Levity Live, which owns production houses including Triage Entertainment and Lando Entertainment, has promoted Francesco Pace to Svp Production and added Hayden Boal and Ben Wood as VPs Development.
Pace will oversee physical production for all Levity Live production companies in both linear and streaming programming. For the past four years, He was in charge of production for such lifestyle programming as Guy’s Grocery Games, Iron Chef America and Kids Baking Championship. He also served as executive producer of A Very Brady Renovation, which launched this week as the highest-rated season premiere in Hgtv history.
New VPs Development Boal and Wood will report to Ashley Hoff, Svp Development across all of Levity’s production companies. They worked together at Relativity Television and Critical Content on such projects as The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey for CBS, Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? (Fox), and Chi-Town Flip (Hgtv).
“I’m thrilled to reunite with Hayden and Ben,...
Pace will oversee physical production for all Levity Live production companies in both linear and streaming programming. For the past four years, He was in charge of production for such lifestyle programming as Guy’s Grocery Games, Iron Chef America and Kids Baking Championship. He also served as executive producer of A Very Brady Renovation, which launched this week as the highest-rated season premiere in Hgtv history.
New VPs Development Boal and Wood will report to Ashley Hoff, Svp Development across all of Levity’s production companies. They worked together at Relativity Television and Critical Content on such projects as The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey for CBS, Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? (Fox), and Chi-Town Flip (Hgtv).
“I’m thrilled to reunite with Hayden and Ben,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran producer Ashley Hoff is the new Svp Development at Levity Live, the media company that owns multiple production houses, a talent management firm and live entertainment venues around the U.S.
Hoff, a former longtime exec at Critical Content, has a long history in development, working on such unscripted fare as The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey for CBS, The Lowe Files (A&E), Master the Mess (Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine) and the upcoming JFK Jr.-Carolyn Bessette wedding project for TLC.
“Ashley is a gifted development executive,” Levity Live COO Stu Schreiberg said. “She is passionate about story and has excelled in every aspect of production. She understands how to build an original idea into content that is immensely entertaining and producible across a wide range of platforms.”
Before her stint at Critical Content, Hoff was a development executive for Ellen Rakieten, co-creator of The Oprah Winfrey Show, and...
Hoff, a former longtime exec at Critical Content, has a long history in development, working on such unscripted fare as The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey for CBS, The Lowe Files (A&E), Master the Mess (Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine) and the upcoming JFK Jr.-Carolyn Bessette wedding project for TLC.
“Ashley is a gifted development executive,” Levity Live COO Stu Schreiberg said. “She is passionate about story and has excelled in every aspect of production. She understands how to build an original idea into content that is immensely entertaining and producible across a wide range of platforms.”
Before her stint at Critical Content, Hoff was a development executive for Ellen Rakieten, co-creator of The Oprah Winfrey Show, and...
- 4/3/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Two years after JonBenét Ramsey's brother Burke Ramsey filed a $750 million defamation lawsuit against CBS over the network’s docuseries "The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey," the two sides have reached "an amicable resolution of their differences." The docuseries pushed the theory that Burke killed his younger sister in the infamous, unsolved murder of the six-year-old girl.
- 1/5/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
JonBenet Ramsey’s brother has settled his $750 million defamation lawsuit against CBS and others over a 2016 docuseries that pegged him as her killer. Burke Ramsey’s attorney told Reuters that the case has been settled but gave no details.
“I can only comment that the case has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of all parties,” Lin Wood told the news agency in a phone interview today. A CBS spokesman confirmed the settlement to Reuters.
Burke Ramsey was 10 when his 6-year-old beauty queen sister was found dead in the family’s Boulder, Co, home at Christmastime in 1996. He also was suing production company Critical Content and a number of consultants involved with true-crime docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, which aired in September 2016.
Saying his reputation was destroyed by the four-hour program, he was seeking $250M in compensatory damages and twice that in punitive damages.
The lawsuit claimed that CBS...
“I can only comment that the case has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of all parties,” Lin Wood told the news agency in a phone interview today. A CBS spokesman confirmed the settlement to Reuters.
Burke Ramsey was 10 when his 6-year-old beauty queen sister was found dead in the family’s Boulder, Co, home at Christmastime in 1996. He also was suing production company Critical Content and a number of consultants involved with true-crime docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, which aired in September 2016.
Saying his reputation was destroyed by the four-hour program, he was seeking $250M in compensatory damages and twice that in punitive damages.
The lawsuit claimed that CBS...
- 1/5/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
After an extensive executive search that came down to a couple of high-profile candidates, former CBS head of alternative programming Chris Castallo has been named Head of Unscripted Television for Amazon Studios. He will oversee unscripted TV development, reporting to Albert Cheng and Vernon Sanders, Co-Heads of Television, Amazon Studios.
Castallo will fill the void left by the August ouster of former unscripted head Heather Schuster following an internal investigation.
Amazon Studios had limited presence in the unscripted space until the recent regime change at the company; its most recognizable title in the arena was The Grand Tour. Since Jennifer Salke took over as head of Amazon Studios, the company has made two high-profile deals in the alternative genre, picking up the Eco-Challenge reboot from Mark Burnett with host Bear Grylls and signing Project Runway stars Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for a new fashion reality series. Castallo will be...
