US network FX and streamer sibling Hulu are preparing to air the latest doc from its The New York Times Presents strand, with a show exploring Covid vaccine misinformation. Superspreader is from producer/director Lora Moftah and will explore how people such Dr. Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician in Florida, have built operations to push natural health […]
Peter Chernin has linked up with two US-based private equity firms to create The North Road Company, with its first acquisition the $200m pick-up of Red Arrow Studios’ North American production firms. The company is being backed by Providence Equity Partners and Apollo, which will together provide access to $800m to fuel further acquisitions. The Red Arrow […]
A flurry of private equity firms have joined the race to acquire Red Arrow Studios’ North American production businesses, TBI understands. The sale, which started in January, includes LA heavyweights such as Love Is Blind and Married At First Sight prodco Kinetic Content, as well as LA-based 44 Blue Productions, which was behind A&E’s Wahlburgers and Fox’s First Responders […]
Disney-owned US network FX is preparing to air a new documentary about Tesla founder and soon-to-be Twitter owner Elon Musk. Elon Musk’s Crash Course, which is part of FX’s The New York Times Presents strand, will premiere 20 May simultaneously on the US network and Disney streamer Hulu. Emma Schwartz produces and directs, with the show […]
Red Arrow Studios-owned US producer Left/Right has rejigged it senior team by promoting Anneka Jones to become chief content officer and appointing Esther Dere as executive producer. Jones, who was previously EVP of development & current production at Left/Right, will continue to oversee development and production, leading the company’s talent recruitment efforts and working with […]
Eighteen international broadcasters, including Sky in the UK and Discovery for Italy and the Philippines, have picked up the feature-length documentary Controlling Britney Spears. The 1 x 75-minute film is a follow-up to the Hulu and FX doc Framing Britney Spears, which debuted earlier this year, and was produced in partnership by The New York […]
Red Arrow Int’l takes ‘Controlling Britney’ rights Red Arrow Studios International has acquired global distribution rights to Controlling Britney Spears, a new feature length documentary containing new allegations about the pop icon’s daily life inside her much-scrutinised conservatorship. The documentary is a follow-up to previous doc Framing Britney Spears and was produced in partnership by […]
AMC Networks’ SundanceTV has launched its first true crime franchise – the aptly titled True Crime Story – and commissioned two shows under the new banner. Produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment, It Couldn’t Happen Here is hosted by actor and author Hilarie Burton Morgan (One Tree Hill, The Walking Dead), who visits different small towns […]
Canadian streamer Crave, TV4 in Sweden and Discovery in Italy are among those to have snagged rights to Framing Britney Spears, the FX and Hulu doc that debuted earlier this month. The 1 x 75-minute doc, which is produced by The New York Times and Red Arrow Studios-owned Left/Right, was directed by Samantha Stark and premiered […]
BBC adds Bates Motel & Steve McQueen docs The BBC in the UK has ordered two new documentaries that originated from director Steve McQueen while he was working on the Small Axe anthology. Black Power, which is being produced for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, is described as “a searing account of the Black Power movement” […]
