projects to the public at the Matucana 100 Cultural Center located in the city center of Santiago.Three TV projects from Argentina and one from
Work to transform the iconic Royton Town Hall and Library into a multi-use community hub has begun.
Sir Mo Farah won his first major title at the European Athletics Junior Championship in 2001. Fast forward 20 years to now, and while Mo has thought about hanging up his running trainers, he's not quite there yet.SEE: Sir Mo Farah’s family home looks like a holiday villaSpeaking to HELLO! at the unveiling of Huawei's new GT 3 watch, he said: "I'll retire at some point yeah, not yet.
Anna Marie de la Fuente In a move aimed at powering up more content for the massive U.S. Hispanic market and beyond, leading indie production shingle BTF Media has teamed up with L.A.-based American Cinema Inspires (ACI) to develop and produce a slew of Hispanic productions with predominantly U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has made a partnership with veteran producer and former studio executive Brad Weston and his Makeready banner. They’ve made a multi-year deal to finance and produce film, TV and documentary content. The deal positions Weston to become a cornerstone content supplier to the global film/TV studio that just generated the Venice prize winner The Lost Daughter and the Hulu hit series Nine Perfect Strangers.
Anna Marie de la Fuente In a move aimed at further building its roster of original content, LA-based Spanish-language streaming platform Pantaya and Latino Hollywood studio Pantelion have signed multi-year first look deals with Latin American companies El Estudio, The Lift and Traziende Films.Under the terms of the pact, each company will produce direct-to-platform Spanish-language pics to stream exclusively on Pantaya in the U.S.Pantelion will serve as the studio on the projects, tapping its
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaKeith Redmon has joined Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear Pictures as a partner. He’s being tasked with heading up Black Bear Global, a newly created division which will focus on building strategic alliances and co-productions between the company and talent, production companies and partners overseas.Redmon, who was at Anonymous Content for two decades, will also help build Black Bear’s management portfolio.
Ernie Hudson is just as excited about as the fans.In a chat with ET's Matt Cohen, the 75-year-old revealed that Jason and Ivan Reitman invited him to an early screening of the film, and he liked what he saw. «I haven't seen the finished cut so I have no idea what's there now but I was so touched by it,» he shared.
The Red Devils are set to move out of the AJ Bell Stadium in a switch with Salford City FC.
Anna Marie de la Fuente In its continued bid to bolster and secure proven talent in Latin America, Netflix has announced a three-year exclusive creative partnership for series and a first look film pact with Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner and executive producer of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”Valenzuela is now tooling the third season of “Who Killed Sara?,”co-written with his long-time collaborators Rosario Valenzuela and Jean Pierre Fica,which
Anna Marie de la Fuente In a series of key pacts for Argentine political horror pic, “History of the Occult,” Netflix has snapped up streaming rights to the film for Spain and Latin America, which it plans to drop on Oct.
No one seems more determined to will their franchise into being than Ivan Reitman and his Ghost Corps. company.
After holding a live panel for the cast and creators of Ghostbusters: Afterlife at New York Comic-Con this evening, producer Ivan Reitman and director Jason Reitman took the energy on the Empire Stage at the Javits Center to a whole other level by giving fans a look at the entire film.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMr. Men Little Miss, the iconic brand of children’s characters including Mr.
Beloved children’s book series Mr Men Little Miss is to be adapted for TV as producer-distributor Endeavor Content closes a deal with license holder Sanrio.
EXCLUSIVE: The stories of a sex worker, a poacher hunter, a commando and a modern monk are among those being told in a new docuseries exec produced by Kathryn Bigelow.
Anna Marie de la Fuente Elie Samaha’s Luminosity Entertainment and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures have snagged the worldwide rights to Abner Benaim’s dramatic thriller, “Plaza Catedral.”The deal, forged by Luminosity partner and co-president Daniel Diamond and Karz, closed just ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (FICG) on Oct. 3.