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Entertainment One (eOne) has signed Ben Forkner to a first-look deal on all film, scripted and unscripted television, and new media projects. Forkner previously served as the President of Motion Picture Production at Management 360 where he worked with clients on matters relating to intellectual property, film and…

Mipcom – the largest international TV market – is changing fast and buyers and sellers are figuring out how to respond to the ever-shifting global landscape. The corporate consolidation that has been the talk of the Croisette for the last few years has started to have a real-world impact on the distribution business…

eOne has seen revenue fall and losses widen in its first-quarter results as a result of the Designated Survivor studio delivering fewer scripted series than last year. The company reported revenues fell 7% in its first quarter, the three months to the end of June, to £173.1M (US$218.5M) from £185.7M the previous year…

Fox has put in development Troubleshooter, a one-hour family soap from writer Sheri Elwood (Lucifer), Cedar Park Entertainment’s Chris Long and David Ayer and eOne, where Cedar Park is under a deal. The project is a co-production between eOne and Fox Entertainment. Written by Elwood, Troubleshooter is described as a…

Canadian entertainment giant Entertainment One, which is in the midst of a $4B acquisition by toys company Hasbro, has forecast “slightly lower” film and TV revenues for the period April-September 2019. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange today, the Peppa Pig firm said the drop was down to "variances in…

The actor accused of sexual misconduct by former The Rookie star Afton Williamson has spoken out personally three days after being cleared in an investigation by producers eOne. Westworld alum Demetrius Grosse took to social media tonight in his first direct public statement since being implicated with harassment by…

Afton Williamson, a former cast member on The Rookie, has responded to the findings of an independent investigation that found no wrongdoing regarding her claims of racial discrimination and sexual harassment on the set of the ABC series. “What saddens me the most is that the lengths that were taken to Deceive, Lie…

Less than six weeks after Afton Williamson revealed on social media that she left ABC's The Rookie over sexual harassment and racial discrimination incidents, producer eOne today released the results of its investigation to what happened on the LAPD drama starring Nathan Fillion. “As a result of the independent…

Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired Finding Escobar's Millions and I Am Homicides producer Blackfin. Following the purchase, the Designated Survivor studio has appointed Blackfin founder and CEO Geno McDermott to the new role of President, US Alternative Programming – Unscripted Television. It comes after eOne…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed soapy musical drama series House of the Rising Sun, I have learned. No one would comment but I hear the project, from Step Up and Save the Last Dance writer Duane Adler and indie studio Entertainment One, has received a put pilot commitment. I hear respected R&B…

USA Network has put in development Philly Reign, a 1980s drama executive produced by Mary J. Blige. It hails from Entertainment One and UCP and is also executive produced by JaNeika & JaSheika James (Empire), Drew Comins via his eOne-based Creative Engine Entertainment and Charles Murray (Sons of Anarchy). Blige, who…

BBC Three has commissioned horror drama Red Rose from eOne and Sex Education producer Eleven Film. The eight-part series is being written by Michael and Paul Clarkson. The series follows a disparate group of teenagers, adrift in the long hot summer following GCSEs, hanging out on the Bolton moors with little sense of…