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Manori Ravindran International EditorGerman investment and co-production outfit Night Train Media has fully acquired Swedish distributor Eccho Rights, buying Korean media group CJ ENM’s majority stake in the business in the process, Variety can reveal.The Stockholm-headquartered Eccho Rights is best known for a rich catalogue of Turkish content — which travels extremely well internationally — as well as Scandinavian, Western European and Korean programs. CJ ENM bought a majority stake in the company in December 2018 as part of a drive to expand in Europe, but has now fully sold that stake into Night Train Media.The deal for Eccho comes almost exactly a year after Night Train Media, which is backed by private equity company Serafin Group, bought a majority stake in Paul Heaney’s London-based distribution outfit BossaNova.
It also comes amid a period of significant consolidation within global TV distribution, which recently saw Blue Ant Media take 100% ownership of U.K.-based distributor Drive Media Rights, and Abacus Media Rights owner Amcomri buy U.K.-Australian factual distributor Flame Media’s program assets for $2.4 million. Eccho Rights will operate as an independent entity within the Night Train Media group, which was set up in early 2020.
Eccho CEO Fredrik af Malmborg will continue to lead the company with a substantial shareholding in the business. Meanwhile, Herbert L.
Kloiber, the former managing director of Tele München Group and CEO of Night Train Media, will serve as chairman of the Eccho Rights board.Outside of the pact, Night Train Media will continue to co-finance with third-party distributors. The company’s current production roster includes a documentary on Edvard Munch’s The Scream for Sky; the James
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star Song Kang-ho leads the cast of the South Korean thriller, which hits U.S. theaters this Friday, and only ET exclusively premieres an intense first look from the pandemic drama.The film, which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last year, kicks off when a terroristic threat that goes viral online and Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States.
stage 4 cancer, the singer and actress sold off most of her massive real estate portfolio in order to invest more into her foundation and wellness center, The Post has learned. “Olivia loved helping people.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Emergency Declaration,” a timely Korean-made action thriller, flew to an opening weekend of $6.5 million. But it was old-fashioned naval actioner “Hansan: Rising Dragon” that stayed afloat at the top of the South Korean box office for a second week.“Hansan,” a sequel to a 2014 record breaker, earned $9.18 million from over 1,600 screens, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
William Earl MRC leaders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge holding company have reached a deal to carve up their jointly owned assets into separate business entities.Wiczyk and Satchu will retain the MRC production entity, home to TV series including Netflix’s “Ozark” and Hulu “The Great,” and MRC’s investments in content shops Civic Center Media and T-Street.Eldridge will retain Dick Clark Productions and investments in hot indie studio A24, James Corden and Ben Winston’s Fulwell 73, Michael Sugar’s Sugar 23 and audience data firm Luminate. Eldridge also holds on toits minority stake in the PMRC joint venture established in 2020 that is the parent company of Variety, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Vibe, The Hollywood Reporter, Music Business Worldwide, the annual Life is Beautiful music festival and an investment in the SXSW festival franchise that is expanding beyond its Austin, Texas roots next year with an edition in Sydney, Australia.
J. Kim Murphy When audience members take their seats to watch “Bullet Train” in a 4DX auditorium this weekend, they will be greeted with a choice.
EXCLUSIVE: Chase Stokes (Outer Banks) is set to star in the Steve Barnett-directed thriller Valiant One from Monarch Media, which heads into production in Vancouver in September.
Partner Track on Netflix is what you get when you cross an iconic show about powerhouse women navigating relationships a la with a series about kickass lawyers like . The new show follows Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young lawyer who struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm.
EXCLUSIVE: North America is getting its latest free streaming service later this month. Mometu, which is marketing itself as a “hand curated” on-demand live streaming platform, will launch on August 19 and has secured free streaming rights to South Korean feature The Policeman’s Lineage.
