Prime Video has acquired a number of compelling and independently produced true crime documentaries from UK-based distributor Sphere Abacus. All ten titles will be available on Prime Video in the UK & Ireland. The deal, brokered by Sphere Abacus’ Head of Acquisitions Will Stapley, comprises six titles from Woodcut Media: The Murder of Joanna Yeates which launches on 22 April (1 x 90’); The Crossbow Cannibal (1 x 90’); Krays: London’s Gangsters (2 x 45’); Murder in Concrete (2 x … [Read more...] about Sphere Abacus announces True Crime acquisitions by Prime Video
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Woodcut Media announce true crime doc The Murder of Sandra Rivett for Prime Video UK and Ireland
Indie Woodcut Media is currently in production on a new true crime feature documentary The Murder of Sandra Rivett, for Prime Video in the UK and Ireland. Distributor Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, is handling worldwide sales, and will be presenting the documentary to buyers at the upcoming MIPTV market. The Murder of Sandra Rivett (1 x 90’) goes back to 1974, when an aristocratic household was at war in London with Lord and Lady Lucan at loggerheads over the … [Read more...] about Woodcut Media announce true crime doc The Murder of Sandra Rivett for Prime Video UK and Ireland
Woodcut dives into Titanic in Colour with presales to C4 and SBS
Indie Woodcut Media is currently in production on Titanic in Colour, a brand new 2 x 45’ documentary series that has presold to C4 (UK) and SBS (Australia). When the Titanic sank on the 15th April 1912, the news shook the world. The word ‘Titanic’ instantly became synonymous with disaster, not glamour, and the liner remained forever stuck mid-Atlantic in the black and white world of 1912. Now, thanks to painstaking research and unique colourisation techniques, this incredible documentary … [Read more...] about Woodcut dives into Titanic in Colour with presales to C4 and SBS
Abacus Media Rights pre-sells line-up of True Crime Series from leading producers to Prime Video
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment Company, has pre-sold multiple true crime documentaries to Prime Video in the UK. From award-winning production companies Woodcut Media, Peninsula Television, Big Little Fish and Future Studios, the Prime Video deal includes a number of shocking, true-crime titles including Murder in a Tea Cup; Murder at First Swipe; Scissor Sisters; Breaking Dad: The Richard Lubbock Story (w/t) and Lucie Blackman: Missing in Tokyo. In addition, acquisitions … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights pre-sells line-up of True Crime Series from leading producers to Prime Video
Beyond Rights secures new kids’ and factual deals in China
Ahead of its participation in the virtual MIP China event, Beyond Rights is pleased to announce the closure of several new deals for factual and kids’ content in the territory. Following its acquisition of Turbozaurs from the Beyond Rights catalogue, Youku, the streaming platform of Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group, has now picked up both series of the charming and cosy pre-school animation title Hushabye Lullabye (30 x 3). Featuring loveable characters and lullabies, and set in … [Read more...] about Beyond Rights secures new kids’ and factual deals in China
Rainmaker Content and Woodcut Media to co-produce ‘Hitler: A Life In Pictures’
Rainmaker Content, the international distributor specialising in drama, factual and special event programming, today announced a co-production and finance agreement with leading indie Woodcut Media for Hitler: A Life in Pictures (4 x 60’) pre-bought by Channel 4 in the UK. Rainmaker Content has secured worldwide distribution rights (excluding UK) for the series executive produced by Matthew Gordon and Kate Beal, along with Jonathan Mayo as series producer for Woodcut Media. The series was … [Read more...] about Rainmaker Content and Woodcut Media to co-produce ‘Hitler: A Life In Pictures’
