One fish, two films.
The massive 1975 hit Jaws will get a pair of documentaries to mark the 50th anniversary of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster. One of them, Jaws: Making a Splash in Hollywood, tossed chum in the water at Sunny Side of the Doc last week – looking for a bite from potential buyers at the documentary marketplace event in France.
News of that film, from distributor Newen Connect and directed by French filmmakers Olivier Bonnard and Antoine Coursat, comes just days after Deadline’s exclusive report that National Geographic has greenlighted another documentary about the movie, under the working title Jaws @ 50.
‘Jaws’
Chloé Persyn, head of factual distribution for Newen Connect, says the cinematic ocean’s big enough for both films.
“I would strongly believe there is room for two different documentaries with a different angle,” Persyn tells Deadline. “We already know that now, being at Sunny Side where we...
The massive 1975 hit Jaws will get a pair of documentaries to mark the 50th anniversary of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster. One of them, Jaws: Making a Splash in Hollywood, tossed chum in the water at Sunny Side of the Doc last week – looking for a bite from potential buyers at the documentary marketplace event in France.
News of that film, from distributor Newen Connect and directed by French filmmakers Olivier Bonnard and Antoine Coursat, comes just days after Deadline’s exclusive report that National Geographic has greenlighted another documentary about the movie, under the working title Jaws @ 50.
‘Jaws’
Chloé Persyn, head of factual distribution for Newen Connect, says the cinematic ocean’s big enough for both films.
“I would strongly believe there is room for two different documentaries with a different angle,” Persyn tells Deadline. “We already know that now, being at Sunny Side where we...
- 7/1/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Take a look at pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, posing as ‘the face’ of the new Gucci fragrance, “Flora Gorgeous Orchid Eau de Parfum”, photographed by Tyler Mitchell:
Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).
In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.
Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.
To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature "Hannah Montana...
Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).
In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.
Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.
To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature "Hannah Montana...
- 7/1/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Several documentaries in production are leaving Sunny Side of the Doc – the world’s biggest nonfiction film marketplace – with renewed momentum and exposure.
Sunny Side wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony announcing winners of the Pitch Sessions in multiple categories. Winning Best History Pitch was Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the Gdr, a film from directors Jascha Hannover and Katharina Warda, produced by Florianfilm GmbH (Germany), Dare Pictures (U.K.), and La Lutta (United States). It tells a story little known outside the former East Germany – how Angela Davis, the American Black Power activist and Marxist thinker, became a sensation in the Gdr (German Democratic Republic), a client state of the Ussr.
‘Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the Gdr’
“In East Germany, [Davis] was the biggest superstar ever,” Warda told Deadline after winning the pitch award. “There were statues built in her honor. There were paintings made of her.
Sunny Side wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony announcing winners of the Pitch Sessions in multiple categories. Winning Best History Pitch was Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the Gdr, a film from directors Jascha Hannover and Katharina Warda, produced by Florianfilm GmbH (Germany), Dare Pictures (U.K.), and La Lutta (United States). It tells a story little known outside the former East Germany – how Angela Davis, the American Black Power activist and Marxist thinker, became a sensation in the Gdr (German Democratic Republic), a client state of the Ussr.
‘Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the Gdr’
“In East Germany, [Davis] was the biggest superstar ever,” Warda told Deadline after winning the pitch award. “There were statues built in her honor. There were paintings made of her.
- 6/28/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The international documentary market Sunny Side of the Doc concluded its 35th edition in La Rochelle, France on June 27, drawing 2,100 participants from 68 countries. The four-day event, themed “Mapping the Future,” showcased 90 exhibitors and hosted 250 international decision-makers.
The program featured keynotes from PBS, an Xr artist, and First Nations Australian voices, as well as the first showcase of Nigerian documentaries and the lineups from French channels and groups like France Télévisions, Arte, Canal+, TF1, M6 and Altice Media.
Seven pitch sessions highlighted international co-production opportunities, with winners hailing from Australia, Iran, France, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia, Kenya, Germany and the U.S. Notably, five women were among the award recipients, and three winners presented debut projects.
Mathieu Béjot, director of strategy and development, said: “In the current context marked by societal polarization, the rise of extremism, and international geopolitical tensions, Sunny Side supports the powerful and impactful documentary genre more than ever.
The program featured keynotes from PBS, an Xr artist, and First Nations Australian voices, as well as the first showcase of Nigerian documentaries and the lineups from French channels and groups like France Télévisions, Arte, Canal+, TF1, M6 and Altice Media.
Seven pitch sessions highlighted international co-production opportunities, with winners hailing from Australia, Iran, France, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia, Kenya, Germany and the U.S. Notably, five women were among the award recipients, and three winners presented debut projects.
Mathieu Béjot, director of strategy and development, said: “In the current context marked by societal polarization, the rise of extremism, and international geopolitical tensions, Sunny Side supports the powerful and impactful documentary genre more than ever.
- 6/28/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Comic book Proof is being turned into a TV series at Fox.
The network is developing a supernatural crime procedural based on the Image Comics property.
