Mediawan and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has landed former Netflix exec Nina Wolarsky as its first president of TV. Wolarsky joins the prodco following an eight-year spell as VP of originals at Netflix, where she had credits on shows ranging from Orange Is The New Black to The Crown. She also worked on the […]
French production and distribution group Mediawan has acquired Paris-based Black Box producer 24 25 Films. Mediawan took a majority stake in the company which was founded and led by producers Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber, and is also behind features such as A Perfect Man, Promises and Scribe. Their latest production, the action-comedy Cash, directed by Jérémie Rozan […]
Consolidation has been rife across the industry over recent months, so who better than TBI’s resident format expert Siobhan Crawford to pin down exactly who owns what & what it means for the rest of the industry Mergers and acquisitions. It is not just Banijay’s favourite hobby, it is happening on all fronts. So many […]
Amazon Prime Video is expanding its originals slate in France with a remake of veteran format Popstars, as well as a drama that tracks the rise of Big Brother and a coming-of-age story about a young man learning the art of decision-making. The reboot of Banijay-owned format Popstars comes more than two decades since the […]
Mediawan-owned Drama Republic has named Jude Liknaitzky as co-CEO, with founder Greg Brenman focusing on new projects at the Doctor Foster and Pure prodco. Liknaitzky, who was most recently chief creative officer & executive producer at Drama Republic, will work alongside Roanna Benn as co-CEO while Brenman will take a co-founder role. The prodco is […]
Ilkkas’ Creative Studio (ICS), the Finnish company launched last year by Aito Media founder Ilkka Hynninen and former YLE director Ilkka Rahkonen, has hired producer Erna Aalto as its operations director. Aalto starts 1 June and joins following a 15-year spell at Aito Media, which Hynninen launched in 2003. It was subsequently acquired by Lagardere […]
European media group Mediawan has taken a majority stake in Submarine, the prodco behind Netflix’s Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood and Amazon Prime Video’s Undone. The Amsterdam, LA and London-based company was founded two decades ago by Femke Wolting and Bruno Felix, and works across five divisions which feed each other: scripted, documentary, […]
Spanish production outfit Boomerang TV has reshuffled its senior team, with Jorge Pezzi named CEO and co-founders Pedro Ricote and Juan José Diaz stepping back. Pezzi, who founded Madrid-based prodco LaCoproductora in 2018, will replace Ricote and Diaz, who founded Boomerang almost 25 years ago. The move is part of a push by Boomerang’s owner, […]
France’s Mediawan, Elefantec Global and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment have partnered to co-produce a Spanish-language version of French comedy-drama Call My Agent! Longoria will produce the series through her shingle, as well as direct the first two episodes. The original version of Call My Agent! (aka Dix Pour Cent) is set in the world of […]
France’s Mediawan has been back on the acquisition trail, this time buying UK-based production company Wildseed Studios in a deal that marks the first deal for its children’s division. Mediawan Kids & Family has taken a majority stake in Wildseed, which was founded in 2013 by former BBC Children’s acquisitions chief Jesse Cleverly and Miles […]
