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Big Light Productions
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking the key trends for 2024
The next 12 months will define the future of the content industry, as streamers, broadcasters…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Frank Spotnitz, CEO, Big Light Productions
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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Exclusive: Frank Spotnitz on new voices, ‘The X-Files’ and the secret to Hollywood’s success
As Leonardo firm Big Light Productions welcomes its latest writing apprentice, CEO Frank Spotnitz tells…
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Big Light to adapt TM Logan novel ’29 Seconds’ as limited drama
Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions (Leonardo, The Man In The High Castle) has acquired the…
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Exclusive: From generative imagery to ‘Star Wars’ deepfakes, what AI’s rise means for TV
Mark Layton (and ChatGPT) explore the myriad uses for artificial intelligence in the TV sector…
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Exclusive: ‘X-Files’ EP Frank Spotnitz on ‘self-destructive’ US studios leading ‘assault on writing’
US producers are being “self-destructive” by refusing to meet WGA demands, Big Light Productions CEO…
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Warp Films recruits Big Light exec as chief creative officer
Little Birds producer Warp Films has appointed Emily Feller to the newly created role of…
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Scripted round-up: ZDFneo orders German ‘Irresponsable’; Lighthouse adapting ‘Savage Town’; Constantin & Big Light team for Nuremberg Trials drama
ZDFneo orders German ‘Irresponsable’ ZDFneo has ordered a German adaptation of French comedy series Irresponsable…
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Tomorrow Studios inks first-look deal with Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light
US-based Tomorrow Studios has inked a first-look deal with Frank Spotnitz’s UK indie Big Light…
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MOPAR hires Big Light, BBC alum as creative director & UK chief
Nordic producer MOPAR Studios has appointed a former Big Light Productions and BBC producer to…
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UK’s Big Light shines for writers’ apprenticeship winner
Frank Spotnitz’s UK indie Big Light Productions has selected the recipient of its annual writers’…
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English-language drama replaced by local originals as demand ramps up
English-language drama is increasingly being replaced by local-language scripted series as demand for domestic content…
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Podcast round-up: Big Light partners with Audible & Vespucci for crime slate; Cream Productions launches podcast division
Big Light partners with Audible & Vespucci for crime slate London-and-Paris-based indie Big Light Productions…
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Amazon Prime Video takes ‘Leonardo’ UK & Ireland rights
Amazon Prime Video has taken exclusive UK and Ireland rights to Leonardo, a new drama…
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Games Workshop hires ex-Hasbro exec Finn Arnesen in ‘Warhammer’ content push
Games Workshop, creators of the Warhammer franchise, has hired former Hasbro Studios exec Finn Arnesen…
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‘Medici’ producer Big Light hires Chris Sutherland as COO
London and Paris-based indie Big Light Productions has appointed Chris Sutherland as its new chief…
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Former BBC exec Maggie Boden joins Ink Factory creative team
Maggie Boden has been hired as director of development for the London and LA-based indie…
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‘Leonardo’ creator Frank Spotnitz urges creative freedom and co-operation
Leonardo creator Frank Spotnitz has said the formation of European commissioning club The Alliance is…
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Sony Pictures Television joins The Alliance’s Leonardo Da Vinci drama
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has partnered up with Italian duo Lux Vide and Rai Fiction…
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Exclusive: Director Jim Sheridan moves into TV with Frank Spotnitz, Shinawil
Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan (In The Name Of The Father, Brothers) is making his first…
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TBI Weekly: What happens when limited series become unlimited?
If the behind-the-scenes turmoil of HBO’s Big Little Lies has achieved anything, it has been…
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‘Man In The High Castle’ producer to bring Warhammer to screen
The Man In The High Castle producer Frank Spotnitz is to bring the game Warhammer to…
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Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light names second apprenticeship winner
Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has named the second winner of its Serial Eyes postgraduate…
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Canada’s CraveTV orders OTT original
CraveTV has ordered What Would Sal Do?, a slacker comedy about a guy who discovers…
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Big Light poaches Eleven’s Hall for COO post
Frank Spotnitz’s company, Big Light Productions, has hired Jamie Hall from rival prodco Eleven Films…
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Greenbird invests in new prodco Flicker
British indie incubator Greenbird Media has bought into another UK producer, as it grows its…
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Spotnitz climbs down from High Castle
Frank Spotnitz will no longer be the showrunner of Amazon’s alternative history drama The Man…
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Greenbird buys into Frank Spotnitz’s prodco
UK production group Greenbird is acquiring a minority stake in The X Files writer Frank…