Best-of-British streamer BritBox International has added The Ex-Wife to its August slate in the U.S. The series will premiere on the streaming service in the U.S. on August 10.
Paramount+ has greenlit an adaptation of 'The Serial Killer's Wife', a UK TV drama about a woman whose butter-wouldn’t-melt husband is arrested for the murder of his former assistant. The series is produced by BlackBox and Clapperboard Studios.
British actors Julia Ormond (“Ladies in Black”) and Lydia Page (“Blue Jean”) are set to soon appear in psychological horror movie “Home Education” directed by Italy’s Andrea Niada. Set in the scenic Sila plateau in Italy’s Southern Calabria region, “Home Education” revolves around a family that are followers of an esoteric cult and live in a secluded house deep in the woods.
Sheridan Smith and Céline Buckens have been cast as sisters in The Castaways, a Paramount+ drama series based on Lucy Clarke’s novel. UK producers Clapperboard Studios and Blackbox Multimedia are attached, with filming kicking off on location in Greece and Fiji.
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) and Lucien Laviscount (Emily In Paris) are underway on feature rom-com This Time Next Year, which heralds from producers Night Train Media and BlackBox Multimedia. The film is adapted by Sophie Cousens’ from her novel of the same name and is being directed by Nick Moore, editor of hit comedies including Love Actually, Notting Hill and The Full Monty. Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market.
Jess Ryder’s psychological thriller The Ex-Wife is getting the TV treatment, and the first look pictures are as tense as they come. Coming to Paramount+, it is the first of the streaming giant’s original dramas commissioned in the UK.
BlackBox Multimedia and EO Media in Latin America have optioned the book La Historia de Dinamic for a high-end Spanish drama series about the origins of the video game industry.
Javier Olivares has been appointed as head writer and showrunner for the project, which tells the story of the company Dinamic Software and the Ruiz brothers, who created a video game empire from their parents’ house in the 1980s. It will explore a story of brotherhood and rivalry, love and treason amidst the buzz of the expanding video game industry in the 80s.
Paramount Plus has revealed a further slate of scripted and unscripted U.K. original series ahead of the launch of the streaming service in the U.K. this summer, including THE EX WIFE, produced by BlackBox Multimedia, Clapperboard Studios, and Night Train Media, with Night Train financing and controlling worldwide distribution rights with All3Media International. The series will star Celine Buckens (Showtrial) and is written by Catherine Steadman.
Incendo and BlackBox have optioned the TV adaption rights to the collection of novels and short stories of Ellery Queen. The two companies will co-develop and co-produce a modernized, high-end scripted series in which Ellery will be changed to female.
Lionsgate has signed on with BlackBox Multimedia to co-produce and distribute Costa, the supernatural crime drama written by Gaby Chiappe (The Beast Must Die) and Alex Perrin (The Level). The announcement follows the news that Costa has been selected by Conecta Fiction as one of the titles in its Pitch Copro Series.
Mark Layton from TBI Vision gets the inside line on medical drama co-production 58 Seconds from BlackBox Multimedia CEO Giuliano Papadia and The Mediapro Studio’s content head Stephen Johnstone as Berlinale 2021 gets underway.
Our CEO and Creative Director describes the current scripted projects of the company, explains our global potential and adds he's looking for a partner with the same passion for our projects.
We are delighted to have had 58 SECONDS selected at this year's Berlinale festival amongst the Ten Outstanding Series Projects in Search of International Partners. We look forward to attending the event with The Mediapro Studio, our partners on the project.
We are very excited to announce our new collaboration with The Mediapro Studio on 58 SECONDS - a new medical drama from the creators of 'Casualty'
It is of utmost pride for us to announce today that we are adapting the iconic Luis Sepúlveda’s novel ‘Diary of a Sentimental Killer’ into a TV series with EO Media and Leader Produzioni. Thank you to @Nick Vivarelli at @Variety for the exclusive interview
Thanks to @Variety for sharing the news about our short INDEFINITELY, in aid of @theCALMzone
Didnt get enough of what we had to say? Check out PART 4 of @TBImagazine report on Content Creation during Lockdown. Thank you for the opportunity and to everyone else who contributed!
In @TBImagazine’s latest special report, our Head of Development Chiara weighs in on the ‘new era’ of production, and the benefits co-pros and international partnerships can bring.
Our CEO Giuliano Papadia spoke to @Broadcastnow about how the impact of the coronavirus has been felt in Italy’s TV industry – and the light at the end of the tunnel for a bright future.
Thanks to @AboutTimeMag for nominating our Head of Development Chiara Cardoso in their Top 10 Women to Watch in the Arts!
