ZDF Boots Factual Entertainment
ZDF Studios is boosting factual leisure with the institution of latest firm Content Laden.
Founded with managing director Tom Gamlich and inventive director Jan Fritzowsky, the Munich-based subsidiary will concentrate on the event and manufacturing of revolutionary and high-quality codecs. Gamlich and Fritzowsky most lately served because the long-standing administration group at South&Browse, the place they oversaw growth and manufacturing of profitable factual leisure codecs for broadcasters and streamers.
ZDF Studios President and CEO Markus Schäfer mentioned the muse of Content Laden was “an funding in creativity and innovation. We wish to create excellent codecs and in doing so, obtain long-term, sustainable progress.”
Oble Selling Albert Camus Adaptation ‘The Plague‘
France’s Oble has acquired worldwide broadcasting rights for the collection “The Plague,” a contemporary adaptation of Albert Camus’ novel of the identical title. While the guide’s story takes place within the Nineteen Forties, the miniseries is about in 2029 in a society nonetheless recovering from the waves of COVID epidemics and that’s now going through a a lot deadlier plague. The four-part collection, tailored and written by Gilles Taurand and Georges-Marc Benamou, is produced by Siècle Productions for France 2. Directed by Antoine Garceau (“Call My Agent,” “Greek Salad”), “The Plague” begins taking pictures April 17 within the South of France. Frédéric Pierrot (“In Therapy”), Hugo Becker (“Baron Noir”) and Sofia Essaïdi (“Women at War”) star.
Italy takes “The Vow”
Mediaset has acquired hit Spanish each day drama “The Vow.” Sold by Studiocanal, the present will air on Canale 5 later this yr. The collection is produced by Studiocanal subsidiary Bambú Producciones for Spain’s TVE, which has simply renewed it for a second season. Created by Josep Cister Rubio (“Dos Vidas”), “The Vow” is at present airing on TVE’s La1, the place it’s having fun with a profitable efficiency on Spain’s extremely aggressive each day slot.
Courtesy of Pernel Media
Planete+ Orders WWI docu-drama
Canal+ Group documentary channel Planete+ in France has commissioned Pernel Media’s World War I docu-drama collection “1914, Summer in Hell.” The immersive manufacturing recounts the primary summer season of the Great War from the angle of the troopers despatched to the battlefield and civilians engaged on the frontline. Across 4 one-hour episodes and utilizing colourised archive and dramatic recreation, “1914, Summer in Hell” takes viewers to the guts of the motion as battle erupts in Europe, shattering the peaceable lives of tens of millions of Europe’s youths as they’re despatched to battle in a battle most of them don’t perceive. French and U.Okay.-headquartered Pernel Media’s Fabrice Frank government produces.
Courtesy of Red Arrow Studios Intl.
Australia Welcomes ‘Honeymoon Island‘
Red Arrow Studios Intl. has bought “Stranded on Honeymoon Island” to Seven Network in Australia after launching its new hit format on the London Screenings. Endemol Shine Australia will produce the brand new journey courting present, through which {couples} matched by consultants are marooned on a abandoned island and left to fend for themselves for 3 weeks. Copenhagen-based Snowman Productions – a part of Seven.One Studios and a sister firm of Red Arrow Studios – initially made the present for Belgium’s VTM and is planning to arrange and handle a manufacturing hub in southeast Asia to facilitate the year-round filming of latest native variations of the format.
