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RSA Films launches unscripted division with Netflix series

RSA Films is launching its new Unscripted Division following the announcement of a multi-part Robbie Williams series for Netflix. The project is the first from RSA Unscripted and builds on the success of the production company’s recent feature documentaries Oasis: Knebworth 1996, Kipchoge: The Last Milestone and Life in a Day 2020. “The RSA Unscripted […]

August 25, 2022

Sky reveals slate of factual commissions

Sky has unveiled seven new Sky Original documentary projects across Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky Crime. The new commissions will also air on streaming service NOW. The newly commissioned titles for Sky Documentaries include: The Good Fight Club, which follows a young team of mixed martial arts fighters from South East London, training in […]

August 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Pinewood sound stage named after Sean Connery

Pinewood Studios has announced that its new sound stage will be named in honour of the late Sir Sean Connery. The purpose-built, 18,000 square foot Sean Connery Stage is one of five new stages opening at the iconic lot. Connery filmed all six of his James Bond movies at Pinewood in Buckinghamshire, from 1962’s Dr. […]

August 25, 2022

Prime Video announces Brit rom-com How To Date Billy Walsh

Prime Video has announced a new British high school romantic comedy movie, How To Date Billy Walsh. Filming on the production has already begun, and the movie will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The cast features Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper), Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton), and Tanner Buchanan (Cobra Kai). Further […]

August 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Woods, McIlroy form TMRW Sports

Golfing greats Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and veteran sports industry executive Mike McCarley have formed TMRW Sports, a company focused on building technology-focused ventures that feature progressive approaches to sports, media, and entertainment “I am excited to work with TMRW Sports in bringing people more access to sports,” declared Woods. “So many athletes, entertainers, and […]

August 24, 2022By Colin Mann

ITV unveils slate of factual commissions for ITVX

ITV has announced a slate of factual commissions for ITVX, its new streaming platform set to launch later this year. “We’re excited about the opportunity ITVX presents for us and with our commissioning we want to broaden the palette of factual in very different and surprising ways. Documentary box sets with directorial ambition, on a diverse […]

August 24, 2022

Channel 4 orders UK version of Alone

Channel 4 has commissioned The Garden to make the first UK series of the international survival hit Alone. The reality TV series bills itself as an uncompromising survival experiment: the ultimate test of endurance and ingenuity, in one of the most beautiful but challenging landscapes on earth. The six-part series will see ten contestants dropped […]

August 23, 2022

Fox Nation to produce original films

Fox Nation, Fox News Media’s direct to consumer streaming service, is set to release its first original film, marking the platform’s entry into in-house movie production, announced John Finley, Executive Vice President of Development. On September 1st, Fox Nation will premiere The Shell Collector, a feature film based on a bestselling title by author Nancy […]

August 16, 2022

Analysis: International commissions key for Netflix growth

Netflix beat its own record by commissioning new Original first-run TV or movie content from 28 different markets in the second quarter of 2022, according to a report by Ampere Analysis. This reflects the increasing importance of the international audience to the company’s continued growth. Netflix has commissioned new content from 44 territories since the […]

August 15, 2022

Ryan Reynolds’ prodco signs FuboTV content deal

Maximum Effort Productions, a production company co-founded by Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and former SVP of digital marketing at 20th Century Fox George Dewey in 2018, has announced a first-look deal for unscripted content with US streaming platform FuboTV. As part of the deal, Maximum Effort will launch Maximum Effort Network, a linear channel on […]

August 8, 2022