Seven Network in Australia has ordered a local version of Finnish format Ultimate Escape from Mark Fennessy’s Helium Pictures. The Aussie show is based on the Rabbit Films format and sees teams of Australians race the clock and each other in a high stakes search and rescue operation in tough but beautiful terrain. The commission […]
Hailing from Finland, this 10-part drama was first written more than a decade ago and is set in the suburbs of Helsinki during the 1980s. It explores what happens after a child disappears from a close-knit community, as bereft local parents decide to take matters into their own hands. The story tracks how neighbourhood secrets, […]
Netflix renews ‘The Sandman’ Netflix has renewed fantasy drama series The Sandman for a second season. The series, based on the 1989-1995 comics by Neil Gaiman, who exec produces, tells the story of Morpheus, who rules the world of dreams. The first season debuted on the streamer in August. “There are some astonishing stories waiting […]
Hungarian broadcaster TV2 has commissioned a local version of studio game show format City vs Country. The format, from Finnish production and distribution company Rabbit Films, is a primetime feel-good quiz show in which two hosts take the teams through three rounds of the game to see which side dominates: city or country? Per the […]
Buyers, hungry for new content, are in the UK capital for meetings, presentations and drinks – or logging on from across the globe – for London TV Screenings all this week. With so many new productions being showcased, TBI has been checking in with execs from international distributors of all sizes as they share the […]
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has ordered a local version of factual entertainment format The Most Endangered Species With WWF from Finnish production and distribution company Rabbit Films. The local version will be titled New Zealand’s Most Endangered Species, and the 6 x 60-minute series is being produced by Warner Bros. International TV Production New Zealand […]
Discovery in Finland has ordered an adventure reality series from Nordic producer Rabbit Films and snagged remake options for the format elsewhere in Europe. Ultimate Escape follows a host who has 24 hours, 24 clues and 24 calls to release a celebrity from a locked container at an unknown location. The 8 x 60-minute series will […]
Rabbit’s Atlantic format sails into Poland TVN in Poland has commissioned a local version of Over The Atlantic, the adventure reality format from Finnish production and distribution company Rabbit Films. The filming of the 8 x 60-minute series will begin in November and will be produced by Jake Vision. The show follows six celebrities as they […]
RTL orders ‘Top Dog Germany’ RTL in Germany has picked up A+E’s canine competition format Top Dog for local adaptation. The six-part series, which will be known locally as Der Beste Hund Deutschlands (aka Top Dog Germany), is being produced by RTL Studios and will debut this coming Friday – 23 July. The series sees […]
The CEO and creative director of Finnish production company Rabbit Films have led a partial management buy-out (MBO) of the Mobile 1.0 producer from its founders. Olli Suominen, Rabbit’s CEO, and Tuomas Summanen, the producer’s creative director, have extended their stakes in the company after acquiring stakes from stunts and pranks crew The Dudesons. The group, made up […]
