The Danish startup Podster specialises in globalising local, successful podcasts. This time, the innovative company partners up with local production company Airborne to adapt the Swedish crime investigation podcast “#Fallet”. The adaption will air September 20 through Dpg Media; the largest media company in the Netherlands.
In 1986, 15-year-old Samir was sentenced to psychiatric treatment after being charged with murdering his stepmother. Samir confessed to stabbing her several times. 1,5 years after the conviction, Samir retracted his confession and said it was his father who did it. Was he really innocent?
This investigative podcast was originally created by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Swedish journalist Anders Johansson set out on a journey to find out if Samir was indeed innocent. And if so, who actually murdered his stepmother. The show reached millions of listeners in its home market as the episodes unravel new findings through interviews and investigative journalism.
“Fallet is a remarkable story,...
In 1986, 15-year-old Samir was sentenced to psychiatric treatment after being charged with murdering his stepmother. Samir confessed to stabbing her several times. 1,5 years after the conviction, Samir retracted his confession and said it was his father who did it. Was he really innocent?
This investigative podcast was originally created by the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Swedish journalist Anders Johansson set out on a journey to find out if Samir was indeed innocent. And if so, who actually murdered his stepmother. The show reached millions of listeners in its home market as the episodes unravel new findings through interviews and investigative journalism.
“Fallet is a remarkable story,...
- 9/28/2023
- Podnews.net
Nic Izzi of Red20 announced on Thursday that he is developing a new version of the 1980s animated kids show “Rude Dog and the Dweebs,” which is being reimagined as an adult animated series.
The character, created by Brad McMahon in the 1980s, originated as a mascot for Sun Sportswear. In 1989, he got his own animated series from Marvel Productions and was part of the CBS Saturday morning line-up. Rob Paulsen, who voiced Yakko on “Animaniacs” and Pinky on “Pinky and the Brain,” provided the voice of the pooch with the rude ‘tude.
“Rude Dog and its brand left an indelible mark on its generation,” Izzi said. ”Rude Dog’s story evolves into a satire about the broken institutions which have left behind the working class. Audiences have embraced the wide spectrum of adult animation, from joke-heavy comedies to sophisticated tales of reconstruction, which is exactly the vibe Rude Dog evokes.
The character, created by Brad McMahon in the 1980s, originated as a mascot for Sun Sportswear. In 1989, he got his own animated series from Marvel Productions and was part of the CBS Saturday morning line-up. Rob Paulsen, who voiced Yakko on “Animaniacs” and Pinky on “Pinky and the Brain,” provided the voice of the pooch with the rude ‘tude.
“Rude Dog and its brand left an indelible mark on its generation,” Izzi said. ”Rude Dog’s story evolves into a satire about the broken institutions which have left behind the working class. Audiences have embraced the wide spectrum of adult animation, from joke-heavy comedies to sophisticated tales of reconstruction, which is exactly the vibe Rude Dog evokes.
- 4/28/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Filmmaker Jason Pollock, director of the Stranger Fruit and Finding Kendrick Johnson documentaries, has announced the next case his team’s lens will be focused on: The Case of Korryn Gaines. Korryn’s family has given Pollock exclusive rights to develop both a feature documentary and narrative film about Korryn’s life and death.
Korryn Gaines was the victim of a 6-hour standoff in Baltimore which ended in her death in August of 2016. Her case immediately became worldwide news, and she became the face of the ‘Say Her Name’ movement at the time. Prior to Breonna Taylor’s death in 2020, Korryn Gaines had been the female face of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Our family is so grateful to Jason and his team for choosing my daughter’s case as his next movie project,” said Rhanda Dormeus, the mother of Korryn Gaines. “I absolutely loved Jason’s investigative work on...
Korryn Gaines was the victim of a 6-hour standoff in Baltimore which ended in her death in August of 2016. Her case immediately became worldwide news, and she became the face of the ‘Say Her Name’ movement at the time. Prior to Breonna Taylor’s death in 2020, Korryn Gaines had been the female face of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Our family is so grateful to Jason and his team for choosing my daughter’s case as his next movie project,” said Rhanda Dormeus, the mother of Korryn Gaines. “I absolutely loved Jason’s investigative work on...
