Orlando Bloom-narrated documentary series “Earthbound” has been picked up by Keshet International for global distribution.
“Earthbound,” which Bloom also executive produces, is a six-part docu-series that explores apparently ordinary people tackling potentially life-changing environmental challenges.
Farhoud Meybodi (“My Last Days”) wrote, directed and produced the series. Keshet International will screen the doc to buyers at Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings next week and at London TV Screenings later this month.
Each episode profiles a single environmental visionary, such as 32-year-old engineer, Nzambi Matee, who founded Gjenge Makers, a company that recycles plastic waste into paving bricks.
“This optimistic and solution-orientated series aims to both entertain and inspire viewers around the world to create impact within their community,” reads the logline.
Nzambi Matee in “Earthbound” (Courtesy of Keshet International)
Matee was also the subject of Meybodi’s award-winning feature doc “Earthbound: Nzambi Matee,” which inspired the series. The film also...
“Earthbound,” which Bloom also executive produces, is a six-part docu-series that explores apparently ordinary people tackling potentially life-changing environmental challenges.
Farhoud Meybodi (“My Last Days”) wrote, directed and produced the series. Keshet International will screen the doc to buyers at Berlinale Series Market Selects Screenings next week and at London TV Screenings later this month.
Each episode profiles a single environmental visionary, such as 32-year-old engineer, Nzambi Matee, who founded Gjenge Makers, a company that recycles plastic waste into paving bricks.
“This optimistic and solution-orientated series aims to both entertain and inspire viewers around the world to create impact within their community,” reads the logline.
Nzambi Matee in “Earthbound” (Courtesy of Keshet International)
Matee was also the subject of Meybodi’s award-winning feature doc “Earthbound: Nzambi Matee,” which inspired the series. The film also...
- 2/8/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
This edition boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to-date at Emiff.
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for the 12th edition of the Spanish festival, with a total of 140 projects, including German auteur Wim Wenders’ Cannes world premiere Perfect Days and a special spotlight screening of David Fincher’s Venice title The Killer.
This year boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to date at Emiff. Additional categories for long-form projects include the debut feature film competition, the Made In Baleares (Mib) feature film competition, Spotlight Screenings and the Drive In Cinema strand. Six...
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for the 12th edition of the Spanish festival, with a total of 140 projects, including German auteur Wim Wenders’ Cannes world premiere Perfect Days and a special spotlight screening of David Fincher’s Venice title The Killer.
This year boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to date at Emiff. Additional categories for long-form projects include the debut feature film competition, the Made In Baleares (Mib) feature film competition, Spotlight Screenings and the Drive In Cinema strand. Six...
- 10/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, running from October 18 to 24 in the Spanish island’s capital of Palma, has unveiled its full line-up.
The festival will open with Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s new feature Un Amor, which recently world premiered at San Sebastian.
Coixet will also be feted with the festival’s Evolution Vision Award at the opening night ceremony.
Other honorees will include German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl, best known for his roles in Goodbye Lenin, Rush and The Alienist, and Danish writer and director Susanne Bier, whose recent credits include The Night Manager and The First Lady.
They will both receive Evolution Icon awards while there will also be screenings of Brühl’s most recent film The Movie Teller, as the closing film, and Rush and Bier’s 2010 feature In A Better World, which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
The 12th edition marks the festival’s...
The festival will open with Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s new feature Un Amor, which recently world premiered at San Sebastian.
Coixet will also be feted with the festival’s Evolution Vision Award at the opening night ceremony.
Other honorees will include German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl, best known for his roles in Goodbye Lenin, Rush and The Alienist, and Danish writer and director Susanne Bier, whose recent credits include The Night Manager and The First Lady.
They will both receive Evolution Icon awards while there will also be screenings of Brühl’s most recent film The Movie Teller, as the closing film, and Rush and Bier’s 2010 feature In A Better World, which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
The 12th edition marks the festival’s...
- 10/4/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Farhoud Meybodi is launching Ritual Arts, a new production company, and has secured a first-look deal with Wayfarer Studios, the independent studio co-founded by Justin Baldoni and Steve Sarowitz. The company will focus on storytelling that inspires culture change through purpose-driven television and film.
An award-winning writer, director, and executive producer, Meybodi recently worked on “My Last Days,” a docuseries about people living with a terminal illness that is currently in Season 5 on the CW Network. Meybodi previously co-founded Wayfarer Entertainment with Ahmed Musiol and Justin Baldoni, and the trio has teamed up on a variety of commercials, films and television shows. Meybodi is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Television Academy, and is also a board member of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau.
“During these divisive times, it’s critical that we, the creative community, break free from our echo chambers and...
An award-winning writer, director, and executive producer, Meybodi recently worked on “My Last Days,” a docuseries about people living with a terminal illness that is currently in Season 5 on the CW Network. Meybodi previously co-founded Wayfarer Entertainment with Ahmed Musiol and Justin Baldoni, and the trio has teamed up on a variety of commercials, films and television shows. Meybodi is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Television Academy, and is also a board member of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau.
“During these divisive times, it’s critical that we, the creative community, break free from our echo chambers and...
- 7/11/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
“Jane the Virgin” star Justin Baldoni has struck a deal with a private investor to sell a majority stake in his Wayfarer Entertainment banner to a private investor based in Chicago.
