The global import-export strategies of the U.S. majors are in flux as the world’s major content companies gather this week in Cannes for the annual Mipcom market and conference.
Disney, WarnerMedia and the other handful of media conglomerates that control the vast majority of the U.S. market are in the midst of a radical transition of focus in the business of producing and exhibiting content, shifting from a business model rooted in third-party licensing of channels and programs to a focus in gathering subscribers for in-house direct-to-consumer platforms.
After coming to Mipcom for decades to sell TV shows and movies to the world’s TV buyers, some of the majors are now planning for a future where they produce high-end content for their own streaming platforms, rather than relying on cable and satellite operators and local TV stations to distribute their wares. This has many prominent buyers...
Disney, WarnerMedia and the other handful of media conglomerates that control the vast majority of the U.S. market are in the midst of a radical transition of focus in the business of producing and exhibiting content, shifting from a business model rooted in third-party licensing of channels and programs to a focus in gathering subscribers for in-house direct-to-consumer platforms.
After coming to Mipcom for decades to sell TV shows and movies to the world’s TV buyers, some of the majors are now planning for a future where they produce high-end content for their own streaming platforms, rather than relying on cable and satellite operators and local TV stations to distribute their wares. This has many prominent buyers...
- 10/13/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Rio De Janeiro — HBO announced during Rio2C it has commissioned three new series in Brazil. As happened with the other HBO productions in the country, the series will run on HBO Brazilian channels and eventually on HBO channels worldwide subtitled or dubbed.
“Hard” will be the first HBO Brazilian series adapted from a foreign production. Leading local production house Gullane Filmes will adapt Cathy Verney’s French series that airs on Canal Plus since 2008. In it, a recent widow learns her deceased husband was in the porn production business and faces the challenge of saving the company she’s inherited. Daniel Rezende (an Oscar-nominee for best editing in 2003 on “City of God”) is the artistic supervisor of the series, which will have six episodes and will be lensed in the second half of 2018.
“One of the challenges is to adapt to Brazilian reality the French approach to sex, as...
“Hard” will be the first HBO Brazilian series adapted from a foreign production. Leading local production house Gullane Filmes will adapt Cathy Verney’s French series that airs on Canal Plus since 2008. In it, a recent widow learns her deceased husband was in the porn production business and faces the challenge of saving the company she’s inherited. Daniel Rezende (an Oscar-nominee for best editing in 2003 on “City of God”) is the artistic supervisor of the series, which will have six episodes and will be lensed in the second half of 2018.
“One of the challenges is to adapt to Brazilian reality the French approach to sex, as...
- 4/6/2018
- by Marcelo Cajueiro
- Variety Film + TV
The closing ceremonies for the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio on NBC were an indication of just how exhausted everyone has become from the last 16 days. A mere two weeks have passed since Matt Lauer, Hoda Kotb, and Meredith Vieira set the stage for what would ultimately become a global demonstration of the Ugly American trope. In lieu of those three heavy-hitters, the closing ceremonies were hosted by Mary Carillo, Ryan Seacrest, and Mike Tirico finishing things the way they began–by complaining that Brazil thinks Alberto Santos-Dumont is the true father of aviation. “They’re not letting this go,...
- 8/22/2016
- by Mark Peikert
- The Wrap
During its coverage of the Olympics’ opening ceremony Friday night, NBC aired an interview with two of the event’s co-directors, Brazilian filmmakers Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”) and Daniela Thomas (“Paris, je t’aime”)—though it’s unclear if anyone from the network was listening. Meirelles and Thomas explained the purpose behind the performance, which was to avoid the host nation’s usual navel-gazing (“talking about their belly buttons,” as Meirelles put it) in favor of global issues, connecting the history of Brazil to the specter of climate change.
Perhaps he meant that the navel-gazing would be reserved for NBC: With “Today Show” talent emceeing the spectacle at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium and Bob Costas plugging The Golf Channel from the main set, the telecast had the feeling of an especially expensive presentation at the Television Critics Association’s biannual get-together, laying on the salesmanship a little strong.
Perhaps he meant that the navel-gazing would be reserved for NBC: With “Today Show” talent emceeing the spectacle at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium and Bob Costas plugging The Golf Channel from the main set, the telecast had the feeling of an especially expensive presentation at the Television Critics Association’s biannual get-together, laying on the salesmanship a little strong.
- 8/6/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Probably in response to yesterday's underwhelming small-res debut, Dreamworks have released higher res versions along with a couple of new shots from their upcoming Fright Night remake.
The first promo for the series finale for "Smallville" employs a bit of the original John Williams score.
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"Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" is said to be shooting with the accelerated 48 frames-per-second rate that James Cameron plans to employ on his "Avatar" sequels..." (full details)
"In celebration of “Top Gun’s” 25th anniversary, AMC Theatres is re-screening the ‘80s action thriller across the country on Saturday, April 30 at 12:30 p.m. and Monday, May 2nd at 7 p.
The first promo for the series finale for "Smallville" employs a bit of the original John Williams score.
