Abacus Boards Dan Reed’s Andrew Tate Doc
Abacus Media Rights has acquired worldwide sales rights (excluding the UK) to Dan Reed’s feature doc on detained social media influencer Andrew Tate. (In)Famous: Andrew Tate, which examines the rapid rise of former kickboxer and porn entrepreneur Tate, was announced by UK network Channel 4 last week. At the end of last year Tate was arrested by Romanian police on suspicion of rape, organized crime and human trafficking. He and his brother Tristan remain in jail after being detained ahead of trial. Reed, best known for Channel 4 doc Leaving Neverland, has secured full access to Tate and was in Romania during the period Tate was arrested. The film will look at how he became successful so quickly.
Liev Schreiber Narrated ‘Failure Of Russia’s Blitzkreig’ Gets Distribution
Exclusive: Germany’s Autentic Distribution will sell the Live Schreiber-narrated Against All...
Abacus Media Rights has acquired worldwide sales rights (excluding the UK) to Dan Reed’s feature doc on detained social media influencer Andrew Tate. (In)Famous: Andrew Tate, which examines the rapid rise of former kickboxer and porn entrepreneur Tate, was announced by UK network Channel 4 last week. At the end of last year Tate was arrested by Romanian police on suspicion of rape, organized crime and human trafficking. He and his brother Tristan remain in jail after being detained ahead of trial. Reed, best known for Channel 4 doc Leaving Neverland, has secured full access to Tate and was in Romania during the period Tate was arrested. The film will look at how he became successful so quickly.
Liev Schreiber Narrated ‘Failure Of Russia’s Blitzkreig’ Gets Distribution
Exclusive: Germany’s Autentic Distribution will sell the Live Schreiber-narrated Against All...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, Exclusive: Norway’s Nrk has become the third Scandinavian public broadcasting network to join Those Who Stayed as a co-producer.
Previously, Exclusive: A pair of Nordic networks have boarded Those Who Stayed, the Ukraine invasion anthology series we first told you about last year.
Public broadcasters Svt in Sweden and Yle in Finland have joined Film.UA and Red Arrow Studios International on the project as co-producers.
Shooting on the comedy-drama anthology is planned to begin in March. Three production crews are being readied to allow for a fast turnaround and delivery in autumn of 2023 or winter in early 2024.
The scripted series tells stories from the early days of Russia’s attack on neighbour Ukraine nearly a year ago. We first revealed details in August.
The anthology comedy/drama will focus on the immediate aftermath of the February 24 invasion, with each episode telling the story of a group of characters...
Previously, Exclusive: A pair of Nordic networks have boarded Those Who Stayed, the Ukraine invasion anthology series we first told you about last year.
Public broadcasters Svt in Sweden and Yle in Finland have joined Film.UA and Red Arrow Studios International on the project as co-producers.
Shooting on the comedy-drama anthology is planned to begin in March. Three production crews are being readied to allow for a fast turnaround and delivery in autumn of 2023 or winter in early 2024.
The scripted series tells stories from the early days of Russia’s attack on neighbour Ukraine nearly a year ago. We first revealed details in August.
The anthology comedy/drama will focus on the immediate aftermath of the February 24 invasion, with each episode telling the story of a group of characters...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 70 speakers from 17 countries, including “Skam” showrunner Julie Andem, “It Takes Two” game creator/filmmaker Josef Fares, and top commissioners from Viaplay, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Dr, Svt, Nrk and Yle will take center stage at Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision.
The festival’s flagship drama confab will run Feb. 1-2 both on-site in Sweden’s second largest city, and online, with all streamed sessions open to accredited professionals.
A record 542 delegates – including 39 online visitors – have signed up for the sold-out event, set under the overarching theme “Navigating Disruption and Cultivating Talent.”
”It’s been a challenge to set the core of this year’s program, considering the drastic changes in the drama industry, fuelled by the macroeconomic uncertainties, streaming wars and changing strategies,” acknowledges TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström. “But our top industry guests will offer inspiring best-practices on how to navigate these changing times, cultivate talent and innovate in storytelling.
The festival’s flagship drama confab will run Feb. 1-2 both on-site in Sweden’s second largest city, and online, with all streamed sessions open to accredited professionals.
A record 542 delegates – including 39 online visitors – have signed up for the sold-out event, set under the overarching theme “Navigating Disruption and Cultivating Talent.”
”It’s been a challenge to set the core of this year’s program, considering the drastic changes in the drama industry, fuelled by the macroeconomic uncertainties, streaming wars and changing strategies,” acknowledges TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström. “But our top industry guests will offer inspiring best-practices on how to navigate these changing times, cultivate talent and innovate in storytelling.
- 1/23/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
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Liev Schreiber has come on board to narrate a documentary with the working title Against All Odds: The Failure Of Russia’s Blitzkrieg, about the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
The film from Organization of Ukrainian Producers and indie producer Gingers Media chronicles the initial destruction of Ukraine by Russia’s military forces, and is directed by Artem Litvinenko, who helmed the Ukrainian Netflix series The Sniffer.
Schreiber’s narration of Against All Odds is part of his ongoing fundraising efforts for Ukraine. Igor Storchak, executive producer of the documentary, said Schreiber didn’t have any payment on his mind when he joined the project.
