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EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacy Snider’s Chernobyl producer Sister has hired an in-house Covid Supervisor for at least the next six months to oversee protocols on set.

Media Mogul Elisabeth Murdoch is backing a startup VFX company, BeloFX, which has been founded in Canada and the UK by a group of experienced executives.

An iconic UK live music venue is on the verge of reopening following millions of pounds of investment from Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Chernobyl producer Sister.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorStacey Snider has run major movie studios and a very well-heeled independent production company over her long career in Hollywood.

This year’s BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full list of titles, with the program comprised of 159 features including 21 world premieres.

EXCLUSIVE: Sister, the independent studio founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has struck a first-look deal with Chris Goldberg and his Winterlight Pictures to develop and produce television and feature content. Under the pact, Goldberg will be based out of Sister Los Angeles.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorKrasnoff/Foster Entertainment has partnered with Sister, the production company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, on the feature film “Raya,” based on the novel by Mahsa Rahmani Noble.

VES Award-winning How To Train Your Dragon franchise alum Simon Otto has been set to make his animated feature directorial debut on Locksmith Animation’s That Christmas. Based on a trio of children’s books by writer/director Richard Curtis, and previously known as The Empty Stocking, the film is currently in development at Locksmith Animation’s studios in London.

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EXCLUSIVE: Sister, the media co-venture owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, and Jane Featherstone, has posted a loss of $7.7M in its first 18 months of trading, during which it expanded its investment empire and was hit by the coronavirus production shutdown.

Sister, the fast-growing production powerhouse founded by Jane Featherstone, Stacey Snider and Elisabeth Murdoch that has produced such shows asChernobyl, Gangs of London and Giri/Haji, is launching a new entity based in Manchester.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Chernobyl” producer Sister — the content studio set up by Jane Featherstone, Stacey Snider and Elisabeth Murdoch — has hired former “Black Mirror” producer Lucy Dyke to lead a new production hub out of Manchester, in northern England.The outfit is called Northern Sister, and will focus on developing and producing high-end scripted projects in the region, while fostering creators from diverse backgrounds both on and off screen.

Sister, the Elisabeth Murdoch-backed producer behind Chernobyl, is launching an office in the north of England and has recruited The Split executive producer Lucy Dyke to lead the outpost.

Kenneth Branagh has been set to direct the untitled Bee Gees biopic movie for Paramount Pictures.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSister, the upstart studio from Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider, has signed esteemed production company Market Road Films to a first-look film and TV deal.Comprised of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and Emmy-winning director Tony Gerber, Market Road will develop and produce series and feature content in both scripted and unscripted categories.“Lynn and Tony have enjoyed unparalleled and acclaimed success in every form of

EXCLUSIVE: DriveTribe, the motoring social network founded by The Grand Tour team and with investment from Elisabeth Murdoch and Disney, has warned that it could run out of cash unless it can mount a sustained recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEndemol Shine Australia’s co-CEOs Mark and Carl Fennessy are leaving the company after more than 10 years following Banijay’s takeover.The leading lights in Australian TV helped Elisabeth Murdoch establish Shine Australia in 2009 and oversaw its merger with Endemol in 2014.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSister, the production co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has optioned Jennifer Weiner’s New York Times bestseller Mrs.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLeBron James and business partner Maverick Carter have raised $100 million in funding from backers including Guggenheim Partners and Elisabeth Murdoch.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski Sister, the global content company co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has won the rights to James McBride’s Deacon King Kong to develop as a television series.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSister Pictures, the content company headed by Elisabeth Murdoch, Staci Snider and Jane Featherstone, has nabbed the television rights to James McBride’s novel “Deacon King Kong.”The announcement comes one day after “Deacon King Kong” was named as the latest Oprah’s Book Club selection.McBride will pen the TV adaptation of “Deacon King Kong,” set in 1969 when a fumbling, comical old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sister is adding another top executive/producer to the fold in Carolyn Strauss, who is joining the content venture co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone.Strauss, who is moving her producing deal to Sister, is coming off a 34-year tenure at HBO where she has spent her entire career to date, from a temp through a slew of executive jobs, including entertainment president, to an Emmy-winning producer.“HBO has been my

Sister, the global media company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has invested in newly launched nonfiction podcast studio Campside. The deal builds on Sister’s growing portfolio of creator-first businesses after its March investment in comic book publisher AWA Studios.

By Peter White

Elisabeth Murdoch's recently launched global content company, Sister, is adding a creative executive to its ranks.Kate Fenske has been tapped to serve as chief creative executive at Sister, the production and development venture founded by Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone. Fenske will continue to be based in Los Angeles and harness her industry relationships to help Sister champion bold storytellers and visionary talent across multiple platforms.

By Nellie Andreeva

Television exec Kate Fenske has been named chief creative executive of Sister, the independent production and development company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone.

By Peter White