Disney+ and Disney Channels have commissioned a slew of new content across unscripted, kids & family and original movies. Speaking at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour, Disney Branded Television president Ayo Davis unveiled the new projects, which include both live action and animation productions. Davis announced two unscripted projects for Disney+, both of […]
Former Gaumont distribution chief Vanessa Shapiro has launched her own production and distribution company, Nicely Entertainment. Shapiro will serve as CEO at LA-based Nicely, which was formed in January and aims to bring “quality series and movies” to global audiences and markets around the world. She was appointed as Gaumont’s president of worldwide TV distribution […]
MarVista Entertainment has hired Playster’s content acquisitions executive Michol Hatwan as its new director of distribution, as it expands its business across distribution and marketing. Hatwan will be responsible for sales in the US and Canada and report to Jody CiPriano, head of global distribution at MarVista. At Playster, the all-in-one entertainment subscription service, Hatwan […]
Narcos studio Gaumont has hired execs from France Télévisions and MarVista Entertainment as it expands its sales offices in Paris and LA. Cecilia Rossignol, Robby Amar, Cherie Johnson and Rebekah Zarbarsky have all joined the company, moves that follow the hire of MarVista’s Vanessa Shapiro as sales chief earlier this year. Rossignol (right) joins from […]
A new Latin America-focused distribution company has landed regional rights to Gaumont’s scripted drama and animation programming. EO Distribution had become Gaumont’s exclusive sales agent for Latin America following the deal, which covers series such as Hannibal, Hemlock Grove and The Frozen Dead. Also on the slate will be France 2’s crime procedural The Art […]
Narcos producer Gaumont Television has hired MarVista Entertainment’s long-serving sales chief, Vanessa Shapiro, as president of worldwide distribution. Shapiro (pictured) will split her time between LA and Paris, and report to Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee. She will also work closely with Gaumont’s US president, Gene Stein; Gaumont Animation president Nicolas Atlan; and senor VP, […]
Fox Networks Group has bought four family movies to be aired on its Asian networks. Fox has acquired Jessica Darling’s It List (pictured), Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket, Raising the Bar and The Soccer Nanny from LA-based MarVista Entertainment for its Fox Family Movies channels across the region. Produced by MarVista, Jessica Darling’s […]
LA’s Marvista Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to Osiris Entertainment’s 66-title movie library. Key titles in the deal include the Michael Madsen vehicle Along the Roadside, emotional drama The Kill Hole (pictured), horror The Lake on Clinton Road and comedy Hollywood Trash. “Buyer demand for movies across all genres continues to grow around the […]
Marvista Entertainment has sealed a deal with Litton Entertainment and will launch its upcoming CBS drama The Inspectors at the market. The 22x30mins series launches on CBS on October 3, just ahead of MIPCOM, and follows a crime solving mother and son. The teenage son is a genius who was paralysed in a car accident […]
The fact A Deadly Adoption has already sold into many key territories without having launched at MIPTV is testament to the attention the telemovie is driving. That many viewers and journalists can’t quite pick if it’s a spoof of the Lifetime TV movie genre or a straight attempt has worked in its favour, garnering good […]