- 4/26/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon is launching a dedicated documentary feature label and will unveil its first slate of titles at this year’s European Film Market, including Constantin Wulff’s Berlinale Forum selection “For the Many – The Vienna Chamber of Labor.”
The company plans to handle 8 to 10 documentaries per year across all markets, with former Doc & Film International and Mediawan Rights exec Suzanne Nodale tapped to oversee all acquisitions and sales of the slate.
A specialist in documentary sales, Nodale has worked on titles such as Gianfranco Rosi’s Oscar-nominated “Fire at Sea,” Gregory Monro’s International Emmy Award winner “Kubrick by Kubrick” and “Banksy Most Wanted,” a Tribeca Film Festival selection from directors Aurelia Rouvier and Seamus Haley.
“I am thrilled to have Suzanne joining the team to expand the reach of Cercamon,” said the company’s CEO, Sebastien Chesneau. “I have known her since she first stepped...
The company plans to handle 8 to 10 documentaries per year across all markets, with former Doc & Film International and Mediawan Rights exec Suzanne Nodale tapped to oversee all acquisitions and sales of the slate.
A specialist in documentary sales, Nodale has worked on titles such as Gianfranco Rosi’s Oscar-nominated “Fire at Sea,” Gregory Monro’s International Emmy Award winner “Kubrick by Kubrick” and “Banksy Most Wanted,” a Tribeca Film Festival selection from directors Aurelia Rouvier and Seamus Haley.
“I am thrilled to have Suzanne joining the team to expand the reach of Cercamon,” said the company’s CEO, Sebastien Chesneau. “I have known her since she first stepped...
- 1/24/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ is to memorialize the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol with a six-part docuseries narrated by Mandy Patinkin.
The Homeland star is narrating Indivisible: Healing Hate and the first episode of the investigative documentary series will debut one year on from the attacks.
The series analyzes the driving forces behind the attack on the Capitol, the rise of far right extremism that fueled the events, and how the country is dealing with the divide.
It will feature interviews with federal and state law enforcement, victims of extremism, accused and convicted extremists, lawmakers, and analysts – uncovering surprising links between January 6, historical events and today’s most dangerous radical frontiers in America.
It is directed by James Bruce and exec produced by Jim Clemente, Tim Clemente, James Bruce, Spencer Gordon, and Josh Murphy.
It comes from America’s Most Wanted producer Xg Productions and See It Now Studios,...
The Homeland star is narrating Indivisible: Healing Hate and the first episode of the investigative documentary series will debut one year on from the attacks.
The series analyzes the driving forces behind the attack on the Capitol, the rise of far right extremism that fueled the events, and how the country is dealing with the divide.
It will feature interviews with federal and state law enforcement, victims of extremism, accused and convicted extremists, lawmakers, and analysts – uncovering surprising links between January 6, historical events and today’s most dangerous radical frontiers in America.
It is directed by James Bruce and exec produced by Jim Clemente, Tim Clemente, James Bruce, Spencer Gordon, and Josh Murphy.
It comes from America’s Most Wanted producer Xg Productions and See It Now Studios,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Greenlight
Starzplay has greenlit a six-episode second season of hit travel documentary series “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham,” featuring “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. They will hit the road again, this time in New Zealand. Developed by Heughan and McTavish, the original series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures, in association with Sony Pictures Television.
Heughan and McTavish conceived the original idea and serve as executive producers alongside Alexander Norouzi, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma and Kevin Johnston who also serves as director.
The first season saw Heughan and McTavish having an adventure in Scotland.
Sales
Keshet International has completed a raft of deals on crime thriller series “Furia” to Scandinavian streamer Viaplay in 26 new territories, including Poland and the Baltics; Filmin in Spain; Cellcom tv in Israel; and Mola TV in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore; alongside the previously announced pre-sale to Sbs in Australia.
Starzplay has greenlit a six-episode second season of hit travel documentary series “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham,” featuring “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. They will hit the road again, this time in New Zealand. Developed by Heughan and McTavish, the original series is produced by Boardwalk Pictures, in association with Sony Pictures Television.
Heughan and McTavish conceived the original idea and serve as executive producers alongside Alexander Norouzi, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma and Kevin Johnston who also serves as director.
The first season saw Heughan and McTavish having an adventure in Scotland.
