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BBC, Prime Video order more from The Night Manager

The BBC and Prime Video have announced that the hit drama The Night Manager will return for two new seasons, due to begin filming later this year. Produced by The Ink Factory in association with Character 7, Demarest Films and 127 Wall, and in co-production with Spanish partner Nostromo Pictures, the show is inspired by […]

April 12, 2024

Prime Video announces Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 casting

Prime Video has announced that Nicole Kidman will return, and Henry Golding, Mark Strong, Lena Olin have boarded the cast of Nine Perfect Strangers’s season 2 as series regulars. Kidman will once again also executive produce the series. The show hails from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films, and […]

March 22, 2024

Youku, Tale Wind Studio co-produce new season of Turbozaurs

Youku streaming platform and Armenian studio Tale Wind co-produced the fifth season (26 x 7’) of Turbozaurs animated series – to be released in 2024. Youku closely cooperated with Turbozaurs’ creator, Tale Wind studio, in producing the fifth season, which features a new character – a Turbozaur named Siren. Chinese platform gained all the rights […]

November 9, 2023

Roku distribution partnership with Fifth Season

Roku has entered a multi-title international distribution partnership with film and TV studio Fifth Season. Through the partnership, Fifth Season will serve as Roku’s international format and tape distribution partner for an initial slate of unscripted Roku Originals, ensuring that a wider global audience can discover and The Roku Channel’s lineup of entertainment. Fifth Season […]

October 11, 2023

Channel 4 orders Marilyn Manson docu-series

UK/US producer Lightbox, founded by Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn is in production on a premium three-part documentary series co-financed by Channel 4 and Fifth Season examining the recent controversy around the rock star Marilyn Manson. Marilyn Manson: Behind the Mask (working title) charts the musician’s rise to fame, significance and role as a counterculture […]

October 11, 2023

Lightbox in production on Bad Host: Hunting the Couchsurfing Predator

UK/US producer Lightbox, founded by Academy Award-winner Simon Chinn and Emmy Award-winner Jonathan Chinn, is in production on a premium three-part documentary series for Sky Documentaries telling the extraordinary story of a group of young women from across the globe who join forces to bring down a predatory Italian policeman. Based on the hit podcast, […]

September 28, 2023

Fifth Season strengthens EMEA distribution team

Global film and TV studio Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) has made a raft of appointments and promotions across its expanding EMEA Television Distribution team. Led by the recently promoted President of Television Distribution, Prentiss Fraser, Fifth Season’s Television Distribution team is headquartered in London, with executives located in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, […]

February 6, 2023