The book, which was created by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo, pairs two unlikely heroes together – disgruntled FBI Agent-in-Training Ginger Rodriguez and John “Proof” Prufrock, a jazz-loving Bigfoot – to protect the world from Cryptids: obscure creatures whose existence has yet to be proven. While these two start out as a surprising duo, they strike up an unlikely friendship, partnership, and even potential romance as they help save the world side by side.
The series adaptation comes from Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott, who previously sold a supernatural feature based on Idw graphic novel Lore to Warner Bros. with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson attached.
The pair will write the one-hour drama, which is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, with Westbrook Studios’ Terence Carter and...
The network is developing a supernatural crime procedural based on the Image Comics property.
The book, which was created by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo, pairs two unlikely heroes together – disgruntled FBI Agent-in-Training Ginger Rodriguez and John “Proof” Prufrock, a jazz-loving Bigfoot – to protect the world from Cryptids: obscure creatures whose existence has yet to be proven. While these two start out as a surprising duo, they strike up an unlikely friendship, partnership, and even potential romance as they help save the world side by side.
The series adaptation comes from Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott, who previously sold a supernatural feature based on Idw graphic novel Lore to Warner Bros. with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson attached.
The pair will write the one-hour drama, which is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, with Westbrook Studios’ Terence Carter and...
- 6/24/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As Hollywood starts to slow down ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, broadcast networks have some unfinished business — making decisions on several pilots ordered earlier this year. With development no longer confined within the bounds of the traditional TV cycle that comes to an end at the May upfronts, networks are taking longer to produce and evaluate pilots before deciding their fate. Here is where the Big 4 stand heading into the summer.
ABC has two new drama series for next season, High Potential and Dr. Odyssey — both on the fall schedule — and no new comedies. That will change as the network has two multi-camera pilots, Shifting Gears, starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, and Forgive & Forget, headlined by Ty Burrell. Both are considered very strong contenders.
Shifting Gears is ahead of Forgive & Forget timeline-wise; a cut was delivered and seen this week, I hear. Meanwhile, Forgive & Forget is taping today.
ABC has two new drama series for next season, High Potential and Dr. Odyssey — both on the fall schedule — and no new comedies. That will change as the network has two multi-camera pilots, Shifting Gears, starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, and Forgive & Forget, headlined by Ty Burrell. Both are considered very strong contenders.
Shifting Gears is ahead of Forgive & Forget timeline-wise; a cut was delivered and seen this week, I hear. Meanwhile, Forgive & Forget is taping today.
- 6/21/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC and Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films are teaming on a feature-length documentary about the state of Georgia’s fight to put Donald Trump behind bars.
Unveiled at Sheffield DocFest, The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump has gained access to inner workings around the criminal trial and will explore key evidence. Using a small observational team, the film will follow members of the prosecution and defence as they build their case and witness first-hand how day-to-day trial preparation is now a world of body doubles and safe houses.
Georgia is a hugely important swing state in the upcoming presidential run-off and the battleground was the venue for Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The doc comes just a few weeks after Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes following a case in New York.
72 Films has...
Unveiled at Sheffield DocFest, The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump has gained access to inner workings around the criminal trial and will explore key evidence. Using a small observational team, the film will follow members of the prosecution and defence as they build their case and witness first-hand how day-to-day trial preparation is now a world of body doubles and safe houses.
Georgia is a hugely important swing state in the upcoming presidential run-off and the battleground was the venue for Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The doc comes just a few weeks after Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes following a case in New York.
72 Films has...
- 6/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade is getting deeper into business with Will Arnett.
“We’ve got a new deal set with Will. He’s been phenomenal on Lego Masters. We’ve developed a few other shows with him. He’s just a great guy. And he’s Canadian. He’s a nice guy,” Wade said Monday at the Banff World Media Festival during a Summit Series keynote as he unveiled an overall deal with the prolific actor and his Electric Avenue Productions banner as part of an overall producing deal. The agreement calls for Arnett to exclusively develop unscripted content for Fox.
The pact also includes a first-look agreement on scripted series developed by Electric Avenue to be produced by Fox Entertainment Studios. Arnett’s deal with Fox comes as studios look to sign top talent to feed their content pipelines, but as streaming giants see their content budgets come...
“We’ve got a new deal set with Will. He’s been phenomenal on Lego Masters. We’ve developed a few other shows with him. He’s just a great guy. And he’s Canadian. He’s a nice guy,” Wade said Monday at the Banff World Media Festival during a Summit Series keynote as he unveiled an overall deal with the prolific actor and his Electric Avenue Productions banner as part of an overall producing deal. The agreement calls for Arnett to exclusively develop unscripted content for Fox.
The pact also includes a first-look agreement on scripted series developed by Electric Avenue to be produced by Fox Entertainment Studios. Arnett’s deal with Fox comes as studios look to sign top talent to feed their content pipelines, but as streaming giants see their content budgets come...
