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Dorothy St Pictures lands Naomi Benson from BBC Studios

UK factual prodco Dorothy St Pictures has hired BBC Studios (BBCS)’s Naomi Benson to work across its formats and development. Benson takes the newly created VP of global formats & UK development role, working out of London for the firm, which is backed by Sister Pictures. The prodco has been behind Netflix doc Pamela, A […]

Merman Television recruits Sister Pictures’ Amanda Wasey as production head

UK-based Bad Sisters producer Merman Television has appointed Sister Pictures exec Amanda Wasey as its new head of production. Wasey will work closely alongside Merman’s senior leadership team, including the company’s co-founders Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford, managing director Rebecca Parkinson and finance director Jackie Sidey, as well Faye Dorn, the company’s head of drama. […]

Sister invests in Netflix’s Pamela Anderson doc prodco Dorothy St Pictures

Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Sister Pictures has acquired a minority stake in Dorothy Street Pictures, the Julia Nottingham-led prodco that is behind the upcoming Pamela Anderson doc for Netflix. Nottingham (Be Water, Kingdom of Us) and her team of documentary filmmakers will continue to develop and produce TV and feature content in […]

TBI Weekly: ‘Chernobyl’ is astonishing, but what’s next for HBO? (Column)

As HBO rolls out hit dramas such as Chernobyl that carry the signature marks of outgoing drama execs like Kary Antholis, TBI asks whether the WarnerMedia-owned cable channel can keep such high standards up for its SVOD-focused future.  To whomever leapt upon the Internet Movie Database’s (IMDb) obscure TV ratings system to make a point for the […]

Georgia faces film and TV backlash following anti-abortion bill

Georgia, the biggest state for filming in the US, is facing a growing backlash from the TV and film production industry following the signing of its anti-abortion bill. Drama producer Sister Pictures has cancelled a planned scout in Georgia for Amazon Studios’ 10-part series The Power, directed by Reed Morano. Sister Pictures’ Jane Featherstone and […]

Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual scores presales with Canal+, Stan

Ahead of its debut on Hulu and the UK’s Channel 4, Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual has secured presales with Canal+, Stan and New Zealand’s Sky Network. The six-part series is written, directed and stars Iranian-American filmmaker and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Desiree Akhavan. It is produced by Sister Pictures-owned comedy label Hootenanny for Channel […]

Amazon & ITV team ‘but SVOD model ending’

A veteran British producer has warned cosy coproduction arrangements between American SVOD services and UK broadcasters will soon end, comments that come as Amazon Prime Video snaps up rights to a new ITV drama. Sister Pictures founder and former Shine UK chairman Jane Featherstone (pictured) used her BAFTA Television Lecture in London on Monday to […]

AMC eyes dramas from Fear, Humans scribes

US cable network AMC is developing a trio of dramas from writers with credits on Fear the Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels and Humans. Writers’ rooms have been opened for Jami O’Brien’s NOS4A2, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley’s Pandora and Claire Carré and Charles Spano’s Silent History. O’Brien is known for work on AMC dramas […]

Kudos exec transfers to Carnival

Another Kudos creative executive is leaving the Endemol Shine Group-owned UK drama label. Jo Strevens is joining NBCUniversal International Studios-owned Carnival Films as head of development, having held the same role at Humans prodco Kudos. Her exit closely follows that of Humans producer Chris Fry, who left Kudos to rejoin the prodco’s former boss, Jane […]

Featherstone reunites with another Kudos exec

Jane Featherstone is reuniting with former Kudos colleague Naomi de Pear, who is launching a new production label within Sister Pictures. Featherstone and de Pear worked together at Endemol Shine Group-owned Kudos from 2012 until the former’s departure. Featherstone went on to launch Sister Pictures in January this year, and soon brought another key Kudos […]