Endeavor Content, the distribution and finance arm of US-based Endeavor, has inked a multi-year deal with CJ ENM-backed South Korean prodco Bon Factory. The deal will see the two companies develop TV projects in both English and Korean languages for the global market, as well as adapt formats for each for each other’s markets. Bon […]
Legendary links with Frost & Graham Legendary Entertainment has linked up with Ashes To Ashes and The Spanish Princess duo Emma Frost and Matthew Graham to launch a new prodco. Watford & Essex will be based in the UK city of Bristol and already has 10 projects on the slate, which will be supported by […]
Disney-owned streamer Hulu has doubled-down on author Sally Rooney and joined the BBC’s adaptation of her book Conversations With Friends, following the runaway success of their recent collaboration on Normal People. The 12 x 30-minute series will be led by the same creative team as Normal People, with Lenny Abrahamson returning to direct alongside writer […]
Apple has given a straight-to-series order to Hedy Lamarr, an eight-episode drama starring and exec produced by Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot that was previously with US cabler Showtime. The show, from Endeavor Content and written by Sarah Treem (The Affair, House Of Cards), retraces the life of Hedy Lamarr, who was labelled the most beautiful […]
Romantic drama Normal People, from Irish prodco Element Pictures, has been picked up for broadcast around the world, thanks to a slew of deals by international distributor Endeavor Content. Starzplay is bringing the 12 x 30-minute series to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Latin America, and Japan this summer, while it will air on Stan […]
UK producer Motive Pictures, its backer Endeavor Content and Narrativia, the indie launched by the late Terry Pratchett, have struck a development deal to adapt the author’s Discworld novels for TV. The series of books, which sold in excess of 100 million copies around the world during Pratchett’s lifetime, will be turned into “prestige adaptations […]
Endeavor Content is taking a minority stake in The Ink Factory, the London and LA-based production firm behind dramas including The Night Manager and The Little Drummer Girl. The deal will see Endeavor set up a bespoke development fund for Ink to draw on and allow the companies to work together to create high-end TV […]
Endeavor Content has acquired The Wall producer Glassman Media. According to Deadline, the business has struck an eight-figure deal to secure the Los Angeles-based unscripted prodco, which was founded in 2001 by former investigative journalist Andrew Glassman. The show’s credits include Fox’s Spin The Wheel, NBC’s Average Joe and CMT’s Sweet Home Alabama. Following the deal, Glassman Media […]
Fox exec Prentiss Fraser has joined Endeavor Content as EVP for international TV sales. Fraser most recently served as EVP and MD of content distribution for Fox Networks Group out of London. She left the business earlier this year following the Disney merger. She will remain in the UK for Endeavor, which will relocate its […]
Endeavor Content has struck an exclusive deal with Alan Poul (The Eddy) to develop and produce premium scripted content. The Emmy Award-winning producer and director is currently executive producing and directing two episodes of Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy for Endeavor Content, which will premiere on Netflix in 2020. Poul is also set to become executive […]
