Amazon Prime Video has commissioned The Consultant, a new darkly comedic workplace thriller series, starring Christoph Waltz. Produced by MGM Television and Amazon Studios, series creator Tony Basgallop (Servant) will serve as showrunner and executive producer, while Matt Shakman (WandaVision) will direct and executive produce. Waltz (No Time To Die, The French Dispatch) will also […]
‘Kensal Town’ wraps production UK-based Edit 6 has wrapped production on Kensal Town, a new ‘hyper-real’ six-part drama based on the true stories of people living in North West London. Written, directed and produced by William Sarne (Glastonbury: The Movie, The P) and produced by Bob Clarke (Boiling Point), the series is set in and […]
Keshet’s German producer Tresor has struck an exclusive first-look deal with MGM Television’s global formats division for non-scripted formats. The one-year agreement, effective from this month, will give Tresor an exclusive window on all new non-scripted formats in MGM’s global formats catalogue. It expands the companies’ existing relationship that saw them collaborate on taking MGM’s […]
US-based MGM Television and WarnerMedia-owned HBO Max are both looking to capitalise on the K-pop phenomenon, with two different competition shows in development. MGM Television has partnered with producer Soo-Man Lee and his Korean giant SM Entertainment to develop a K-pop competition series to recruit members for a new unit of the popular boy group […]
Broadcasters and platforms in Europe, Russia and Australia have picked up psychological crime thriller series Clarice, a spin-off from Thomas Harris’ 1988 novel The Silence Of The Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation. French broadcaster TF1, Italy’s RAI, Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment Group, Stan in Australia, NENT Group streamer Viaplay and Russia’s More TV have all […]
Amazon Prime Video has bagged first window rights for the final 10 episodes of historical drama series Vikings. The streamer struck a deal for the exclusive first run in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Ireland, which in an unusual arrangement relegates History, which commissioned the series – one of its key shows – to […]
Netflix has cancelled MGM Television-produced thriller Messiah after just one season. The series followed Michelle Monaghan as a CIA agent investigating a mysterious and charismatic man (Mehdi Dehbi), whose followers believed him to be the return of Jesus Christ. The news was confirmed by series star Wil Traval, who wrote on social media: “It’s a […]
MGM has continued to ramp up its recently minted UK unscripted team by appointing Primal Media’s Paul Evans to head up development. Evans most recently held the same role at UK prodco Primal Media and worked on shows including Channel 4’s Home Free and ITV’s gameshow Bigheads. Prior to that, he had spells with producers […]
HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of The Big Shot with Bethenny (wt), a new business reality competition series from MGM Television, The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett, and reality star Bethenny Frankel and her B Real Productions. In each half-hour episode, contestants will compete for a chance to be second-in-command to Skinnygirl founder Frankel, and win a position […]
MGM Television has further expanded its unscripted interests by appointing the co-founder of All3Media-backed Two Halves Pictures into a new London-based role. Richard Bedser becomes EVP of factual series, documentaries and specials at MGM, reporting into president of unscripted & alternative Barry Poznick. Bedser launched Two Halves with Gina Cronk in 2016, with All3 backing […]