- 6/10/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lada Guruden Singh Steps Down From Sony Pictures India Role
Lada Guruden Singh has stepped down from his role as General Manager, Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip), India, where he oversaw local production, and has entered a producing deal with the studio. At Spip India, Singh has been instrumental in acquiring and developing superhero IP Shaktimaan while other projects included the remake of Spanish hit Campenoes and Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl. Singh also expanded Sony Pictures’ footprint in Telugu with breakout hit Major and spearheaded the studio’s debut in Tamil with Amaran which is due for release later this year. Said Singh: “I am grateful to Sony for its belief and support as I chart a new producer path, beginning with the films I set up at studio itself… My producing role will allow me to chase clutter breaking IPs and produce larger than life theatricals that cut across languages,...
Lada Guruden Singh has stepped down from his role as General Manager, Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip), India, where he oversaw local production, and has entered a producing deal with the studio. At Spip India, Singh has been instrumental in acquiring and developing superhero IP Shaktimaan while other projects included the remake of Spanish hit Campenoes and Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl. Singh also expanded Sony Pictures’ footprint in Telugu with breakout hit Major and spearheaded the studio’s debut in Tamil with Amaran which is due for release later this year. Said Singh: “I am grateful to Sony for its belief and support as I chart a new producer path, beginning with the films I set up at studio itself… My producing role will allow me to chase clutter breaking IPs and produce larger than life theatricals that cut across languages,...
- 6/10/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Pop singer, actress Miley Cyrus, poses for the June 2024 issue of “W” magazine, wearing Gucci, Tiffany and Co., Louis Vuitton and a whole lot more, photographed by Alasdair McLellan:
Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).
In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.
Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.
To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature...
Cyrus made her acting debut in three episodes of the Toronto-shot TV series "Doc" (2002) with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, before appearing in a minor role for the film "Big Fish"(2003).
In 2006, she was established as a teen idol with the success of the "Hannah Montana" franchise, a former Disney Channel sitcom in which she portrayed the role of 'Miley Stewart' and 'Hannah Montana'.
Cyrus later recorded numerous songs for the soundtrack of the first season, signing a deal with Hollywood Records and releasing the album "Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus", selling over three million copies in the US.
To promote the album, Cyrus embarked on the "Best of Both Worlds Tour", later adapted into the 2008 feature...
- 6/3/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Tull Stories will release Daniel Gordon’s documentary feature Strike: An Uncivil War in the UK and Ireland.
The doc tells the story of the year-long miners’ strike of 1984/85 – considered one of the UK’s most violent and divisive industrial disputes. The film pays particular focus to the bloody Battle of Orgreave, which took place on June 18, 1984. The media subsequently appeared to lay blame for the violence at the feet of the strikers, with Gordon’s feature aiming to overturn this.
The film also explores Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s unrelenting mission to break the role of unions in British working class society.
The doc tells the story of the year-long miners’ strike of 1984/85 – considered one of the UK’s most violent and divisive industrial disputes. The film pays particular focus to the bloody Battle of Orgreave, which took place on June 18, 1984. The media subsequently appeared to lay blame for the violence at the feet of the strikers, with Gordon’s feature aiming to overturn this.
The film also explores Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s unrelenting mission to break the role of unions in British working class society.
- 6/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
The African American Film Critics Association and Better Brothers LA are set to celebrate Pride Month with their annual luncheon on June 1, which focuses on films and TV series that enhance visibility for LGBTQ communities.
This year, Aafca will honor the outstanding Paramount+/Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers for its depiction of gay life and its inclusion of Black LGBTQ characters and storylines. Widely acclaimed as one of the best shows of the past TV season, Fellow Travelers will receive Aafca’s Social Impact Award.
“In the spirit of Pride, Aafca is thrilled to recognize Fellow Travelers,” says Aafca President Gil Robertson. “We’re honored to host a luncheon celebrating the co-stars Jelani Alladin and Noah Ricketts, alongside showrunner Ron Nyswaner.”
Based on the bestselling novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers follows the lives of its two principal characters, Timothy Laughlin and Hawkins Fuller (played by Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey...
This year, Aafca will honor the outstanding Paramount+/Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers for its depiction of gay life and its inclusion of Black LGBTQ characters and storylines. Widely acclaimed as one of the best shows of the past TV season, Fellow Travelers will receive Aafca’s Social Impact Award.
“In the spirit of Pride, Aafca is thrilled to recognize Fellow Travelers,” says Aafca President Gil Robertson. “We’re honored to host a luncheon celebrating the co-stars Jelani Alladin and Noah Ricketts, alongside showrunner Ron Nyswaner.”
Based on the bestselling novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers follows the lives of its two principal characters, Timothy Laughlin and Hawkins Fuller (played by Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey...
- 5/31/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given a straight-to-series order for the medical procedural drama “Doc.” The series is slated to debut on the network in 2023-2024.
Hailing from executive producers Barbie Kligman, Hank Steinberg and Erwin Stoff, “Doc” is based on the Italian series “Nelle tue mani,” which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a division of Fremantle.
According to Fox’s official description, “Doc” focuses on Dr. Amy Elias, chief of internal and family medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. “After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends,...
Hailing from executive producers Barbie Kligman, Hank Steinberg and Erwin Stoff, “Doc” is based on the Italian series “Nelle tue mani,” which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a division of Fremantle.
According to Fox’s official description, “Doc” focuses on Dr. Amy Elias, chief of internal and family medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. “After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends,...
- 4/3/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
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