Quntis Studios Acquires 100 Hours of Factual Content for its Digital Channels – Mipcom Roundup

After their collaborative global success on Sony’s $1.76 billion grossing Jumanji movies, director Jake Kasdan is getting back in business with Dwayne Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions for a holiday movie with Amazon Studios, previously titled Red One.  

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios is consolidating its Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) distribution regions as a single, unified business.The new division, known as Global Markets, under the leadership of Nick Percy as president, will be operational from Jan. 31, 2022.

Alyssa Milano has signed a a first-look production and writing deal with A+E Studios, president Barry Jossen said Thursday.The actor, producer, host, activist, entrepreneur, humanitarian and New York Times best-selling author will write and produce projects for A+E Studios for sale on all global and domestic television platforms and services.A+E Studios had acquired Milano’s pilot script “Things I’m Seeing Without You,” which she adapted based on the young adult novel by Peter Bognanni.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films has acquired 100 Years from Mississippi, a documentary portrait of Mamie Lang Kirkland, who died in 2020 at age 111 after a remarkable life.

With “Eternals” mere days away from arriving in theaters around the world, a lot of talk has been about the fact that the film includes Marvel Studios’ first real inclusion of a major LGBTQ superhero. And though the character is a major part of the new “Eternals,” that doesn’t mean the film won’t face heavy censoring for approval in certain conservative international markets.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“Hamilton” Tony nominee Christopher Jackson has signed a first-look deal with CBS Studios to produce across all platforms, including broadcast, streaming and premium cable.“I’m looking forward to continuing my partnership with CBS in this new capacity,” Jackson, whose work as George Washington in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” earned him Tony and Grammy nominations in 2016, tells me exclusively.

Netflix has assured investors that it won’t be rushing to purchase more – but won’t turn down a good opportunity.During an earnings call earlier this week (via VGC), Netflix COO Gregory Peters explained the company’s strategy when it comes to gaming.“It’s something that will be opportunistic,” he explained. “I would say don’t expect us to go on a tearing, buying spree or something like that.

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to For the Love of Money, a crime drama directed by Leslie Small that stars Keri Hilson and Katt Williams. The distributor plans to release the pic via its Freestyle Releasing, in association with Global View Entertainment, in 750 theaters nationwide on November 24, marking the company’s first theatrical release in more than a year owing to the pandemic.

Disney is at it again, shuffling its upcoming release date calendar. And this time, it looks like there’s not a specific reason for the delays, but it does appear the entirety of the upcoming Marvel Studios lineup is getting shifted yet again.

Amazon Game Studios wants to identify the top 20 issues affecting New World players in a bid to improve the game’s quality.In a post by community manager, NW_Mugsy, on the New World forums and shared on Reddit, they explain that the team is “aware of all the issues being surfaced by the community in our forums, Discord, Reddit, in-game [and] across social media”.

Abandoned developers Blue Box Game Studios has shared that death threats against employees have been increasing “online but unfortunately also physically”.Blue Box Game Studios shared a message on Twitter this morning (October 17) “not addressed as a company, but as a group of human beings”.The statement reveals “the last few days have been difficult” and blames an increase of death threats, both online and physical.“We have been dealing with death threats the past few months and the last few

Ann-Marie Corvin London-based doc specialist Taskovski Films has acquired the world sales rights to Irish director Pat Collins’ feature doc “The Dance,” which is running in the Documentary Competition at this week’s London Film Festival.Produced through Irish prod cos Harvest Films and South Wind Blows with support from Screen Ireland and RTE, the observation documentary claims to give an insight into the creative mind of choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan as he stages a new international dance

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios and DBK Studios are partnering on a five-part short film series that will spotlight the UK’s emerging black and diverse talent, with filmmakers including an assistant on Rapman’s Blue Story and the lead actress from E4’s Russel T Davies show Banana.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSky Studios and leading Nordic producer Sagafilm have renewed their multi-year development and distribution deal following the recent success of the Icelandic drama series “Sisterhood.”Sagafilm entered a partnership with Sky Studios, the European production and commissioning arm for Sky Original, back in 2019.

Naman Ramachandran As Mipcom rolled on at Cannes, U.K.

Jamie Lang Viacom International Studios has launched VIS Social Impact, a new studio division dedicated to developing social impact-driven content focused on topical issues such as climate, equality and health.

BBC Studios has sold big-hitting dramas such as The Pursuit Of Love and Time to HBO Max in Latin America as part of a plus-100 hour content deal.

It is truly the end of another era at Walt Disney Studios. In a move that many were expecting, Alan Horn, 78, is retiring as Chief Creative Officer of Disney Studios Content, effective Dec. 31 after a nine-year run at the Burbank, CA lot in an executive TV and motion picture industry career that has spanned closed to 50 years.