Cannes- Singapore's Monsoon Pictures and Dutch filmmakers IdtV Film will co-produce a US$6.5 million feature film to chronicle the Maria Hertogh riots, an event dating back to Singapore's colonial history. Titled Nadra, it tells the story of 13-year-old Dutch girl Bertha Hertogh (a.k.a. Maria Huberdina Hertogh and Nadra binte Maarof), whose custody battle in 1950 between her birth parents and Malay adoptive mother led to a riot in Singapore and adversely affected Hertogh and the people around … [Read more...] about Singaporean-Dutch co-production to chronicle event which led to 1950 riot
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Zonemedia acquires new reality series from NZ’s Eyeworks Touchdown
London- Themed channel operator Zonemedia has acquired two reality series from New Zealand producer Eyeworks Touchdown via distributor Eyeworks Distribution. Hit New Zealand series Miss Popularity and Treasure Island: Couples at War will air on Zonemedia's Zone Reality feeds throughout Asia and EMEA. Miss Popularity features 10 New Zealand women who are sent to a luxury hotel in South Australia to be pampered until they are suddenly transported in a van into the Outback and left there to face … [Read more...] about Zonemedia acquires new reality series from NZ’s Eyeworks Touchdown
No growing pains for BabyTV
Hong Kong- Fox International Channel's BabyTV is continuing to roll out in Asia, having launched on Phnom Penh Cable TV in Cambodia on May 1; the channel airs on now TV in Hong Kong, Indovision in Indonesia and on News Broadcasting Japan's FOXlife HD channel. Deals are "under discussion with all leading pay TV operators around the region," says Zubin Gandevia, Managing Director and EVP of Fox International Channels Asia. The exec reports the Hong Kong channel, which launched on March 7, had … [Read more...] about No growing pains for BabyTV
NBC Universal presents eight new shows at LA Screenings
NBC-U unveiled eight new shows including a syndicated talk show. Hour-long dramas include 13-episode series The Bionic Woman, Life and Lipstick Jungle; a new half hour comedy The IT Crowd; syndicated talk show The Steve Wilkos Show; half-hour reality shows include new 6-episode series Hey Paula!, Flipping Out and Destination Truth. Lipstick Jungle, based on a book by Candace Bushell of Sex and the City fame, follows the ups and downs of three high-powered friends; docu-series Hey Paula! features … [Read more...] about NBC Universal presents eight new shows at LA Screenings
Five new for Sony Pictures Television International
SPTI's slate includes Cashmere Mafia, which follows the fortunes of a quartet of successful female executives, friends since college, who turn to each other for guidance as they juggle their careers with family in New York City. One-hour musical drama Viva Laughlin centers on an entrepreneur (Lloyd Owens) who risks everything when he sells his chain of convenience stores and uses the money to create Nevada's only five-star casino and resort hotel; Hugh Jackman guest stars and executive produces. … [Read more...] about Five new for Sony Pictures Television International
FremantleMedia Enterprises lays out LA Screenings Blueprint
Leading FME's field is The Best Years, a 13 x 60' drama series from Blueprint Entertainment. Produced in association with U.S. broadcaster The N, MTV Networks'-owned night-time network, and CanWest MediaWorks' Global Television in Canada, The Best Years follows a group of friends through the ups and downs of college life. Also produced by Blueprint is the MIPTV-launched dark, funny scripted series, Love You To Death, starring John Waters (director of Serial Mom, Hairspray, Cry-Baby). In his … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia Enterprises lays out LA Screenings Blueprint