Sales
Keshet International has completed a raft of deals on crime thriller series “Furia” to Scandinavian streamer Viaplay in 26 new territories, including Poland and the Baltics; Filmin in Spain; Cellcom tv in Israel; and Mola TV in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore; alongside the previously announced pre-sale to Sbs in Australia.
- 11/30/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Arvet Agency, the Stockholm-based production company, has optioned a collection of books by the author Lars Wilderäng and is planning a string of English-language film, TV and game adaptations.
Swedish author Wilderäng writes across a variety of genres including sci-fi, cyber punk, techno-thriller, political thriller and more. He has sold more than 500,000 books in his native country and his work has been translated into several languages. His novels are published by Massolit and Norstedts Publishing Ab.
The deal encompasses titles including: The Drop; Marviken Accounting Department; The Darkness of Midwinter; The Dawn of Midsummer; The Star Trilogy; Autumn Sun; and Autumn Rain.
Grace Maharaj, the head of Arvet Agency, commented that she hoped to exploit the IP across multiple formats:
“The gaming space is a thriving global market. It was worth $90Bn in 2020 and is estimated to be over $200Bn by 2025. It is the...
Swedish author Wilderäng writes across a variety of genres including sci-fi, cyber punk, techno-thriller, political thriller and more. He has sold more than 500,000 books in his native country and his work has been translated into several languages. His novels are published by Massolit and Norstedts Publishing Ab.
The deal encompasses titles including: The Drop; Marviken Accounting Department; The Darkness of Midwinter; The Dawn of Midsummer; The Star Trilogy; Autumn Sun; and Autumn Rain.
Grace Maharaj, the head of Arvet Agency, commented that she hoped to exploit the IP across multiple formats:
“The gaming space is a thriving global market. It was worth $90Bn in 2020 and is estimated to be over $200Bn by 2025. It is the...
- 6/24/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: La La Anthony is joining the second season of Hulu drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga in a recurring role.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga, from Wu-Tang Clan frontman The RZA, writer Alex Tse, Imagine Television and 20th Television, tells the story of the band starting in early 1990s. It looks at the group’s members, who grew up during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, and tracks the Clan’s formation — a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Season 2 picks up six months after the close of Season 1, with the Wu-Tang Clan having to overcome even more obstacles, odds and past beefs as they come together to create the iconic album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Along the way, introducing more members of the Wu Clan.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga, from Wu-Tang Clan frontman The RZA, writer Alex Tse, Imagine Television and 20th Television, tells the story of the band starting in early 1990s. It looks at the group’s members, who grew up during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, and tracks the Clan’s formation — a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Season 2 picks up six months after the close of Season 1, with the Wu-Tang Clan having to overcome even more obstacles, odds and past beefs as they come together to create the iconic album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Along the way, introducing more members of the Wu Clan.
- 5/27/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Xg Productions, the company behind Fox’s reboot of America’s Most Wanted, has struck a first-look deal with CBS Studios and has set its first project – a TV adaptation of its Audible original series Call Me God in the works at Paramount+.
The company, which was set up by former FBI agents, Jim and Tim Clemente, is turning the audiobook story, about their role in the DC Sniper investigation, into a scripted series for the fledgling streamer.
The Clemente brothers are attached to write alongside NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner R. Scott Gemmill with Charmed and Dynasty exec producer Brad Silberling set to direct the pilot.
Xg will produce with CBS Studios as part of their new first-look deal that will see the company develop and produce premium content in both the scripted and unscripted space.
They have an emphasis on the crime genre, leveraging the company’s deep law enforcement expertise,...
The company, which was set up by former FBI agents, Jim and Tim Clemente, is turning the audiobook story, about their role in the DC Sniper investigation, into a scripted series for the fledgling streamer.
The Clemente brothers are attached to write alongside NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner R. Scott Gemmill with Charmed and Dynasty exec producer Brad Silberling set to direct the pilot.
Xg will produce with CBS Studios as part of their new first-look deal that will see the company develop and produce premium content in both the scripted and unscripted space.
They have an emphasis on the crime genre, leveraging the company’s deep law enforcement expertise,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix released a first look at Season 2 of “The Circle,” which unfolds over four weeks from April 14 to May 5.