"BioWare™ will create an anime feature film adapted from one of the video game series "Mass Effect". Production has already begun with a Summer 2012 release planned..." (full details)
"An animation studio's managing director has issued a tweet indicating the "Happy Feet" sequel is "experiencing delays"..." (full details)
"Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" is said to be shooting with the accelerated 48 frames-per-second rate that James Cameron plans to employ on his "Avatar" sequels..." (full details)
"In celebration of “Top Gun’s” 25th anniversary, AMC Theatres is re-screening the ‘80s action thriller across the country on Saturday, April 30 at 12:30 p.m. and Monday, May 2nd at 7 p.
- 4/8/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Chris Wedge is one of the outstanding animation directors of his generation. The founder of Blue Sky Studios and director of both Robots and Ice Age, he is both often celebrated and emulated with, frankly, very little success. He also, somewhat less famously, voiced the loveable acorn obsessed squirrel Scrat in Ice Age. But it seems Wedge is keen not to stand still and is intent upon testing his directorial skills in the live-action arena.
And, rather than tackling a remake or 3D comic-book adaptation, as is almost compulsory in Hollywood at the moment, he has optioned an account of the first observed aeroplane flight of one Alberto Santos-Dumant.
Santos-Dumant was a Brazilian living in Paris who displayed the very first heavier than air flying machine (the Wright brothers operated marginally earlier, in secret, and using a far more perfunctory craft) to dazzled onlookers, and marked the zenith of an...
And, rather than tackling a remake or 3D comic-book adaptation, as is almost compulsory in Hollywood at the moment, he has optioned an account of the first observed aeroplane flight of one Alberto Santos-Dumant.
Santos-Dumant was a Brazilian living in Paris who displayed the very first heavier than air flying machine (the Wright brothers operated marginally earlier, in secret, and using a far more perfunctory craft) to dazzled onlookers, and marked the zenith of an...
- 4/8/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
Ready for another adaptation? We know you are, so check this out! Ice Age helmer, Chris Wedge and his Wedge Works World Wide banner have acquired Paul Hoffman‘s tome Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight.
At this moment we know that Paul Hoffman’s book chronicles “the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris.” If you like this description, check out the rest of this report for more details.
And here they are: “On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers’ historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air-Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had...
At this moment we know that Paul Hoffman’s book chronicles “the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris.” If you like this description, check out the rest of this report for more details.
And here they are: “On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers’ historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air-Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had...
- 4/7/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
[1] No, don't worry -- Wings of Madness isn't a sequel to Wings of Desire.* Rather, it's a book about aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, written by science writer and former Discover editor Paul Hoffman. Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian living in France who invented one of the first airplanes, independently of the Wright Brothers. His story will be brought to the big screen by Chris Wedge, who has just optioned the biography. Wedge is best known as the director of Robots and the Ice Age franchise and the voice of Ice Age's Scrat. Read more about Wings of Madness after the jump. Here's the book synopsis for Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (via Collider [2]): On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers’ historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the...
- 4/7/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Chris Wedge, the director of Ice Age and Robots, is set to direct his first live-action film. Wedge's production company has purchased the rights to Paul Hoffman's book, Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight. The book tells "the life story of the Brazilian inventor. A man who was obsessed with flight, he made innovations in the aviation field that include things like the first sports plane, and some say that he was more innovative than even the famous Wright brothers."
Here’s the book’s plot description, thanks to Amazon:
“Almost unknown today except in his native Brazil (where he is a revered figure), Alberto Santos-Dumont was known throughout the world as ‘a maverick among contemporary aeronauts.’ Obsessed with the idea of flight from an early age, Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an eccentric genius whose inherited wealth allowed him to live in luxury in fin-de-siecle Paris,...
Here’s the book’s plot description, thanks to Amazon:
“Almost unknown today except in his native Brazil (where he is a revered figure), Alberto Santos-Dumont was known throughout the world as ‘a maverick among contemporary aeronauts.’ Obsessed with the idea of flight from an early age, Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an eccentric genius whose inherited wealth allowed him to live in luxury in fin-de-siecle Paris,...
- 4/7/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
He’s had a decent amount of success in the animated field by and directing Ice Age and Robots for Blue Sky Studios, but Chris Wedge is about to make the move into live-action with a historical project, acquired by his production company, WedgeWorks.
Variety says that it’s an adaptation of Paul Hoffman’s non-fiction book, Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight, which tells the life story of the Brazilian inventor. A man who was obsessed with flight, he made innovations in the aviation field that include things like the first sports plane, and some say that he was more innovative than even the famous Wright brothers.
This would be Wedge’s first live-action project, but he’s not out of the animation game just yet: later this year, Blue Sky and Fox will be releasing his next film, The Legend of the Leaf Men,...
Variety says that it’s an adaptation of Paul Hoffman’s non-fiction book, Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight, which tells the life story of the Brazilian inventor. A man who was obsessed with flight, he made innovations in the aviation field that include things like the first sports plane, and some say that he was more innovative than even the famous Wright brothers.
This would be Wedge’s first live-action project, but he’s not out of the animation game just yet: later this year, Blue Sky and Fox will be releasing his next film, The Legend of the Leaf Men,...
- 4/7/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Chris Wedge, co-founder of Blue Sky Studios and director of Ice Age, intends to make a movie out of the book Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight. Wedge plans to make his live-action directorial debut on the biopic about the eccentric inventor during turn-of-the-century Paris through his Wedge Works World Wide production company. He's currently working on the animated Leafmen for Blue Sky and Fox.
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- 4/7/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
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