Exclusive: Emelia Hartford, actor and well-known figure in the automotive industry, has signed with CAA for representation.
As an actor, Hartford can be seen in Columbia Pictures’ Gran Turismo, directed by Neill Blomkamp, also a CAA client. She also has appeared in films such as HBO Max’s Hollywood Christmas, That’s Amor, A California Christmas: City Lights, and Nightfall, written by client Alison Greenberg.
Hartford can also be seen on screen with appearances in the Netflix documentary Fastest Car, Redbull TV’s Drift Queen, and she co-hosts MotorTrend’s new adult animated series Super Turbo Story Time alongside Rob Corddry and client Zoe Bell, featuring untold stories from the automotive world.
One of the leading forces in the automotive industry, Hartford is a record-breaking custom car builder and race car driver. She has emerged as a leading figure in a traditionally male-dominated space and has appeared alongside Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker,...
As an actor, Hartford can be seen in Columbia Pictures’ Gran Turismo, directed by Neill Blomkamp, also a CAA client. She also has appeared in films such as HBO Max’s Hollywood Christmas, That’s Amor, A California Christmas: City Lights, and Nightfall, written by client Alison Greenberg.
Hartford can also be seen on screen with appearances in the Netflix documentary Fastest Car, Redbull TV’s Drift Queen, and she co-hosts MotorTrend’s new adult animated series Super Turbo Story Time alongside Rob Corddry and client Zoe Bell, featuring untold stories from the automotive world.
One of the leading forces in the automotive industry, Hartford is a record-breaking custom car builder and race car driver. She has emerged as a leading figure in a traditionally male-dominated space and has appeared alongside Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Weintrob, who has directed episodes of Apple TV+’s Home and created Netflix series Fastest Car, has signed an overall deal with Boat Rocker.
The deal will see Weintrob develop and produce series for Boat Rocker via his Large Eyes production company.
It comes after Weintrob recently wrote and designed creative for Rihanna’s new Fenty show for Amazon, which features Rihanna, Emily Ratajkowski, Gigi Hadid, and Adriana Lima.
Large Eyes’ current slate includes a series with rapper Lil Uzi.
It is American Rust and Invasion producer Boat Rocker’s latest development deal following pacts with Lena Headey’s Peephole Productions, Stephanie Langhoff’s High Tide Productions, and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Maroon Visions.
“Scott is a fearless artistic powerhouse with refined taste,” said Jay Peterson, President, Boat Rocker Studios, Unscripted, and Todd Lubin, President, Matador Content. “We can’t wait to work with him and the entire...
The deal will see Weintrob develop and produce series for Boat Rocker via his Large Eyes production company.
It comes after Weintrob recently wrote and designed creative for Rihanna’s new Fenty show for Amazon, which features Rihanna, Emily Ratajkowski, Gigi Hadid, and Adriana Lima.
Large Eyes’ current slate includes a series with rapper Lil Uzi.
It is American Rust and Invasion producer Boat Rocker’s latest development deal following pacts with Lena Headey’s Peephole Productions, Stephanie Langhoff’s High Tide Productions, and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Maroon Visions.
“Scott is a fearless artistic powerhouse with refined taste,” said Jay Peterson, President, Boat Rocker Studios, Unscripted, and Todd Lubin, President, Matador Content. “We can’t wait to work with him and the entire...
- 9/16/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Models and the fashion industry are known for being glamorous, beautiful and alluring — with a definite ugly side. Actress and iconic cover girl model Shari Belafonte is partnering with Love Productions USA and Bolo Media to give audiences a look behind the curtain of the industry’s longtime systemic racism.
The docuseries will give a behind-the-scenes look at the industry with other famous Black supermodels, including Beverly Johnson. Black Cat Walking will take a deep dive into the real world of modeling, marketing and merchandising.
Black Cat Walking comes at a pivotal time in the country when there is a reckoning in regard to the unjust treatment of people of color — specifically the Black community. Belfonte first came up with the idea for the docuseries in 2019 while considering projects for her Sowelu Entertainment production banner. Kareem “Biggs” Burke and Wally Eltawashy encouraged her to run with the idea and flesh out episodes. From there, Belafonte and Bolo Media partnered with Joe Labracio and Al Edgington of Love Productions USA for the series.