“He asked to be able to screen Against All Odds for fundraising purposes to help my country and her people. It touched us all deeply, the director and the producers, because it means that our values...
Liev Schreiber has come on board to narrate a documentary with the working title Against All Odds: The Failure Of Russia’s Blitzkrieg, about the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
The film from Organization of Ukrainian Producers and indie producer Gingers Media chronicles the initial destruction of Ukraine by Russia’s military forces, and is directed by Artem Litvinenko, who helmed the Ukrainian Netflix series The Sniffer.
Schreiber’s narration of Against All Odds is part of his ongoing fundraising efforts for Ukraine. Igor Storchak, executive producer of the documentary, said Schreiber didn’t have any payment on his mind when he joined the project.
“He asked to be able to screen Against All Odds for fundraising purposes to help my country and her people. It touched us all deeply, the director and the producers, because it means that our values...
- 12/13/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ukraine battle against invading Russian forces is now in its sixth month, and the country’s filmmakers remain determined to document the horrors facing its people.
The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (Oup) has finished filming documentary Mariupol. Unlost Hope, which tells the stories of ordinary people who spent the first month of the invasion in the city of Mariupol. Director is Maksym Lytvinov.
Below you can watch an extended 10-minute trailer.
Mariupol, in the east of Ukraine close to the Russian border, has been decimated since fighting began. The city’s mayor has said 21,000 have died, while the film puts the number now at 22,000.
The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (Oup) is a group of seven Ukrainian producers. Established in March 2022, the group make documentaries and features about the consequences of Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine. The group is currently working on six documentaries and one fiction film.
The group launched...
The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (Oup) has finished filming documentary Mariupol. Unlost Hope, which tells the stories of ordinary people who spent the first month of the invasion in the city of Mariupol. Director is Maksym Lytvinov.
Below you can watch an extended 10-minute trailer.
Mariupol, in the east of Ukraine close to the Russian border, has been decimated since fighting began. The city’s mayor has said 21,000 have died, while the film puts the number now at 22,000.
The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (Oup) is a group of seven Ukrainian producers. Established in March 2022, the group make documentaries and features about the consequences of Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine. The group is currently working on six documentaries and one fiction film.
The group launched...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Festivals
The world Premiere of local filmmaker Tearepa Kahi’s action-drama “Muru” will open the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin chapters of the New Zealand International Film Festival, while American filmmaker Sara Dosa’s Sundance-winning documentary “Fire of Love” will open all the other festival locations, which include Gore, Hamilton, Hawke’s Bay, Masterton, Matakana, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Tauranga and Timaru. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” will close the festival in all centers.
Other Cannes titles joining the lineup include Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” Queer Palm winner “Joyland,” from Saim Sadiq and “Sick of Myself,” by Kristoffer Borgli. Award winners from this year’s Berlin International Film Festival include Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” by Carla Simón and Natalia López Gallardo’s Silver Bear jury winning “Robe of Gems.”
Other local films include Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth’s “Gloriavale,...
The world Premiere of local filmmaker Tearepa Kahi’s action-drama “Muru” will open the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin chapters of the New Zealand International Film Festival, while American filmmaker Sara Dosa’s Sundance-winning documentary “Fire of Love” will open all the other festival locations, which include Gore, Hamilton, Hawke’s Bay, Masterton, Matakana, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Tauranga and Timaru. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” will close the festival in all centers.
Other Cannes titles joining the lineup include Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” Queer Palm winner “Joyland,” from Saim Sadiq and “Sick of Myself,” by Kristoffer Borgli. Award winners from this year’s Berlin International Film Festival include Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” by Carla Simón and Natalia López Gallardo’s Silver Bear jury winning “Robe of Gems.”
Other local films include Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth’s “Gloriavale,...
- 7/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (Oup) has teamed up with production company Gingers Media to make a documentary about the first month of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Against All Odds (working title), which will be directed by Artem Litvinenko (best known for Ukrainian Netflix series The Sniffer), is currently in production and has the support of the Ukrainian Centre for Defence Strategies.
The authors explore how Ukraine managed to thwart the “blitzkrieg” of one of the world’s largest armies and push back the aggressor near Kyiv. According to producers, there will be CGI maps of Ukraine and participants of the battles will speak in their own words.
The film features military experts including General Ben Hodges (a retired commanding general of the United States Army Europe), Admiral Sir Philip Jones (a retired senior Royal Navy officer), and General Andrzej Fałkowski (a former Polish Military Representative at the Military Committees of...
Against All Odds (working title), which will be directed by Artem Litvinenko (best known for Ukrainian Netflix series The Sniffer), is currently in production and has the support of the Ukrainian Centre for Defence Strategies.
The authors explore how Ukraine managed to thwart the “blitzkrieg” of one of the world’s largest armies and push back the aggressor near Kyiv. According to producers, there will be CGI maps of Ukraine and participants of the battles will speak in their own words.
The film features military experts including General Ben Hodges (a retired commanding general of the United States Army Europe), Admiral Sir Philip Jones (a retired senior Royal Navy officer), and General Andrzej Fałkowski (a former Polish Military Representative at the Military Committees of...
- 7/4/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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