Joy Behar is pretty concerned about the issues conservatives are choosing to run on in this election cycle. On Monday’s episode of “The View,” she argued that their focus on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion rights will turn the country into a hostile nation if they succeed.Of course, Behar also argued that conservatives might be overplaying their hand. “They always say that the Democrats shoot themselves in the foot, but now it looks like the Republicans are doing that to themselves,” she argued.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA powerful debut for “Hansan: Rising Dragon,” a locally-made historical action film, lifted the South Korean box office to its second highest weekend of the year and helped July to be the best month of 2022.The film is a prequel to “Roaring Currents” a tale of an heroic 14th century naval admiral that amassed some 17 million admissions in 2014 and is currently the most-watched Korean film of all time.Data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that “Hansan” earned $13.4 million from 1.63 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, for a market share of 60%. Over its first five days in theaters, the film amassed $17.9 million from 2.27 million spectators.
Nikita Jasmine has shared a health update after going under the knife at a private hospital earlier this year.The 27 year old, who recently branded Chloe Brockett a "lying little witch" as the pair lashed out at each other, opened up on the mystery surgery in an exclusive interview with OK! magazine at the National Reality TV Awards UK 2022. Arriving at the red carpet with her Married At First Sight pal Jessika Power, who starred in the Australian version of the show, Nikita insisted that she's "absolutely fine" following the procedure. "I needed it, but I'm fit, I'm well.
After a three-year hiatus on the big screen, Matthew McConaughey will make his return and is set to star in soccer movie “Dallas String” for Skydance, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Kari Skoglund, who most recently directed the six episodes of Marvel Studios “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is attached to direct the project.According to Deadline, which first reported the news, “Dallas String” is “the fact-based story of how a group of Dallas high school girls headed to China in 1984 as the ultimate underdog and beat some of the best women’s teams from China, Australia and Italy.”McConaughey was last seen on the big screen in 2019, when he starred in “The Gentlemen,” “Beach Bum” and “Serenity.” He had a starring voice role in “Sing 2” last year. The “Dallas String” script is written by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch (“GLOW”).
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew McConaughey is set to star in Dallas Sting, the fact-based story of how a group of Dallas high school girls headed to China in 1984 as the ultimate underdog and beat some of the best women’s teams from China, Australia and Italy. The film was developed by Skydance and Berlanti Schechter Productions. Apple, which has an overall deal with Skydance, has first bite at the film and I expect a deal to happen before production begins this fall in New Orleans.
Naman Ramachandran Newen Studios, the Paris-headquartered production and distribution group, has taken a majority stake in London-based production house, Rise Films, the outfit behind “All That Breathes,” which won the top documentary prizes at Sundance and Cannes this year. The move is part of Newen’s premium documentary ambitions and U.K.
MORE: Prince William reveals summer plans alongside his family as he wishes Lionesses good luckDespite never having won a trophy, the England team's impressive performance thus far has ignited newfound hope among eager football fans.WATCH: Prince William visits England Women at St George's ParkAnd forward player Beth Mead has played a key part in the team's success. We take a deep dive into the 27-year-old's family life and everything in between.MORE: Prince William makes heartfelt comment on mental health as he visits England's LionessesREAD: Who is England Euros star Lucy Bronze?Beth was born in North Yorkshire in a small village called Hinderwell which she describes as being "literally in the middle of nowhere." Having started football at the tender age of six, she credits her mum with kickstarting her career."I had a lot of energy as a kid and because of that, my mum wanted to get rid of some of that energy and decided to take me to a Saturday morning football session on a village field in Hinderwell, which was run by a guy who volunteered", she explained.A post shared by Beth Mead (@bethmead_)Beth's mum June played a huge part in her early careerWith no girls' team at school, Beth was forced to play at her local village school Oakridge Primary for the boys' team.
The England Lionesses have done incredible in the Euros 2022, and have got us excited about the prospect of it finally coming home! The team are storming the way through the tournament and we've got high hopes for their Semi-Final match against Sweden taking place tonight.There are many supporters of their talented squad - 7.6 million people tuned in to watch their last match against Spain including Sporty Spice herself, Mel C. Some of their biggest cheerleaders are their devoted partners, who are with us all hoping for a big win. Let's meet the loved ones who will be screaming in the stands or at their TV sets tonight...