Sky orders footballer prank show UK pay TV operator Sky has ordered a prank show featuring former footballer Micah Richards. Micah Richards’ Player Pranks, which is from UK-based prodcos Zig Zag and Krempelwood, will see the Premier League winner team up with his Sky Sports colleague Adam Smith for a top-secret mission to prank the great […]
Look Mom! hires for US expansion Blue Ant Media-owned Look Mom! Productions has hired Mia Di Pasquale to serve as VP of development as the animation studio expands in North America. Reporting to managing director Josh Bowen, Di Pasquale will be based in Los Angeles and will lead efforts to expand Look Mom!’s development slate and […]
Banijay-owned Yellow Bird has started production on a TV version of 2011 film Headhunters, which is being produced for Sweden’s C More and TV2 in Norway. The dark corporate thriller is based on Jo Nesbø’s novel of the same name and has been inspired by the subsequent feature film, which has become a cult hit. Endeavor […]
Broadcasters in the UK, Germany and France have picked up rights to Swedish drama series Threesome. The show is produced by Banijay’s Yellow Bird and launched earlier this year on Nordic Entertainment Group’s streamer Viaplay. It has now been sold by CJ ENM-owned distributor Eccho Rights to Channel 4’s AVOD service All 4, as well […]
BBC, RTL join The Hunt For A Killer BBC Four in the UK is among broadcasters to have picked up Yellow Bird’s Swedish true crime drama series, The Hunt For A Killer. The show, sold by Banijay Rights, will air on the channel this summer and will also be available via BBC iPlayer. It has also been […]
Nordic streamer Viaplay has ordered an eight-part drama based on the bestselling novels by Swedish celebrities Hannah Widell and Amanda Schulman, with Banijay’s Yellow Bird producing. Two Sisters explores the diverging lives of two young Stockholm siblings as they climb the career ladder, fall in love and realise that growing up can also mean growing […]
AMC Network’s streaming service Sundance Now has acquired exclusive US and Canadian rights to broadcast eight-part psychological thriller Sanctuary after striking a deal with distributor Studiocanal. Sanctuary, produced by Italy’s Fabula Pictures and Sweden’s Yellow Bird, is based on the novel The Devil’s Sanctuary by Marie Hermanson and stars Josefin Asplund (Vikings) and Matthew Modine […]
Distributor: Banijay Rights Producer: Yellow Bird Channel: Viaplay/TV3 Concept: A man declared dead after a tragic fall comes back to life, only to find he is part of an otherworldly group that can never die Supernatural thriller Hidden originates from Modern Times Group-owned Nordic streaming service Viaplay, the home of such international hits as Black […]
MTG Studios has revealed its next original drama Hidden, fronted by Izabella Scorupco (GoldenEye) and August Wittgenstein (The Crown). Based in Stockholm, the Swedish thriller will premier exclusively on MTG’s Nordic streaming service Viaplay in 2018, followed by TV3 in Sweden. A similar model has been used for various Viaplay originals, including upcoming Norwegian drama Wisting. […]
UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal with Zodiak Rights means the Jo Nesbø-penned show will debut in the UK early next year. Its debut on commissioning channels TV2 in Norway and Arte in France comes on October 2 and in November, respectively. The show comes from […]
