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Netflix ordered more scripted TV projects through 1Q4 than it has since 2022, according to Ampere Analysis, and Amazon had more quarterly commissions than it has since Ampere started keeping track five years ago. The companies accounted for 53% of worldwide streamers’ commissions, with the majority of titles outside the US. “In Q1 2024, Netflix’s Western European commissions almost achieved parity with North American titles for the first time,” Ampere said. “Netflix is seizing the opportunity for international growth, focusing on proven market providers of portable content such as Spain, India, and South Korea.” Amazon is focusing on India, with 37 orders in the quarter, “cementing Inda as the cornerstone of its international strategy.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Top winners of the Sixth Annual AAFCA Awards, hosted by the African American Film Critics Association, included “The Chi” for Best TV Drama, “Unprisoned” for Best TV Comedy and “Genius: MLK/X” for Best Limited Series. The ceremony takes place August 24 in LA.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Richard Gere has joined the cast of Paramount+ with Showtime’s espionage political thriller “The Agency” (formerly “The Department”) as a series regular. Currently in production in London, the series is commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studios. George Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through Smokehouse Pictures.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In more casting news, Julianne Moore (”May December”), Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”) and Milly Alcock (“House of the Dragon”) will lead the cast of Netflix dark comedy “Sirens.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
A docuseries about the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, produced by Skydance Television and Story Syndicate, has been picked up by Prime Video. Last year, Skydance optioned a nonfiction book by James Patterson and Vicky Ward about the murders. A scripted adaptation is in development at Amazon MGM Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sony Pictures Television has taken majority control of Eleventh Hour Films (“The Killing Kind,” “Alex Rider”), with a capital investment it says will “supercharge the next phase of growth” for the company. SPT first invested in Eleventh Hour in 2018. Eve Gutierrez and Paula Cuddy will take the roles of co-CEOs of the company, while founder Jill Green transitions to creative executive producer and chairperson.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Red Arrow Studios International, the TV distribution arm of Seven.One Studios (“Married at First Sight”), has rebranded to Seven.One Studios International. “Changing Red Arrow Studios International’s name to Seven.One Studios International aligns the business more closely with its parent company Seven.One Studios and that of Seven.One Entertainment Group,” said Tim Gerhartz, Managing Sirector of Seven.One Studios International. “It reinforces the Group’s strong commitment to the international production and distribution marketplace.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sherri Papini, arrested in 2022 for her 2016 kidnapping hoax, will share her side of the story with ID. “Sherri Papini drew worldwide attention when she went missing and then again, when she returned,” said ID President Jason Sarlanis. “While many perspectives have been told, there is one point of view that the world hasn’t heard and that is from Sherri herself. Investigation Discovery will present a new side of Sherri Papini’s case — told by her in her own words.” Production is underway for the docuseries, slated to premiere on ID in 2025.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In celebration of the Olympics in Paris, TV5MONDE USA and TV5MONDEplus are offering special programming beginning Wednesday, July 3 on TV5MONDEplus focused on the Games.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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