Belafonte finished the first script for the series while the social landscape was drastically changing with the Black Lives Matter movement in May 2020. With the current call to action for change, Black Cat Walking is a narrative that deserves to be in the spotlight. WME is currently shopping the docuseries with early interest from networks and streamers looking to support Bipoc programs.
Belafonte serves as executive producers alongside Burke and Eltawashy of Bolo Media; and Labracio and Edgington of Love Productions USA.
Love Productions USA is a division of the UK-based Love Productions, which produces The Great British Sewing Bee, The Great Pottery Throw Down and The Great British Bake-Off, which was adapted into The Great American Baking Show. Bolo Media is a television and film company with a multimedia component for digital platforms that focuses on putting the culture front and center.
Belafonte is an award-winning actor, producer, director, singer and writer. As a model, she’s been on the cover of Vogue six times. She recurred on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and appears Tyler Perry’s BET series Sistas.
The docuseries will give a behind-the-scenes look at the industry with other famous Black supermodels, including Beverly Johnson. Black Cat Walking will take a deep dive into the real world of modeling, marketing and merchandising.
Black Cat Walking comes at a pivotal time in the country when there is a reckoning in regard to the unjust treatment of people of color — specifically the Black community. Belfonte first came up with the idea for the docuseries in 2019 while considering projects for her Sowelu Entertainment production banner. Kareem “Biggs” Burke and Wally Eltawashy encouraged her to run with the idea and flesh out episodes. From there, Belafonte and Bolo Media partnered with Joe Labracio and Al Edgington of Love Productions USA for the series.
Belafonte finished the first script for the series while the social landscape was drastically changing with the Black Lives Matter movement in May 2020. With the current call to action for change, Black Cat Walking is a narrative that deserves to be in the spotlight. WME is currently shopping the docuseries with early interest from networks and streamers looking to support Bipoc programs.
Belafonte serves as executive producers alongside Burke and Eltawashy of Bolo Media; and Labracio and Edgington of Love Productions USA.
Love Productions USA is a division of the UK-based Love Productions, which produces The Great British Sewing Bee, The Great Pottery Throw Down and The Great British Bake-Off, which was adapted into The Great American Baking Show. Bolo Media is a television and film company with a multimedia component for digital platforms that focuses on putting the culture front and center.
Belafonte is an award-winning actor, producer, director, singer and writer. As a model, she’s been on the cover of Vogue six times. She recurred on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and appears Tyler Perry’s BET series Sistas.
- 7/29/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Man of Bronze is headed to the small screen. Sony Pictures Television and Neal H. Moritz’s Sony-based Original Film have partnered with Condé Nast Entertainment to develop a scripted television series based on the Doc Savage pulp fiction franchise from the Street & Smith library. The project is part of the new three-year deal Original Film signed with the TV studio last summer.
The scripted series will chronicle his adventures, featuring rampaging dinosaurs, secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, death-dealing traps, hair-raising escapes, and plots to rule the earth.
Executive producing the project are Moritz and Pavun Shetty from Original Film, and Oren Katzeff and Jon Koa of Condé Nast Entertainment. Condé Nast acquired the Street & Smith Library in 1959.
Sony first partnered with Moritz’s Original Film to develop a Doc Savage movie, recruiting Shane Black in 2013 to write the script, and signing...
The scripted series will chronicle his adventures, featuring rampaging dinosaurs, secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, death-dealing traps, hair-raising escapes, and plots to rule the earth.
Executive producing the project are Moritz and Pavun Shetty from Original Film, and Oren Katzeff and Jon Koa of Condé Nast Entertainment. Condé Nast acquired the Street & Smith Library in 1959.
Sony first partnered with Moritz’s Original Film to develop a Doc Savage movie, recruiting Shane Black in 2013 to write the script, and signing...
- 2/19/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Ray Romano got a guest star gig on “One Day at a Time” and Freeform released the trailer for “The Thing About Harry.”
