Miami, Florida – Telemundo and Netflix announced that the newest and anticipated Super Series from Telemundo including El Chema, Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso and Guerra de Ídolos, among others, will premiere exclusively on Netflix in Latin America, including Mexico and Brazil, and will also be available exclusively in Spain and in the United States. The extension of the deal between both companies also includes multi-territory on-demand rights for series including La Reina del … [Read more...] about Telemundo series available on Netflix
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NBCUniversal picks up crime thriller, Pendulum
London - Hamdy will work with NBCUniversal International Studios to adapt the television series of Pendulum and serve as executive producer on the show. It will be produced by London production company, Hardy Son & Baker, which NBCUniversal International Studios has a first-look deal. In a separate development, the US book rights have been acquired by Quercus, which is set to publish Pendulum in North America in June 2017. Pendulum was acquired by Headline as the first in a … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal picks up crime thriller, Pendulum
NBCUniversal acquires rights for graphic novel
London – NBCUniversal International Studios announces it has optioned the rights for Trees, a science fiction graphic novel series by comic book writer and New York Times bestselling author, Warren Ellis and illustrator, Jason Howard. The comics will be adapted for screen by London-based television production company, Hardy Son & Baker, with whom NBCUniversal International Studios has a first look deal. Trees is an elevated-genre graphic novel series set ten years after the arrival of … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal acquires rights for graphic novel
New drama from NBCUniversal and partners
London - Carnival Films, part of NBCUniversal International Studios, and producers of the celebrated series Downton Abbey, is developing a new drama series with acclaimed writer-producer Stephen Schiff (The Americans), producer Marc Shmuger and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. The first season of the series will be based on Gibney’s latest documentary Zero Days – which Shmuger and Gibney produced for Participant Media. Set in the world of true life cyber warfare, Zero Days tells … [Read more...] about New drama from NBCUniversal and partners
NBCUniversal launches globally first VR series
Singapore – NBCUniversal’s Syfy, the destination for imagination-based entertainment programmes welcomes its original hybrid Virtual Reality (VR) series, HALCYON which will premiere on 22 September, (Syfy, StarHub Ch 517). The series is produced by Secret Location, a multi-Emmy and Cannes Lion Award-winning content studio specialising in emerging platforms. To give viewers the ultimate Halcyon experience, Syfy Asia has teamed up with Samsung for the series to be available on the Samsung Gear … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal launches globally first VR series
BBC Two commissions The Luminaries
London - BBC Two has commissioned Working Title Television to produce The Luminaries, a six-part drama series, which will be written by its award-winning novelist, Eleanor Catton. A nineteenth-century tale of adventure and mystery, set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush. The Luminaries tells an epic story of love, murder and revenge, as men and women travelled across the world to make their fortunes. On publishing, The Luminaries was … [Read more...] about BBC Two commissions The Luminaries
