London/Cannes - Drive the production-funding and distribution agency led by Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett announces a number of international sales for documentary film Super Scary Plane Landing, as well as the pre-sale of The World’s Deadliest Weather. NTV in Germany, Channel 9 in Australia, Discovery Canada, TV2 Denmark, MTV in Sweden and RTL in the Netherlands have all acquired the 1 x 60’ special produced by NBC News’s production arm Peacock Productions, with Drive also in advanced … [Read more...] about Drive announces sales at MIPCOM
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Drive announces programme sales and debuts MIPCOM slate
London - Drive the production funding and distribution agency led by Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett announces a number of pre-sales, co-production and completed programme sales that also form the company’s first distribution slate for MIPCOM. Drive secured pre-sale funding from SBS Australia and ZDF for Building Star Trek, a 50th anniversary special celebrating the cultural and technological impact of the iconic series. The special was produced by yap films for Smithsonian Channel and … [Read more...] about Drive announces programme sales and debuts MIPCOM slate
Gaumont Int’l Television to produce new series based on iconic character “Barbarella”
London - Gaumont International Television, the production and distribution studio based in Los Angeles and part of the European-based motion picture studio Gaumont, has announced that the company is teaming with Drive helmer Nicolas Refn and Martha De Laurentiis to bring the iconic character “Barbarella” to the small screen. The series will be based on the character created by Jean-Claude Forest and made famous in the 1968 film of the same name starring Jane Fonda. … [Read more...] about Gaumont Int’l Television to produce new series based on iconic character “Barbarella”
