Volume XLIV, No. 26, June
29-July 12, 2012
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20th ANNUAL
MIP JUNIOR Reed Midem has announced that
this year’s MIP Junior, taking
place in Cannes, October 6-7, will feature a keynote address by Stuart Snyder,
President and COO of Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc.'s Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media
division. Known as the driving force behind Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim,
and celebrating Cartoon Network's
20th Birthday, Snyder will speak at MIPJunior (also celebrating its 20th birthday) on the
state of the kids business today and moving forward. He will also feature
examples from the network's experiences and evolution over the past 20 years. CONTACT:
Reed Midem, |
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ZODIAK/ASAHI CO-PRO DEAL Zodiak
Rights
(part of Zodiak Media) has entered into a
co-development deal with one of Japan’s largest broadcasters, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, to
create new formats for international distribution. This marks Zodiak Rights’ first co-development deal in Japan. As
part of this deal, Zodiak Rights and its internal Creativity and Innovation Unit will
join forces with Asahi to co-create, co-develop and co-produce unscripted new
entertainment formats. Successful formats will go to pilot for premiere on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation,
followed by international versions. Zodiak Rights
will retain the international distribution rights to the formats created
under this agreement. CONTACT:
Zodiak Rights, London, UK. Tel. 44-207-013-4400.
Fax 44-207-013-4401. Web: www.zodiakrights.com |
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SPORTEL RETURNS TO RIO SPORTEL has announced that it will return to Rio de Janeiro
for the second annual SPORTELRio,
which will be held March 11-13, 2013, at the Sofitel Copacabana, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The inaugural SPORTELRio, held earlier this year played host to nearly 600 registered
attendees from the international sports content and new media industries. SPORTEL intends to build on the
success of SPORTELRio 2012, and has answered to the
demands of its participants who chose Rio as the destination of choice for
the 2013 spring market. CONTACT:
SPORTEL, |
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SPY STORY Sundance Channel and SevenOne
International will co-produce a television adaptation of the
international bestselling spy novel "Restless" by William Boyd. Starring
Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery, Charlotte Rampling
and Michael Gambon, the two-part mini-series starts
shooting this summer in South Africa and the UK, for broadcast on BBC
1 in the UK and
on Sundance Channel in the US late 2012. Set against
the background of the British Secret Service operations in the USA during
World War II, mini-series tells the gripping story of Eva Delectorskaya,
a young Russian recruited as a spy to infiltrate the corridors of power and
swinging public opinion toward the US joining the allied war effort (2 x 90’). CONTACT:
SevenOne International, |
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PRIMETIME ANIMATION “Crash
Canyon” is an animated sitcom focusing
on the Wendell family, whose family vacation turns out to be an actual
disaster. After accidentally driving off a cliff, the Wendells
plummet two miles straight down into a canyon, surviving to find that the
exact same fate has befallen several others before them and the Wendells are now just the newest residents of a community
of everyone that has driven, cycled, sky-dived or even crashed their NASA
landing capsule into the canyon. Their new neighbors include an astronaut and
his chimp companion, an old lady that has domesticated a bear, a has-been
British punk rocker, a man in a perpetual coma, a ventriloquist and his
dummy, and many more form the impromptu, gravity-cursed community of “Crash Canyon” (26 x 30’). CONTACT:
Breakthrough Entertainment, Inc., |
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“BARBARELLA” COMING TO SMALL SCREEN Gaumont
International Television is teaming
with Nicolas Refn and Martha De Laurentiis
to bring the iconic character “Barbarella” to the small screen. The series will be
based on the character originally created as a graphic novel by Jean-Claude
Forest and made famous in the 1968 film of the same name. Nicolas Refn will direct and executive produce the series
alongside Martha De Laurentiis. Co-Executive
Producers are Julien Forest and Jean-Marc Lofficier; further details are pending. CONTACT: Gaumont International
Television, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Tel. 1-310-775-2440. Email: sales@gaumontinternationaltv.com |
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Children’s |
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HAMSTERS Featuring loveable
little creatures with the ability to speak with humans, “Master Hamsters” is an animated series where educated hamsters
rise to every emergency with their amazing problem-solving skills. Once the
crisis has passed, the hamsters head back to their cages to relax on the
wheel and enjoy some sunflower seeds (50 x 30’). CONTACT: Toei Company Ltd., |
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HOW THINGS ARE MADE Designed to show viewers ages four to seven how objects they encounter every day are
made, “Making Stuff” follows the adventures of Gears, an animated host
made out of spare parts from the factory floor. His animated pal, Wiz, uses
x-ray vision to help children understand the inner workings of the machines
they meet. Series is shot in high-definition in real factories, food plants
and wherever items such as gelato, chocolate, teddy bears, kayaks, jigsaw
puzzles and model trains are made (52 x 5’). CONTACT:
9 Story Entertainment, |
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AFRICAN
FOLK TALES Based on
traditional African folktales, “Magic
Cellar” is a 3D animated
series celebrating Africa’s culture and traditions while promoting reading as
exciting and fulfilling. These fun filled adventures transport the entire
family to a new level of storytelling as the most intriguing folktales and
their timeless lessons are brought to life by the enchanting characters in
stories that transcend all cultures (52 x 30’). CONTACT:
Red Chameleon Television, |
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Documentaries |
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NAVAL AVIATION Chronicling the 100-year
history of naval aviation—from wobbly gliders and the first shipboard landing
in 1911 to modern supersonic jets and unmanned aerial vehicles, “Angle of
Attack” deftly interweaves archival footage, interviews with historical
and military experts, contemporary footage of cutting-edge aircraft and
insights from today's "Top Gun" fighter pilots. Program begins and
ends with the next generation of naval aviators working to hone their skills,
in all kinds of weather, day and night, to land a jet safely on an aircraft
carrier in the middle of the ocean then follows the progress of naval
aviation, from the age of nuclear terror to the asymmetrical warfare,
including the long, difficult ground wars still taking place in Afghanistan
and Iraq (2 x 60’). CONTACT:
American Public TV, |
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MASS
WEDDING Produced by Firecracker Films, “Married to the Moonies”
is a one-hour documentary offering unprecedented access to the little known
world of the Unification Church, known to outsiders as “the Moonies,”
referring to the church’s founder, Rev. Sung Myung Moon. Program follows three British youngsters as
they travel to Korea to be blessed by Rev. Moon, at one of the movement's
controversial mass weddings. The three undertake a condensed courtship,
meeting and making plans for the future with a person they hardly know (60’). CONTACT:
Zodiak Rights, London, UK. Tel. 44-207-013-4400.
Fax 44-207-013-4401. Web: www.zodiakrights.com |
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QUEST FOR HARMONY The tenth installment of the popular “Adventures
with Purpose” series, “Richard Bangs’
Adventures with Purpose: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong: Quest for Harmony”
captures what Bangs calls “three pearls in one exquisite
setting.” In this hour-long documentary, Richard
Bangs returns to China and the Pearl River Delta, going on a quest to
discover the roots of the human desire for harmony in Hong Kong, Macau and
Guangdong Provence (60’). CONTACT:
Janson Media, |
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