Nick Edwards investigates what it takes to adapt an audio production for the screen but finds their immense popularity does not necessarily guarantee a development shortcut. Ever since journalist Sarah Koenig’s Serial demonstrated how the ultra-slow burn, episodic structure of podcasting was perfect for exploring subjects and telling stories in a cinematic and immersive manner, […]
Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has launched a new non-fiction division, headed up by former ABC News president James Goldston. It will focus on scripted and unscripted series and films that have been inspired by real events, with Goldston serving as president of the new arm. Goldston left ABC News in 2021, having […]
ABC in the US has commissioned another limited docuseries exploring the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose quest for justice for her murdered son, Emmett Till, sparked the US civil rights movement in the 1950s. ABC News is producing Let The World See in association with Roc Nation, Westbrook Studios, Kapital Entertainment and Cobble Hill […]
Amazon brings the arts to UK subs Amazon Prime Video has partnered with the UK’s National Theatre to bring four productions filmed by the arts institution to the streamer in the UK and Ireland. The productions, all of which will be made available on 11 June, include Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle and written by […]
US news network ABC News is to produce and debut a two-part, four-hour documentary special on the life of US boxing star Mike Tyson later this month. The 2 x 120-minute Mike Tyson: The Knockout will chronicle the former champion’s climb, crash and comeback, from his difficult childhood to becoming undisputed world champion to his […]
ABC’s News Live Service will now be available on Hulu’s Live TV service. ABC launched its service in May and expects with the Hulu launch that viewers will soon be streaming more than one million hours a week on the service. The news streaming space is getting increasingly crowded, with Fox Nation today set to […]
PBS’s chief programming executive, Beth Hoppe, has joined ABC’s news team in New York. Hoppe’s six-year tenure at PBS has included series such as Ken Burns’ doc series The Vietnam War and The Roosevelts, drama Mercy Street and a coproduction agreement with the BBC in the UK. Her duties are included overseeing the entire primetime […]
US cable channel Discovery Fit & Health is partnering with ABC News to create a quick turnaround doc looking at the deadly Ebola virus. Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak will run as part of a special night of programming on the Discovery Communications-owned channel titled Ebola: Are We Next? between 8-11pm. Billed as a “comprehensive […]
US cable channel Discovery Fit & Health is partnering with ABC News to create a quick turnaround doc looking at the deadly Ebola virus. Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak will run as part of a special night of programming on the Discovery Communications-owned channel titled Ebola: Are We Next? between 8-11pm. Billed as a “comprehensive […]
