Actor and producer Idris Elba is producing and starring in a three-part series for Discovery Networks International in which he will train to become a professional kickboxer. Idris Elba: Fighter will see the Luther star ultimately competing against a seasoned brawler in a no-holds-barred bout. It will shot on location in Britain, Cuba, Japan, South […]
Idris Elba is making Mandela, My Dad and Me, a one-off doc about his life and preparation for playing Nelson Mandela in the hit movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Elba’s prodco Green Door Pictures, UK indie Woodcut Media and Shine regional division Shine North are making the 1x60mins film. Content financier Bob & Co. are part-financing […]
Tim Robinson is leaving the Endemol Shine Group as the mega-indie this morning revealed its UK management team. Early indications were that Robinson, previously Shine Group’s COO, was negotiating what one source described as a “top international role”, but this has not come to pass. He will exit in the spring. The news came concurrently […]
Viacom’s UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned Car Crash TV: How Not to Drive from Shine Group’s Shine North. The show will viewers both good and bad examples of driving from dashboard cameras. Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf) will narrate. Car Crash TV will launch on Channel 5, which Viacom acquired earlier this year, and […]
Discovery Networks UK has ordered The Idris Elba Project (WT), a four-part series in which the actor will race vehicles on land, water and in the air. The series will be made by Shine North and Green Door Pictures, the prodco owned by Elba, star of detective series Luther (pictured). Shine North parent Shine Group […]
Shine Group is launching a development production label as part of a “unique” agreement with Sunderland University in the north of England. Shine North R&D will be part of the Shine North and operate out of Sunderland University’s campus building Enterprise Place. It has employed three graduates from Sunderland’s Media Production undergraduate course, who will […]
Shine Group is launching a development production label as part of a “unique” agreement with Sunderland University in the north of England. Shine North R&D will be part of the Shine North and operate out of Sunderland University’s campus building Enterprise Place. It has employed three graduates from Sunderland’s Media Production undergraduate course, who will […]
Shine North and actor Idris Elba’s production company Green Door have agreed a programming deal whereby they will develop factual programming together. The Luther star and regional production division of Shine recently worked together on BBC motoring series Idris Elba: King of Speed. It followed the actor as he looked at iconic car marques and […]
