Incendo and BlackBox Multimedia announced they have optioned the TV adaption rights to the Ellery Queen collection of novels and short stories. BlackBox Multimedia and Incendo will co-develop and co-produce a high-end scripted series together. Ellery Queen, the lead detective hero of the novel series as well as the pseudonym used by the books’ authors, cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, is one of the most popular American mystery novel series ever published. The books remain … [Read more...] about Incendo and BlackBox Multimedia enter series co-development and co-production partnership for modernized take on ‘Ellery Queen’
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Misha Glenny’s ‘Nemesis’ to be produced by BlackBox Multimedia and Boutique Filmes
BlackBox Multimedia and Boutique Filmes announce their co-production deal for Nemesis, a series based on investigative reporter and historian Misha Glenny’s book Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio. Glenny, known for hit BBC series McMafia starring James Norton, will also write the series. The story is based on the gritty true-life story of Antonio Francisco Lopes, who went from an unassuming, a poorly paid man in Rio de Janeiro to “Nem”, the king of one of Rio’s biggest slums and Brazil’s … [Read more...] about Misha Glenny’s ‘Nemesis’ to be produced by BlackBox Multimedia and Boutique Filmes
One Big Picture joins ‘Frankenstein’ series with BlackBox Multimedia and Stone Village TV
UK-based production company One Big Picture has boarded BlackBox Multimedia and Stone Village TV’s series adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus). The three parties are co-producing the premium television series. One Big Picture was co-founded by Otto Bathurst, multi-BAFTA award winning director of Peaky Blinders, His Dark Materials, Black Mirror and Robin Hood, who is now confirmed to direct. Bradley McManus (Bodyguard of Lies) is on board to write the series. Unlike … [Read more...] about One Big Picture joins ‘Frankenstein’ series with BlackBox Multimedia and Stone Village TV
BlackBox Multimedia and The Mediapro Studio team up for new Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin drama, ’58 Seconds’
BlackBox Multimedia and The Mediapro Studio announced that they have teamed up for the international co-production of medical drama 58 Seconds. 58 Seconds is an original series by Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-award-winning writers Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland) and Paul Unwin (Breathless), the original creators of the world’s longest-running medical drama Casualty, and Holby City. The series is a front-line drama following the private and professional lives of a group of … [Read more...] about BlackBox Multimedia and The Mediapro Studio team up for new Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin drama, ’58 Seconds’
Abacus Media Rights secures international distribution rights for entertainment series ‘The Masked Singer UK’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has secured international distribution rights for the finished tape version of the hugely popular entertainment series The Masked Singer UK. The first series of the show, produced by Bandicoot Scotland, part of the Argonon group, consolidated with 6.6m viewers and a 32% share on ITV and was the biggest new format launch on any channel. The Masked Singer UK (8 x 90’) is a format originally imported from South Korea with local … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights secures international distribution rights for entertainment series ‘The Masked Singer UK’
Blackbox Multimedia, Eo Media, and Leader Produzioni to adapt Luis Sepúlveda’s ‘Diary of a Sentimental Killer’
International production company BlackBox Multimedia has partnered with Italian production company Leader Produzioni and LatAm’s EO Media Distribution for the TV series adaptation of Luis Sepúlveda’s globally recognised novel Diary of a Sentimental Killer. Diary of a Sentimental Killer is an atmospheric noir packed with action and dark humour. The story follows an unnamed assassin who has been left by his lover the day before he is set to embark on a crucial assignment. As the narrative … [Read more...] about Blackbox Multimedia, Eo Media, and Leader Produzioni to adapt Luis Sepúlveda’s ‘Diary of a Sentimental Killer’