Chris McCausland & Lee Mack Set For Sky Festive Particular
British comedians Chris McCausland and Lee Mack will entrance Sky festive particular Dangerous Tidings, about two perpetually feuding neighbors in Northern England who turn out to be unlikely heroes after saving their avenue from infamous burglars with wacky booby traps and British banter. Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) are writing, with manufacturing commencing this month at Sky Studios Elstree. Additionally forged are Rebekah Staton, Sarah Alexander, Ben Crompton, Emily Coates, Josiah Eloi, Millie Kiss, Tupele Dorgu, Sunil Patel, Susan Kyd and Donna Preston. Sky Studios is producing, with Tim Kirkby directing. Adnan Ahmed from Sky Studios is the producer and Ail Gupta exec produces. Sky’s Comcast stablemate NBCUniversal International TV Distribution will deal with worldwide gross sales. Dangerous Tidings is the newest Sky authentic festive particular, following final yr’s The Heist Earlier than Christmas, 2022’s Christmas Carole and 2021’s The Wonderful Mr Blunden.
The Mediapro Studio Goes ‘Quiet’ At MIPTV
Spanish content material home The Mediapro Studio has unveiled its newest collection, Quiet, at MIPTV. Created by Lluís Arcarazo and co-produced in affiliation with Spanish tv operator 3Cat, the eight-part collection depicts the investigation of a serial killer focusing on the homeless. Quiet relies on a real story and can star David Verdaguer (Jokes & Cigarettes, Summer time 1993) and Ángela Cervantes (La Maternal, Chavalas). The chief producers are Laura Fernandez Espeso, Javier Méndez, Lluís Arcarazo and Bernat Elías for Mediapro and Oriol Sala-Patau and Conxa Orea for 3Cat. Present creator Arcarazo can also be lead author for the collection, together with Guillermo Cisneros and María Jaen. Marta Pahíssa (Rapa, Smiley) will direct all eight episodes. Quiet will premiere on TV3 and the 3Cat platform, whereas The Mediapro Studio Distribution owns the worldwide industrial rights and might be procuring on the closing MIPTV in Cannes this week.
Mario Van Peebles Docuseries ‘The Beat Goes On’ Anchors “Influence” Marketing campaign
Manufacturing outfit Companions In Form has launched what it described because the “impression marketing campaign” tied to the discharge of the Mario Van Peebles docuseries The Beat Goes On. The marketing campaign calls on 32 pupil filmmakers from 10 states and dozens of universities — together with Morehouse, Spelman, Kent College, Howard College, and UNC Chapel Hil to provide short-form movies to spotlight important instruments to assist drive election voter turnout of their communities. The marketing campaign movies will spotlight the work of the next organizations: Venture Say One thing, Alabama The Freedom Bloc, Ohio Georgia Stand Up, Georgia Texas Freedom Community, Texas Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Florida North Carolina Black Alliance, and North Carolina Energy Motion Fund – Pennsylvania.
Hendrix, Bowie & Elvis Docs Discover Consumers At MIPTV
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has bought documentaries on Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Elvis Presley to broadcasters within the UK and the U.S. amongst others, as MIPTV will get underway for the ultimate time this morning. A remastered 100-minute model of Bowie’s 1973 live performance titled Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars: The Movement Image, has been bought to NHK in Japan. The doc options restored songs and a visitor look by guitarist Jeff Beck. Electrical Girl Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Imaginative and prescient depicts how a nightclub reworked into the legendary studios, and consists of unique interviews, unseen Hendrix footage, and observe breakdowns by producer Eddie Kramer. It has been pre-sold to Sky within the UK and can air on Sky Arts. Different new DCD MIPTV titles embody Chicago & Mates: Stay at 55, that includes the famed group Chicago performing with a slew of visitor artists, and Christmas at Graceland, a dwell particular celebrating Elvis’ favorite time of the yr on the Presley household residence. The latter will function Elvis’ granddaughter Riley Keough, and performances from artists together with Lana Del Rey and John Legend. Chicago & Mates: Stay at 55 has been pre-sold to PBS within the U.S., whereas Christmas at Graceland has gone to NBC and streamer Peacock.