Hulu is bringing the curtain down on The Handmaid’s Tale, with a spin-off in the works from showrunner Bruce Miller. The show’s sixth season has been greenlit ahead of the season five premiere, which will debut on the Disney and NBCUniversal-owned streamer fox 14 September. Amazon-owned MGM Television produces and sells globally, with Elisabeth Moss and Bradley […]
A+E Networks wants Reelz to pull its hit cop show On Patrol: Live after accusing the US network of creating “a clone” of A&E’s former series, Live PD. The news emerged via a lawsuit filed in New York, in which A+E accused Reelz and MGM-owned Big Fish – the latter being the prodco behind Live […]
MGM sports entertainment format Gladiators is returning to the UK, after the BBC confirmed an 11-part season for 2023 alongside a swathe of unscripted commissions including Blue Planet III. Gladiators, which is being produced by Hungry Bear Media and MGM Television UK, will follows contestants as they compete against each other in an array of challenges testing […]
US unscripted prodco White Label Productions has appointed MGM alum Stephanie Wagner as SVP & head of production and former Netflix exec Katie Judkins as director of production. Both Wagner and Judkins report to company founder & CEO Chris Wagner and, working closely with production co-ordinator Sydney Summers, will take on a slate that in the past […]
US studio MGM has renewed its multi-year first-look production and distribution deal with Israeli TV and film company Sipur (fka Tadmor Entertainment). The renewal comes as the recently rebranded Sipur, which is led by founder Gideon Tadmor and CEO Emilio Schenker, secured new investment from Israeli bank HaPoalim, insurer/pension fund Clal Insurance, investment firm IBI […]
Amazon has greenlit a competition show based on the James Bond franchise, which recently became part of the retail giant’s empire followings it acquisition of MGM. 007’s Road To A Million is being produced by 72 Films in the UK and will have Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson attached. The eight-parter is […]
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton catches up with Adi Hasak, the showrunner behind Viaplay’s recent hit The Box, who shares the advantages he found producing the “challenging” US-set thriller in Scandinavia. Adi Hasak is feeling “very proud” of his most recent show. The supernatural, psychological thriller The Box debuted on NENT Group-owned Viaplay in November […]
Amazon has formally completed its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM after the US Federal Trade Commission declined to block the deal, prompting a raft of questions and some answers about how the US studio will fit into the retail giant’s operations. The buy-out from MGM’s investors led by Anchorage Capital represents Amazon’s second biggest-ever deal and […]
Amazon Studios has greenlit Harlan Coben’s Shelter, with soon-to-be in-house studio MGM producing. The show is based on the first novel from the author’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy and will star Jaden Michael (Colin In Black And White), who will play the title character in the series. Shelter is from MGM International TV Productions and will […]
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and Vikings studio MGM. The $8.5bn acquisition, which is now waiting for approval by the US Federal Trade Commission, represents Amazon’s second biggest-ever deal. European Union (EU) officials said there was limited overlap between the companies and added that it would […]
