Entertainment One (eOne) is to buy British factual producer Daisybeck Studios, the company that makes long-running pet series The Yorkshire Vet for Viacom's Channel 5. The deal is eOne's latest investment in a British non-scripted producer, coming a year after it acquired a majority stake in Ex On The Beach producer…

EXCLUSIVE: Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd and How To Talk To Girls At Parties screenwriter Philippa Goslett have signed on to eOne and King Bee Productions' TV adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel State of Wonder. Novelist Maile Meloy, who has written books including Liars and Saints and The Apothecary, has also…

Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One (eOne) will co-finance two upcoming wide theatrical releases: Clifford the Big Red Dog and Monster Problems.   eOne will distribute all rights in Canada and the UK (excluding TV in the UK) and Paramount will distribute all other rights including in the U.S. Walt Becker is…

EXCLUSIVE: The story of Adam Paskowitz, who is from a family of explorers, is set to make it to TV after Entertainment One struck a development and production deal with content firm Crush+Lab. The Designated Survivor studio is to make shows, including a docu-series, across all platforms with Paskowitz and his family…

Flightplan writer Peter A. Dowling has penned a six-part submarine drama for ITV from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf and Entertainment One. Tenacity, which is inspired by the eponymous J.S. Law novel, follows disgraced military detective Danielle 'Dan' Lewis, who is sent to investigate a case when a dead…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has picked up a Drake-exec produced feature documentary about U.S. military veterans and Mexican drug cartels from eOne, David Ayer's and Chris Long's Cedar Park. Ready for War examines the cause and effect of deporting U.S. military veterans and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels. It…

Flexible episode orders, the spectre of studios' own streaming services, the opportunity to party with 50 Cent and an In N Out Burger-fueled riot dominated the chatter among international buyers at this week's LA Screenings. While buying traditional network series may have become slightly more complicated for the…

eOne's international output deal with AMC Networks is coming to an end. However, the agreement between eOne and the cable network will see the Designated Survivor studio continue to handle international distribution on The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead. eOne revealed the end of the output arrangement, which…

Entertainment One's revised film strategy led to a 9% drop in group revenues, although the business was boosted by its Peppa Pig-fronted family division. eOne saw revenues drop from £1.03B to £941M as part of its full-year financial results through to the end of March 2019. Pre-tax profits fell 43% to £36.8M from…

Entertainment One (eOne) will co-finance Happiest Season, TriStar Pictures' holiday romantic comedy directed by Clea DuVall and starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis. The pic is set for a U.S. release on November 20, 2020. DuVall and Mary Holland co-wrote the screenplay, which will begin shooting in January. It…

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has promoted veteran executive Mark Herwick to EVP, Unscripted Programming. In his new role, Herwick will oversee day-to-day on eOne's growing slate of unscripted television which includes the Growing Up Hip Hop franchise and the recently premiered Ladies' Night. Based in Los Angeles…

Designated Survivor is getting a Korean remake after TVN optioned a local version of the eOne political thriller. The Kiefer Sutherland-fronted series is to be remade by Studio Dragon Corporation for CJ ENM's TVN to launch in July. The deal marks the first scripted format deal for the series, which aired its first two…