Castallo will fill the void left by the August ouster of former unscripted head Heather Schuster following an internal investigation.
Amazon Studios had limited presence in the unscripted space until the recent regime change at the company; its most recognizable title in the arena was The Grand Tour. Since Jennifer Salke took over as head of Amazon Studios, the company has made two high-profile deals in the alternative genre, picking up the Eco-Challenge reboot from Mark Burnett with host Bear Grylls and signing Project Runway stars Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for a new fashion reality series. Castallo will be...
- 10/22/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox will explore the still-unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. in an upcoming special hosted by Ice-t and Soledad O'Brien.
Set to broadcast September 24th, Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? promises to air new details from the investigations as well as never-before-heard accounts of the murders, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
People involved in the investigations – police officers, informants and more – will provide on-camera interviews for the two-hour special, as well as accounts from associates like Doug E. Fresh, Funkmaster Flex, Suge Knight and Lil Cease.
The special will...
Set to broadcast September 24th, Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? promises to air new details from the investigations as well as never-before-heard accounts of the murders, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
People involved in the investigations – police officers, informants and more – will provide on-camera interviews for the two-hour special, as well as accounts from associates like Doug E. Fresh, Funkmaster Flex, Suge Knight and Lil Cease.
The special will...
- 8/26/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Fox has announced Who Shot Biggie & Tupac?, a two-hour investigative special that probes the unsolved murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, from Critical Content, the producers of last season's The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey. The special, hosted by Ice-t and Soledad O'Brien, will premiere Sunday, September 24 at 8 Pm Et/Pt on Fox. The special will reveal new details of the investigation and never-before-heard accounts, along with interviews with former private…...
- 8/25/2017
- Deadline TV
Image Source: ABC News JonBenét Ramsey was only 6 years old when she was brutally murdered in her own home in December 1996, but the case has continued to fascinate the public in the more than 20 years since then. JonBenét's father, John, was the one who found her body on Dec. 26 in the basement of their Boulder, Co, home roughly eight hours after her parents reported her missing after they found a ransom note. An autopsy of JonBenét's body revealed that she was struck in the head and strangled to death. Police also later confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted. Unlike other murder cases that go cold after years of being unsolved, JonBenét's has done the opposite and only continues to heat up. There have been a number of documentaries and TV specials about the murder, and most recently, Netflix released Casting JonBenet, its chilling take on why the intense media...
- 5/10/2017
- by Caitlin Hacker
- Popsugar.com
JonBenét Ramsey was six years-old when she died in 1996, and over two decades later, the mystery surrounding her murder remains thick with conspiracy theories and speculation. CBS stirred the pot again last fall with the series “The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey,” and now comes “Casting JonBenét” which takes its own unique approach to the sensational crime.
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Directed by Kitty Green, the filmmaker intriguingly uses local actors from Ramsay’s hometown of Boulder, Colorado to weave a unique look at the crime, the suspects, and more, utilizing a unique hybrid of fiction and non-fiction filmmaking.
Continue reading Dive Into A Sensational Murder Case In New Trailer For Documentary ‘Casting JonBenét’ at The Playlist.
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Directed by Kitty Green, the filmmaker intriguingly uses local actors from Ramsay’s hometown of Boulder, Colorado to weave a unique look at the crime, the suspects, and more, utilizing a unique hybrid of fiction and non-fiction filmmaking.
Continue reading Dive Into A Sensational Murder Case In New Trailer For Documentary ‘Casting JonBenét’ at The Playlist.
- 3/24/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for their upcoming film Casting JonBenet, a "documentary hybrid" that premiered to acclaim at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The trailer gives an eerie overview on the documentary's unconventional premise: Real actors auditioning for roles in the reenactment of the still-unsolved 1996 murder talk about how the killing of JonBenét Ramsey affected them personally, as well as posit their own theories about what happened the night of December 25th, 1996.
Casting JonBenet "examines how this crime and its resulting mythologies have shaped the attitudes and behavior of...
The trailer gives an eerie overview on the documentary's unconventional premise: Real actors auditioning for roles in the reenactment of the still-unsolved 1996 murder talk about how the killing of JonBenét Ramsey affected them personally, as well as posit their own theories about what happened the night of December 25th, 1996.
Casting JonBenet "examines how this crime and its resulting mythologies have shaped the attitudes and behavior of...
- 3/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Burke Ramsey has filed a second defamation lawsuit over a recent CBS docuseries that advanced the theory he killed his younger sister, JonBenét, more than two decades ago, People confirms.
After suing forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz in October for $150 million in damages, lawyers for Burke on Wednesday filed another civil suit — this one, naming CBS as well as Critical Content LLC, the production company behind The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, and seven experts and consultants featured in the special, which aired over two nights in mid-September.
People obtained a copy of the second suit, which seeks $250 million in compensatory...
After suing forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz in October for $150 million in damages, lawyers for Burke on Wednesday filed another civil suit — this one, naming CBS as well as Critical Content LLC, the production company behind The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, and seven experts and consultants featured in the special, which aired over two nights in mid-September.
People obtained a copy of the second suit, which seeks $250 million in compensatory...
- 12/29/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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