Netflix has entered into an agreement with French video game company Ubisoft to develop content based on the best-selling video game franchise Assassin’s Creed. The first series is already in developmentand is slated to be an epic, live action adaptation. A search is currently underway for a showrunner. Ubisoft Film & Television’s Jason Altman and […]
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has confirmed the production of Dale Gas, an action series produced in conjunction with Dynamo and Netflix. It is being filmed in Mexico City and will premiere on Netflix at the beginning of 2021. The series will be comprised of 10 episodes, each 45-minutes in length, telling the story of Kike […]
Western European commissioners are driving a new boom in format production fuelling a huge uptick in commissioning of formatted shows in the past year. European format commissioning activity reached a high in July 2020 with 30 unscripted remakes announced in a single month. While Covid-19 has added fuel to the format fire, growing demand for […]
The ITV Hub is to launch two new spin off shows which premiere on the platform, offering audiences a wealth of bonus content around two of ITV’s most popular entertainment shows, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and The Masked Singer. I’m A Celebrity…The Daily Drop is a new companion show for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out […]
Celebrated cult movie Willow, the George Lucas fantasy epic released in 1988, will be returning as a Disney+ sequel series slated to begin production next year. The story’s namesake hero, Willow Ufgood, will once again be portrayed by Hollywood actor Warwick Davis. Jon M. Chu is set to direct the pilot, and will serve as […]
BritBox has announced that its satirical puppet show Spitting Image will have two specials to cover all the key moments and circus around the 2020 US Election. Viewers will have a one-off chance to watch the first episode of the special on ITV on October 31st. Both episodes will then be available to view only […]
BBC Studios and Bilibili, one of China’s largest online entertainment services platforms, have jointly announced a new multi-year strategic cooperation agreement to enhance the platform’s BBC Studios content, taking their existing partnership to a new level by collaborating on BBC Studios-led productions. Both sides say they are committed to enhancing their cooperation by commissioning new […]
HBO has commissioned a 6-part drama series about SpaceX and its founder, Elon Musk. The episodic drama is based on a book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. The series, according to trade magazine Variety, will document how Musk handpicked a group of like-minded engineers to work […]
Under her ARRAY Filmworks banner for Netflix, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ava DuVernay will direct, write and produce a new feature film adaptation based on the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. Through a multiple-story structure, Caste examines the unspoken system that […]
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has told the RTS digital conference that it will start to commission original programming for its AVoD platform ITV Hub, and has talked up co-production opportunities for its joint venture streamer BritBox. McCall said ITV had “invested a lot in Hub” and added that 80 per cent of 16-34s in the […]