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FremantleMedia Names U.S. Boss Jennifer Mullin As Chief Executive
FremantleMedia North America chief Jennifer Mullin is to become CEO of the entire business following the departure of Cécile Frot-Coutaz.
Mullin, who has run the U.S. division of the American Idol and Got Talent producer since 2015, takes the top job at the RTL-owned producer and distributor as Frot-Coutaz leaves to…
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By Peter White
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‘American Idol’ EP Trish Kinane Talks Series Revival, Technological Innovations That Have Made The Series A Success
Reviving singing competition staple American Idol after only two years off the air, showrunner and executive producer Trish Kinane worked to refresh the series for another run, while coming up against challenges she knew all too well from previous experience in the unscripted space—problems of technology.
As FremantleM…
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By Matt Grobar
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Fantasy Author Brandon Sanderson Teams With FremantleMedia North America For Drama Series, Part Of Multi-Media Project
FremantleMedia North America, along with Random House Studio, have partnered with best-selling fantasy novelist Brandon Sanderson for an ambitious, multi-media collaboration. It includes the development of drama Dark One for television. Additionally, Sanderson is concurrently creating a graphic novel that will be…
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Bob Cooper Sets Michaelangelo Drama At Hulu Under First-Look Deal With FMNA
Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment has signed a first-look deal with FremantleMedia North America. Under the pact, Landscape will develop and produce scripted projects for the U.S. and international markets, starting with scripted drama Michelangelo, which is in very early development at Hulu.
Written by Richard…
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Soft Operating Profits At FremantleMedia North America Hit Parent Company In Q1 Results
Lower profit contributions from FremantleMedia North America impacted numbers at the American Gods producer and distributor as well as parent company RTL.
In its first-quarter financials operating profit at FremantleMedia fell by €2M (US$2.4M) from last year, dropping from €15M to €13M on steady revenues of €271M…
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FremantleMedia North America Promotes One Unscripted Exec & Hires Two
FremantleMedia North America is bolstering its unscripted team with one exec promotion and a pair of new hires. The company said today that it has upped Joni Day to SVP Alternative Programming & Development and brought Colin Nash as SVP Alternative Programming & Development and Jean Shi as VP Alternative Programming…
‘Homeland’ EP Ron Nyswaner Inks Deal With FremantleMedia North America; Sets Project Based On ‘Two Girls Down’ Novel
Homeland executive producer Ron Nyswaner has signed a multi-year exclusive overall deal with FremantleMedia North America. His first project with the studio will be Bounty, a crime thriller drama based on Louisa Luna's acclaimed novel Two Girls Down.
In Bounty, Alice Vega is a fearless and driven Recovery Agent, also…
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Drama Series Based On Books By ‘The Alchemist’ Author Paulo Coelho In Works At FremantleMedia North America
EXCLUSIVE: Works by Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) are headed to the small screen. American Gods producer FremantleMedia North America, Random House Studio and Dancing Ledge Productions have signed an exclusive deal with the famous Brazilian author to develop the first-ever TV drama series based on his books.
Exploring…
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FremantleMedia North America Names Kevin Blanchette SVP Marketing & Communications
Veteran marketing executive Kevin Blanchette has joined FremantleMedia North America as SVP marketing and communications.
Blanchette will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all marketing, publicity and corporate public relations for FMNA, setting the brand management strategy across the…
Neil Gaiman & ‘A Beautiful Mind’s Akiva Goldsman To Adapt Fantasy Novels ‘Gormenghast’ For FremantleMedia
EXCLUSIVE: FremantleMedia North America is doubling down on the fantastical after securing the rights to sprawling novel series Gormenghast with Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) lined up to adapt for television.
I understand the company won a hotly contested battle to option the five books in the…
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‘Astro City’ TV Series Based On Comics In Works At FremantleMedia North America
American Gods producer FremantleMedia North America has acquired the rights to Astro City superhero comic book series to develop as a live-action TV drama series.
The Astro City comics, created by writer Kurt Busiek and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross, spans 16 (and counting) standalone yet loosely-connected…
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‘America’s Got Talent’ Producer & NBCU Sued For Wrongful Death Of Wheelchair-Bound Woman
The family of a woman who died three months after being injured in a fall from her wheelchair outside a venue where America’s Got Talent was being taped is suing the show and NBCUniversal for wrongful death.
In a 20-page complaint filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the estate of Maureen Allen…
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