Eight new contestants will flirt, befriend, squabble and compete in challenges against each other on a unique social media platform to earn a $100,000 prize and the title of top influencer. Among the new contestants are Chloe Veitch from Netflix’s “Too Hot to Handle.” Watch the trailer below for the revealing of the other first eight contestants. Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, Jo Harcourt Smith, Toni Ireland, Richard Foster and Chet Fenster serve as executive producers.
Also in today’s TV news roundup, the Oprah Winfrey Network announced the launch of its Own Your Health initiative, which provides tools and resources to empower Black women to own their health. By partnering with health equity leaders, the campaign aims to address the unique health concerns Black women face, including higher rates of illnesses,...
Eight new contestants will flirt, befriend, squabble and compete in challenges against each other on a unique social media platform to earn a $100,000 prize and the title of top influencer. Among the new contestants are Chloe Veitch from Netflix’s “Too Hot to Handle.” Watch the trailer below for the revealing of the other first eight contestants. Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, Jo Harcourt Smith, Toni Ireland, Richard Foster and Chet Fenster serve as executive producers.
Also in today’s TV news roundup, the Oprah Winfrey Network announced the launch of its Own Your Health initiative, which provides tools and resources to empower Black women to own their health. By partnering with health equity leaders, the campaign aims to address the unique health concerns Black women face, including higher rates of illnesses,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Haley Bosselman and Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
CuriosityStream, the nonfiction streaming company headed by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has acquired several true crime, history and culture titles from Paris-based distribution outfit Balanga.
CuriosityStream picked up the shows for its SVOD and pay TV services. The true crime titles include three seasons of Balanga’s “Crime Scene Solvers,” a forensic-style series that initially aired on Rmc Story in France and Zdf Info
in Germany; as well as two seasons of “The Case,” a cinematic series where police officers went on the record to reveal the cases that changed their lives. “The Case” premiered originally on Planète Plus, a Canal Plus channel.
The service also acquired two history series, notably “Face to Face,” which portrays two icons through the prism of their rivalry. “Face to Face” has already sold to over 100 territories in the world. CuriosityStream also picked up three seasons of “Butterfly Effect” for its linear channels in several international markets.
CuriosityStream picked up the shows for its SVOD and pay TV services. The true crime titles include three seasons of Balanga’s “Crime Scene Solvers,” a forensic-style series that initially aired on Rmc Story in France and Zdf Info
in Germany; as well as two seasons of “The Case,” a cinematic series where police officers went on the record to reveal the cases that changed their lives. “The Case” premiered originally on Planète Plus, a Canal Plus channel.
The service also acquired two history series, notably “Face to Face,” which portrays two icons through the prism of their rivalry. “Face to Face” has already sold to over 100 territories in the world. CuriosityStream also picked up three seasons of “Butterfly Effect” for its linear channels in several international markets.
- 12/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
ViacomCBS’s new streaming service Paramount+ will feature a limited drama about the making of The Godfather and a spy thriller from Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan.
Elsewhere, a new reboot of BET’s The Game is in development, it is reviving VH1’s classic rock-doc strand Behind The Music and ordered a true crime documentary spin-off of Criminal Minds.
The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never-revealed experiences of making The Godfather. Ruddy was one of the key figures along with Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Evans and Mario Puzo behind the production. The ten-part series, produced by Paramount Television Studios, is written and exec produced by Michael Tolkin, who wrote the screenplay for Robert Altman’s The Player and co-created Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora. Ruddy will also serve as executive producer, with Hatfields & McCoys producer Leslie Greif exec producing and writing.
Lioness is the latest series created by Taylor Sheridan.
Elsewhere, a new reboot of BET’s The Game is in development, it is reviving VH1’s classic rock-doc strand Behind The Music and ordered a true crime documentary spin-off of Criminal Minds.
The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never-revealed experiences of making The Godfather. Ruddy was one of the key figures along with Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Evans and Mario Puzo behind the production. The ten-part series, produced by Paramount Television Studios, is written and exec produced by Michael Tolkin, who wrote the screenplay for Robert Altman’s The Player and co-created Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora. Ruddy will also serve as executive producer, with Hatfields & McCoys producer Leslie Greif exec producing and writing.
Lioness is the latest series created by Taylor Sheridan.
- 9/15/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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