The transaction also calls for the investor, whose name was not disclosed, to establish a $25 million fund to produce content that is in keeping with Wayfarer’s mission of creating content that “brings people together.”
Wayfarer said the company was valued at $10 million in the deal with the investment fund dubbed 4sbay. Baldoni said the influx of capital has come from a wealthy individual focused on impact investing. With the new stake in hand, Los Angeles-based Wayfarer plans to expand from its current staff of about eight employees to a larger and more diversified production operation. The company is in the midst of searching for a CEO and other C-suite executives. It’s also looking for new office space...
The transaction also calls for the investor, whose name was not disclosed, to establish a $25 million fund to produce content that is in keeping with Wayfarer’s mission of creating content that “brings people together.”
Wayfarer said the company was valued at $10 million in the deal with the investment fund dubbed 4sbay. Baldoni said the influx of capital has come from a wealthy individual focused on impact investing. With the new stake in hand, Los Angeles-based Wayfarer plans to expand from its current staff of about eight employees to a larger and more diversified production operation. The company is in the midst of searching for a CEO and other C-suite executives. It’s also looking for new office space...
- 1/30/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Wayfarer Entertainment, the production outfit specializing in inspirational content that was co-founded by Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni, has sold a majority equity stake to a private investment fund called 4sbay.
The investment values Wayfarer at $10 million. 4sbay’s funds will also be directed toward a new $25 million content fund, with Wayfarer looking to launch a more fully developed studio. The company has already managed to set up TV, digital and film projects with the likes of CBS Films, Warner Bros. and the CW.
Describing itself as “a family office dedicated to mission and impact related investments to stem the gap between racial, social and economic inequalities,” 4sbay said its chief investment officer, Jim Casselbury, is now the interim CEO of Wayfarer.
“I’m so proud of the content we’ve created at Wayfarer Entertainment over the past five years and I’m overjoyed by the impact our projects have brought to the world,...
The investment values Wayfarer at $10 million. 4sbay’s funds will also be directed toward a new $25 million content fund, with Wayfarer looking to launch a more fully developed studio. The company has already managed to set up TV, digital and film projects with the likes of CBS Films, Warner Bros. and the CW.
Describing itself as “a family office dedicated to mission and impact related investments to stem the gap between racial, social and economic inequalities,” 4sbay said its chief investment officer, Jim Casselbury, is now the interim CEO of Wayfarer.
“I’m so proud of the content we’ve created at Wayfarer Entertainment over the past five years and I’m overjoyed by the impact our projects have brought to the world,...
- 1/30/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Jane the Virgin” actor Justin Baldoni’s media company Wayfarer Entertainment has been acquired by 4S Bay and has in the process established a $25 million “social impact” content fund, the companies announced Wednesday.
4S Bay acquired a majority equity stake in Wayfarer at a $10 million valuation to form the affiliate Sg Wayfarer, LLC, and they set up the initial investment of $25 million to create social cause-driven shows and content with focusing on “highlighting inspiration, unity and the power of human connection.”
Wayfarer is also in talks to launch a studio to oversee these efforts and is currently soliciting a studio head.
Also Read: Justin Baldoni's Inspirational Docuseries 'My Last Days' Gets Premiere Date, Trailer at CW (Video)
“I’m so proud of the content we’ve created at Wayfarer Entertainment over the past five years and I’m overjoyed by the impact our projects have brought to the world,...
4S Bay acquired a majority equity stake in Wayfarer at a $10 million valuation to form the affiliate Sg Wayfarer, LLC, and they set up the initial investment of $25 million to create social cause-driven shows and content with focusing on “highlighting inspiration, unity and the power of human connection.”
Wayfarer is also in talks to launch a studio to oversee these efforts and is currently soliciting a studio head.
Also Read: Justin Baldoni's Inspirational Docuseries 'My Last Days' Gets Premiere Date, Trailer at CW (Video)
“I’m so proud of the content we’ve created at Wayfarer Entertainment over the past five years and I’m overjoyed by the impact our projects have brought to the world,...
- 1/30/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The uproar over Roseanne Barr’s “ape” joke about Valerie Jarrett killed the star’s ABC sitcom faster than one can say “reboot” — but it’s the lack of outrage over the other part of her tweet that has some of Hollywood’s Muslim community speaking out.
Barr insulted Jarrett, a former Obama adviser, on Tuesday, tweeting: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” Within hours, ABC pulled the plug on its highest-rated show, calling her tweet “repugnant.”
The backlash focused on the second half of Barr’s tweet, which likened Jarrett, a black woman, to an ape — a comparison with a centuries-long racist history. Meanwhile the first half, about the Muslim Brotherhood, was largely ignored.
“Roseanne Barr’s comments about Muslims sort of fell through the cracks and took a back seat to the ‘Planet of the Apes’ comment,” said Sue Obeidi, director of the Muslim...
Barr insulted Jarrett, a former Obama adviser, on Tuesday, tweeting: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” Within hours, ABC pulled the plug on its highest-rated show, calling her tweet “repugnant.”
The backlash focused on the second half of Barr’s tweet, which likened Jarrett, a black woman, to an ape — a comparison with a centuries-long racist history. Meanwhile the first half, about the Muslim Brotherhood, was largely ignored.
“Roseanne Barr’s comments about Muslims sort of fell through the cracks and took a back seat to the ‘Planet of the Apes’ comment,” said Sue Obeidi, director of the Muslim...
- 6/1/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
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