Exclusive: Anonymous Content, Red Bull Studios and Rise Films have partnered to produce new documentary feature The Balloonists following Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and English balloonist Brian Jones. BAFTA and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker John Dower has come aboard to direct the project and Anonymous Content’s AC Independent will oversee sales.
The Balloonists follows the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Piccard and British flying instructor Jones who, in 1999, took on the world’s leading aeronauts and ultra-rich adventurers in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a hot air balloon. Many in the aviation community believed this to be an impossible feat, after years of failed attempts by balloonists from across the globe. More than most racing sports, ballooning is subject to the capricious whims of nature. An aeronaut must learn to accept the unexpected and respect their position in the hierarchy of the natural world,...
The Balloonists follows the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Piccard and British flying instructor Jones who, in 1999, took on the world’s leading aeronauts and ultra-rich adventurers in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a hot air balloon. Many in the aviation community believed this to be an impossible feat, after years of failed attempts by balloonists from across the globe. More than most racing sports, ballooning is subject to the capricious whims of nature. An aeronaut must learn to accept the unexpected and respect their position in the hierarchy of the natural world,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Marvel’s God of Mischief appears to tied to the legendary skyjacker in the trailer for his new Disney+ series.
At 7:59 pm last night, a frantic text arrived. “Loki Is D.B. Cooper?,” it asked incredulously. That the mysterious message arrived from my friend Brian, the world’s biggest Predator fan and a manager at my local comic shop, indicated that big happenings were afoot in the Marvel Television Universe. You see, he knew that D.B. Cooper is an obsession of mine, one that I’ve written about on this very site before.
For those who may not remember, a brief history lesson: On the night of November 24th, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. His demands? $200,000 and some parachutes. He’d need the latter to carry off his plan’s masterstroke, to leap from the aircraft with the...
At 7:59 pm last night, a frantic text arrived. “Loki Is D.B. Cooper?,” it asked incredulously. That the mysterious message arrived from my friend Brian, the world’s biggest Predator fan and a manager at my local comic shop, indicated that big happenings were afoot in the Marvel Television Universe. You see, he knew that D.B. Cooper is an obsession of mine, one that I’ve written about on this very site before.
For those who may not remember, a brief history lesson: On the night of November 24th, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. His demands? $200,000 and some parachutes. He’d need the latter to carry off his plan’s masterstroke, to leap from the aircraft with the...
- 12/11/2020
- by Chris Cummins
- Den of Geek
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
More from TVLineWhat's New on Netflix — Plus: Disney+, HBO Max and Others'Saved by the Bell' Revival: Everything to...
With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
More from TVLineWhat's New on Netflix — Plus: Disney+, HBO Max and Others'Saved by the Bell' Revival: Everything to...
- 11/21/2020
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
As the final season of “Mad Men” weaved its way toward its beguiling and transcendent anti-climax of an ending, people on the internet began speculating that advertising maverick Don Draper would actually turn out to be D.B. Cooper, the pseudo-anonymous sky pirate who hijacked a 727 out of Portland in the fall of 1971 and eventually jumped out of the plane with $200,000 in ransom money, never to be seen again. To this day, it remains the only unsolved crime of its kind in U.S. history, and “Mad Men” ultimately had no interest in speculating about who “D.B. Cooper” might really have been.
While it’s true that Don Draper (née Dick Whitman) was a human disappearing act with a flair for reinvention and a surplus of the god-like confidence required to pull off a mid-air heist, it’s hard to imagine a less satisfying or plausible conclusion to one...
While it’s true that Don Draper (née Dick Whitman) was a human disappearing act with a flair for reinvention and a surplus of the god-like confidence required to pull off a mid-air heist, it’s hard to imagine a less satisfying or plausible conclusion to one...
- 11/16/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
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