Exclusive: Vladimir Putin is set to get the Keeping Up With The Kardashians treatment in a deep fake project for Channel 4.
The British broadcaster is developing Keeping Up With The Kremlin, a comedy series that will spoof E!’s iconic reality show.
Deadline hears that the project, which is yet to be officially greenlit, will be for social media as Channel 4 leans into digital-first commissioning.
Chalkboard TV, which made Channel 4’s Michael Sheen drama Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, is behind Keeping Up With The Kremlin.
The production company will use actors to play Russian President Putin and his acolytes, with deep fake technology and overdubbing being used in post-production.
Channel 4 has shown a willingness to experiment with deep fake technology. A digital Queen Elizabeth II delivered an alternative Christmas message in 2020, while an AI was responsible for last year’s message.
Channel 4 has also experimented with genres,...
The British broadcaster is developing Keeping Up With The Kremlin, a comedy series that will spoof E!’s iconic reality show.
Deadline hears that the project, which is yet to be officially greenlit, will be for social media as Channel 4 leans into digital-first commissioning.
Chalkboard TV, which made Channel 4’s Michael Sheen drama Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, is behind Keeping Up With The Kremlin.
The production company will use actors to play Russian President Putin and his acolytes, with deep fake technology and overdubbing being used in post-production.
Channel 4 has shown a willingness to experiment with deep fake technology. A digital Queen Elizabeth II delivered an alternative Christmas message in 2020, while an AI was responsible for last year’s message.
Channel 4 has also experimented with genres,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vardy vs Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, Channel 4’s dramatization of the notorious Wagatha Christie case, has sold to BritBox in North America and networks in Australia and New Zealand.
The factual drama, which stars Michael Sheen as Rooney’s barrister and covers one of the biggest media cases of the past decades, was picked up for distribution by Newen Connect last year and Newen has now struck a slew of sales.
BritBox North America, Australia’s Foxtel and New Zealand’s +Hr=E (formerly TV3) have snapped up Vardy vs Rooney and Newen will be shopping at the upcoming London Screenings. Chalkboard TV’s four-parter is one of a number of English language shows that now feature in the French distributor’s catalog as it pushes further into the English language space.
Vardy vs Rooney, which launched to more than 1M overnight viewers late last year, was the...
The factual drama, which stars Michael Sheen as Rooney’s barrister and covers one of the biggest media cases of the past decades, was picked up for distribution by Newen Connect last year and Newen has now struck a slew of sales.
BritBox North America, Australia’s Foxtel and New Zealand’s +Hr=E (formerly TV3) have snapped up Vardy vs Rooney and Newen will be shopping at the upcoming London Screenings. Chalkboard TV’s four-parter is one of a number of English language shows that now feature in the French distributor’s catalog as it pushes further into the English language space.
Vardy vs Rooney, which launched to more than 1M overnight viewers late last year, was the...
- 2/7/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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