First Looks
Freeform released a trailer for “The Thing About Harry,“ which premieres Feb. 15. The upcoming rom-com tells the story of high school enemies, “uber-jock” Harry (Niko Terho) and “out-and-proud” Sam (Jake Borelli), who are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend’s engagement party on Valentine’s Day. When Sam learns Harry has come out, things seem to take a turn for the worst until they begin developing a deep friendship, leaving them wondering if one road trip could change the rest of their lives. The film was written and directed by Peter Paige of “Queer as Folk” and “Good Trouble.”
Casting
Ray Romano has booked a guest star appearance on Pop TV‘s “One Day at a Time.
First Looks
Freeform released a trailer for “The Thing About Harry,“ which premieres Feb. 15. The upcoming rom-com tells the story of high school enemies, “uber-jock” Harry (Niko Terho) and “out-and-proud” Sam (Jake Borelli), who are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend’s engagement party on Valentine’s Day. When Sam learns Harry has come out, things seem to take a turn for the worst until they begin developing a deep friendship, leaving them wondering if one road trip could change the rest of their lives. The film was written and directed by Peter Paige of “Queer as Folk” and “Good Trouble.”
Casting
Ray Romano has booked a guest star appearance on Pop TV‘s “One Day at a Time.
- 1/27/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Love Productions, the British production company behind The Great British Bake Off, has appointed Condé Nast Entertainment executive vice presidents Joe Labracio and Al Edgington to lead its U.S. operation.
Labracio and Edgington will be become co-presidents of Love Productions USA, effectively replacing Kevin Bartel, who left to launch Best Production Company with All3Media last year.
Labracio has spent the past six years at Condé Nast, most recently as Evp of non-fiction television and documentaries, while Edgington has been an Evp at the production studio for the past four years.
Together, they made shows including Netflix’s Fastest Car and Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians, while Labracio was also responsible for Last Chance U, the Netflix college football show that has run for four seasons.
Prior to joining Condé Nast, Labracio was co-head of UTA’s alternative TV department, while he also had a two-year spell at CAA, where...
Labracio and Edgington will be become co-presidents of Love Productions USA, effectively replacing Kevin Bartel, who left to launch Best Production Company with All3Media last year.
Labracio has spent the past six years at Condé Nast, most recently as Evp of non-fiction television and documentaries, while Edgington has been an Evp at the production studio for the past four years.
Together, they made shows including Netflix’s Fastest Car and Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians, while Labracio was also responsible for Last Chance U, the Netflix college football show that has run for four seasons.
Prior to joining Condé Nast, Labracio was co-head of UTA’s alternative TV department, while he also had a two-year spell at CAA, where...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Quibi announced on Wednesday that it has added rapper Offset of Migos to its roster of stars with shows coming to the new mobile streaming service.
The show, “Skrrt With Offset,” will feature high profile names in pop culture as they journey with host Offset and their cars, unveiling the personal stories behind them, topped with a unique auto experience.
“Quibi will give me a chance to connect with my fans in yet another way,” the Migos rapper born Kiari Cephus said in a statement. “They don’t know how much I know about cars for real. This platform will let them see there is more to me than just buying cars.”
Also Read: Quibi Adds Video Gaming and Culture News Show From Polygon and Vox Media
“Skrrt With Offset,” is being produced by STXtelevision and Scott Weintrob’s production company Large Eyes, which has an overall deal at the studio,...
The show, “Skrrt With Offset,” will feature high profile names in pop culture as they journey with host Offset and their cars, unveiling the personal stories behind them, topped with a unique auto experience.
“Quibi will give me a chance to connect with my fans in yet another way,” the Migos rapper born Kiari Cephus said in a statement. “They don’t know how much I know about cars for real. This platform will let them see there is more to me than just buying cars.”
Also Read: Quibi Adds Video Gaming and Culture News Show From Polygon and Vox Media
“Skrrt With Offset,” is being produced by STXtelevision and Scott Weintrob’s production company Large Eyes, which has an overall deal at the studio,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Wme has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, the studio and distribution network that produces content across film, television, premium digital video, social, virtual reality and Ott channels.
Cne mines material from its publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ, and Wired. Currently, the company has 65 projects in the works such as the Netflix film Spiderhead, directed by Joseph Kosinski, Gilded Rage, produced by Jake Gyllenhaal, The Judge’s Will, a family drama adapted by Oscar-winner James Ivory, and The Great High School Imposter, starring Ansel Elgort.
Cne’s slate includes Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea, the documentary featuring Chelsea Handler on Netflix, Last Chance U, renewed for a fifth season on the same streamer, and Fastest Car, the reality series that recently debuted its second season also on Netflix.
Cne produced Joseph Kosinski’s 2017 critically acclaimed drama Only the Brave as well as Robert Redford’s The Old Man & The Gun.
Cne mines material from its publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ, and Wired. Currently, the company has 65 projects in the works such as the Netflix film Spiderhead, directed by Joseph Kosinski, Gilded Rage, produced by Jake Gyllenhaal, The Judge’s Will, a family drama adapted by Oscar-winner James Ivory, and The Great High School Imposter, starring Ansel Elgort.
Cne’s slate includes Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea, the documentary featuring Chelsea Handler on Netflix, Last Chance U, renewed for a fifth season on the same streamer, and Fastest Car, the reality series that recently debuted its second season also on Netflix.
Cne produced Joseph Kosinski’s 2017 critically acclaimed drama Only the Brave as well as Robert Redford’s The Old Man & The Gun.
- 10/24/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Wme has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.
Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...
The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.
Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...
- 10/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Wme has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.
Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...
The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.
Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...
- 10/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix is ready to kick off fall by adding new movies and TV shows to the platform in September.
A number of original films will be added to the streaming service, including Tall Girl, Between Two Ferns: The Movie and In the Shadow of the Moon.
Original series that will debut throughout the month include The Politician, Unbelievable, The Spy and The Last Kids on Earth. Additionally, new seasons of Netflix originals Elite, The Ranch, The Chef Show, Fastest Car, The Glitch, Hip-Hop Evolution and Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father will be added to the service in September.
The original ...
A number of original films will be added to the streaming service, including Tall Girl, Between Two Ferns: The Movie and In the Shadow of the Moon.
Original series that will debut throughout the month include The Politician, Unbelievable, The Spy and The Last Kids on Earth. Additionally, new seasons of Netflix originals Elite, The Ranch, The Chef Show, Fastest Car, The Glitch, Hip-Hop Evolution and Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father will be added to the service in September.
The original ...
- 8/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix is ready to kick off fall by adding new movies and TV shows to the platform in September.
A number of original films will be added to the streaming service, including Tall Girl, Between Two Ferns: The Movie and In the Shadow of the Moon.
Original series that will debut throughout the month include The Politician, Unbelievable, The Spy and The Last Kids on Earth. Additionally, new seasons of Netflix originals Elite, The Ranch, The Chef Show, Fastest Car, The Glitch, Hip-Hop Evolution and Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father will be added to the service in September.
The original ...
A number of original films will be added to the streaming service, including Tall Girl, Between Two Ferns: The Movie and In the Shadow of the Moon.
Original series that will debut throughout the month include The Politician, Unbelievable, The Spy and The Last Kids on Earth. Additionally, new seasons of Netflix originals Elite, The Ranch, The Chef Show, Fastest Car, The Glitch, Hip-Hop Evolution and Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father will be added to the service in September.
The original ...
- 8/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix faced questions about the shifting media landscape during its earnings release, held a week after WarnerMedia announced plans to launch a competing service in a move that follows in the digital footsteps of The Walt Disney Co.
One issue, in particular, loomed large for Wall Street: What will Netflix do to fill the hole in its content library, once Disney and WarnerMedia claw back their movies and television shows for their own on-demand services?
“Content like Friends is likely to disappear from Netflix in 2019 as WarnerMedia launches its own Svod service,” wrote Btig media analyst Rich Greenfield of Btig, in an analyst note released ahead of the company’s earnings interview. “As more content creators launch their own Svod services, how should investors think about the impact of losing high-profile syndicated content?”
The loss of Friends is, in streaming services as in life, would be a blow.
The Warner Bros.
One issue, in particular, loomed large for Wall Street: What will Netflix do to fill the hole in its content library, once Disney and WarnerMedia claw back their movies and television shows for their own on-demand services?
“Content like Friends is likely to disappear from Netflix in 2019 as WarnerMedia launches its own Svod service,” wrote Btig media analyst Rich Greenfield of Btig, in an analyst note released ahead of the company’s earnings interview. “As more content creators launch their own Svod services, how should investors think about the impact of losing high-profile syndicated content?”
The loss of Friends is, in streaming services as in life, would be a blow.
The Warner Bros.
- 10/17/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Facebook Watch will soon be home to a new unscripted series from Condé Nast Entertainment.
“Risky Biz,” produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Mak Pictures, is set to premiere on the video platform on Oct. 21. The eight-episode series, which was inspired by an article in The New Yorker, follows Odds On Promotions owner Mark Gilmartin and contest engineers Will Pemble and Joel Ifill as they conceptualize and weigh the odds of someone winning a contest created by their team.
The Odds On Promotions team designs out-of-the-box competitions such as punching ones way out of a paper bag using novelty boxing gloves, climbing up a slippery set of stairs angled at 60-degrees that’s covered in slime in order to open a treasure chest, and picking a $50,000 cash prize hidden in a stuffed toy where the contestant is the human claw suspended 100-feet in the air. The competitions are typically used at sports events’ halftime contests,...
“Risky Biz,” produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Mak Pictures, is set to premiere on the video platform on Oct. 21. The eight-episode series, which was inspired by an article in The New Yorker, follows Odds On Promotions owner Mark Gilmartin and contest engineers Will Pemble and Joel Ifill as they conceptualize and weigh the odds of someone winning a contest created by their team.
The Odds On Promotions team designs out-of-the-box competitions such as punching ones way out of a paper bag using novelty boxing gloves, climbing up a slippery set of stairs angled at 60-degrees that’s covered in slime in order to open a treasure chest, and picking a $50,000 cash prize hidden in a stuffed toy where the contestant is the human claw suspended 100-feet in the air. The competitions are typically used at sports events’ halftime contests,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
While I am very excited about the upcoming, animated Fast and Furious show, my faith in Netflix’s ability to competently produce a good car show was severely shaken after Fastest Car. Netflix just announced that it’s renewed Fastest Car for a second season and will also add two more shows. I don’t know whether to be…...
- 8/16/2018
- by Kristen Lee on Jalopnik, shared by Laura M. Browning to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
In today’s roundup, Netflix greenlit two original automobile-centric series, “Car Masters: Rust to Riches” and “Hyperdrive,” while Viacom appointed Brandon Yam as its new VP and Gm of Viacom Digital Studios International.
Greenlights
Netflix has approved two new original series about cars, titled “Car Masters: Rust to Riches” and “Hyperdrive,” to premiere on the streaming service Sept. 14 and in 2019, respectively. “Car Masters,” hosted by Mark Towle, is a car makeover show, while “Hyperdrive” is a competition series that pits race car drivers against one another on a giant automobile obstacle course.
Renewals
Netflix has renewed the car racing competition series, “Fastest Car,” for a second season. Season 2 will begin production in late 2018, on track for a 2019 premiere date. The reality show’s sophomore season will follow the same formula as the first: “supercars” versus “sleeper cars.”
TLC‘s variety talk series “Dr. Pimple Popper” will return for a second season.
Greenlights
Netflix has approved two new original series about cars, titled “Car Masters: Rust to Riches” and “Hyperdrive,” to premiere on the streaming service Sept. 14 and in 2019, respectively. “Car Masters,” hosted by Mark Towle, is a car makeover show, while “Hyperdrive” is a competition series that pits race car drivers against one another on a giant automobile obstacle course.
Renewals
Netflix has renewed the car racing competition series, “Fastest Car,” for a second season. Season 2 will begin production in late 2018, on track for a 2019 premiere date. The reality show’s sophomore season will follow the same formula as the first: “supercars” versus “sleeper cars.”
TLC‘s variety talk series “Dr. Pimple Popper” will return for a second season.
- 8/14/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has renewed “Fastest Car” for a second season, and will be adding two more series to its motor programming with “Hyperdrive” and “Car Masters: Rust to Riches,” the streaming service announced Tuesday.
The eight-episode “Car Masters: Rust to Riches” will follow Mark Towle and his team at Gotham Garage as they upgrade old cars to cash in six-figure paydays. The series will premiere Sept. 14, produced by Mak Pictures and executive produced by Mark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Rob Hammersley, Michael Lutz, John Stokel and Scott Popjes.
“Hyperdrive” received a 10-episode order and is a tournament series that sees drivers compete on one of the largest automotive obstacle courses ever constructed. The series is currently filming in Rochester, NY, and will premiere sometime in 2019, and is produced by Whalerock Industries and Denver & Delilah Productions. Showrunner Aaron Catling executive produces with Lloyd Braun, Chris Cowan, Charlize Theron, Beth Kono and Aj Dix.
The eight-episode “Car Masters: Rust to Riches” will follow Mark Towle and his team at Gotham Garage as they upgrade old cars to cash in six-figure paydays. The series will premiere Sept. 14, produced by Mak Pictures and executive produced by Mark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Rob Hammersley, Michael Lutz, John Stokel and Scott Popjes.
“Hyperdrive” received a 10-episode order and is a tournament series that sees drivers compete on one of the largest automotive obstacle courses ever constructed. The series is currently filming in Rochester, NY, and will premiere sometime in 2019, and is produced by Whalerock Industries and Denver & Delilah Productions. Showrunner Aaron Catling executive produces with Lloyd Braun, Chris Cowan, Charlize Theron, Beth Kono and Aj Dix.
- 8/14/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Netflix is revving up its unscripted motor programming, picking up a second season of its hit competition show Fastest Car, and ordering two new original series – Car Masters: Rust To Riches for premiere September 14 and Hyperdrive, executive produced by Charlize Theron, for premiere in 2019.
Eight-episode series Car Masters: Rust To Riches asks “What does it take to turn $1,000 into $100,000?” Mark Towle and his team at Gotham Garage have perfected the upgrade and trade model, using sweat equity and sheer car genius to turn rusty wrecks into six-figure paydays.
Car Masters is produced by Mak Pictures. Mark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Rob Hammersley, Michael Lutz, John Stokel, Scott Popjes executive produce.
Hyperdrive is a 10-episode high-stakes tournament series where daring drivers from across the globe compete on one of the largest automotive obstacle courses ever constructed. The series is produced by Whalerock Industries and Denver & Delilah Productions. Aaron Catling is executive producer and showrunner.
Eight-episode series Car Masters: Rust To Riches asks “What does it take to turn $1,000 into $100,000?” Mark Towle and his team at Gotham Garage have perfected the upgrade and trade model, using sweat equity and sheer car genius to turn rusty wrecks into six-figure paydays.
Car Masters is produced by Mak Pictures. Mark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Rob Hammersley, Michael Lutz, John Stokel, Scott Popjes executive produce.
Hyperdrive is a 10-episode high-stakes tournament series where daring drivers from across the globe compete on one of the largest automotive obstacle courses ever constructed. The series is produced by Whalerock Industries and Denver & Delilah Productions. Aaron Catling is executive producer and showrunner.
- 8/14/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
While streaming services have offered subscribers access to documentaries and unscripted series for some time, it’s only fairly recently that streamers have been making original unscripted and docuseries, such as Amazon’s “The Grand Tour” and Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country,” “Chef’s Table” and “Fastest Car.”
But it was less than 18 months ago when Netflix launched an initiative to make more of its own original unscripted shows, resulting in hits including “Queer Eye,” “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman” and “Nailed It.” In May, Netflix signed a multi-year deal with Higher Ground Prods. — a company formed by former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle — that will include unscripted and docuseries and scripted content.
“We have, what, 125 million accounts with Netflix, and that sort of equates closer to 300 million active sets of eyeballs when you think about multi-user households,” says Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s VP of original documentary and comedy programming.
But it was less than 18 months ago when Netflix launched an initiative to make more of its own original unscripted shows, resulting in hits including “Queer Eye,” “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman” and “Nailed It.” In May, Netflix signed a multi-year deal with Higher Ground Prods. — a company formed by former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle — that will include unscripted and docuseries and scripted content.
“We have, what, 125 million accounts with Netflix, and that sort of equates closer to 300 million active sets of eyeballs when you think about multi-user households,” says Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s VP of original documentary and comedy programming.
- 6/14/2018
- by Paula Hendrickson
- Variety Film + TV
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