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EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the production company behind Showtime's Sheryl and Discovery+'s Werner Herzog-narrated Last Exit: Space, is staffing up. The company, founded by Van Toffler and Floris Bauer, has hired Catti Alvarez as VP, