US cablenet Syfy is bringing the curtain down on action-horror series Van Helsing, with a commission for a fifth and final season. The show’s fourth season is set to end on 20 December, with the 13-part fifth run set to air in 2020. Production is expected to begin early next year. Van Helsing is produced […]
NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce virtual reality (VR) content across networks and shows. The companies will collaborate on at least 10 multi-episode VR productions that will allow fans to get closer to the shows by placing them inside the scenes and allowing them to look around. As part of this partnership, Bravo […]
Game of Thrones writer and producer George R.R. Martin has landed a series on Netflix. The streaming service has acquired non-US rights to the upcoming Nightflyers, to which NBCUniversal-owned Syfy has given the greenlight. The series is based on Martin’s novella and 1987 feature film of the same name, with Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder) writing […]
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is looking to cut costs, which may lead to significant job losses, and on the other a New Zealand broadcaster has claimed its deal with the group is behind a drop in its profits. The Walt Disney Company is looking to […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s new leaders have hired former Syfy development exec Andrew Plotkin for its studio drama team. Plotnik has been handed a senior VP of drama development post at the Culver City studio’s TV wing, Sony Pictures Television Studios (STVS). He will replace Lauren Stein, who was upped to executive VP and head […]
San Diego-based IDW Entertainment (IDWE) has launched a on-demand- and digital-focused production and distribution studio targeting “geek culture”. IDW Digital Studio will produce original, on-demand content for ‘geek’ audiences across digital media. It will target fan bases with “a fresh, fan accessible and highly creative emphasis to creating, managing and delivering original content and fan […]
Pay TV channel Syfy UK has bought network drama Midnight, Texas from Comcast cousin NBCUniversal International Distribution. The supernatural-themed thriller is set in a remote Texan town where being strange is normal and only outsiders fit in. François Arnaud (Blindspot stars). It will debut in the UK in July. NBCU International Networks VP of programming […]
Netflix has taken exclusive worldwide rights to a new hour-long psychological drama that’s set for Syfy in the US. Cameras are rolling on the 13x60mins Ghost Wars, which comes from Fargo and Hell on Wheels studio Nomadic Pictures, and stars Vicent D’Onofrio (Daredevil, pictured) and Meatloaf (Fight Club) among others. The show will debut on […]
NBCUniversal has acquired Hugh Laurie drama Chance for a raft of its international nets. NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has bought the series for its nets in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Poland. Poland will be the first to launch the series next month. The series has The Night Manager and House star Hugh Laurie […]
As the dust settles on another Asia Television Forum, TBI runs down some of the major deals that were done in Singapore last week. Virtual reality programming was headline news at the Asia Television Forum last week. One deal saw Singapore-based VR specialist BeVRR announced Dining Stars. The eight-episode lifestyle show is the first show […]
