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BritBox International Adds ‘The Ex-Wife’ To August Slate

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.

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Paramount+ Greenlights 'The Serial Killer's Wife'

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.

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Julia Ormond Set to Star in Horror Movie ‘Home Education’ – First Look Image

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.

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Sheridan Smith & Céline Buckens To Star In Paramount+ UK Adaptation of ‘The Castaways’

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.

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Sophie Cookson & Lucien Laviscount Underway On Rom-Com ‘This Time Next Year'

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.

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A first look at Paramount+’s four-part original series The Ex-Wife

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.

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BB & EO Media option drama based on Spanish video game firm’s story

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.

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The Ex Wife announced for Paramount Plus

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.

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‘Ellery Queen’ Detective Stories Set for TV Adaptation

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.

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‘McMafia’ Writer Misha Glenny’s ‘Nemesis’ Set for Series Adaptation

We are delighted to be collaborating with Boutique Filmes on 'Nemesis' - the true life story of one of Brazil's most notorious criminals - which has been adapted for the screen by award-winning journalist Misha Glenny. Thanks to Variety for the exclusive.

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Lionsgate partners with Blackbox on supernatural crime drama Costa

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.

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When adapting IP, channel your inner Bear Grylls

Collaboration, compromise and teamwork are crucial when transposing IP from one medium to another, says Giuliano Papadia on Broadcast

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Giuliano Papadia & Mediapro’s Stephen Johnstone share ‘58 Seconds’

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.

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Interview with Giuliano Papadia in Señal News

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.

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58 Seconds selected at Berlinale Co-Pro Series 2021

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.

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Casualty creators team up for new medical drama

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'

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Luis Sepulveda's short novel to get TV series adaptation

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

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Catherine Steadman To Pen Adaptation Of ‘The Ex-Wife’

Deadline report on Catherine Steadman's adaptation of Jess Ryder’s ‘The Ex-Wife’ for BlackBox Multimedia & Night Train Media

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Indefinitely coverage in Variety

Thanks to @Variety for sharing the news about our short INDEFINITELY, in aid of @theCALMzone

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How The Coronavirus Is Being Written Into Drama For TV And Film

Indefinitely director Celine Cotran and writer Jackson Gregory were interviewed by @HuffPost about production in lockdown and how COVID19 is being written into film and TV.

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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!


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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.


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Why Covid-19 could create opportunity in Italy

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.

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#SHESTARTEDIT100

Thanks to @AboutTimeMag for nominating our Head of Development Chiara Cardoso in their Top 10 Women to Watch in the Arts!

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