Leading independent distributor All3Media International has secured its first raft of deals for new Paramount+ original drama The Ex-Wife in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Co-produced by Night Train Media, Clapperboard Studios and BlackBox Multimedia, The Ex-Wife is based on bestselling author Jess Ryder’s book of the same name and stars Céline Buckens (Showtrial), Tom Mison (Sleepy Hollow), Janet Montgomery (New Amsterdam) and Jordan Stephens (Feel Good). … [Read more...] about Night Train Media and All3Media International’s The Ex-Wife finds new partners Worldwide
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BlackBox Multimedia and Seven Seas Films to co-produce ‘Born Fighter’
BlackBox Multimedia and Seven Seas Films announce they will co-produce Born Fighter. The limited series is adapted from the memoir of Ruqsana Begum and her remarkable journey to becoming a Muay Thai World Champion. Dan Sefton (The Good Karma Hospital, Trust Me, The Mallorca Files) will lead a diverse writing room, with Ruqsana also playing an integral role in the series development. Ruqsana Begum is a British-Bangladeshi World Champion in the sport of Muay Thai kickboxing. Her story is a … [Read more...] about BlackBox Multimedia and Seven Seas Films to co-produce ‘Born Fighter’
Janet Montgomery, Tricia Small and BlackBox Multimedia partner on lethal crime drama ‘Aqua Tofana’
BlackBox Multimedia announces it is partnering with Janet Montgomery and Tricia Small to develop a high-end television series based on their concept, Aqua Tofana. The series will be written by Dracula creator Cole Haddon. Janet Montgomery (New Amsterdam, This is Us) and Tricia Small (Salem, Mothers and Daughters) are attached as co-creators and executive producers. Set in Seventeenth-Century Italy and based on a shockingly true story, Aqua Tofana is a female-led crime drama charting the story … [Read more...] about Janet Montgomery, Tricia Small and BlackBox Multimedia partner on lethal crime drama ‘Aqua Tofana’
Incendo and BlackBox Multimedia enter series co-development and co-production partnership for modernized take on ‘Ellery Queen’
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’
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
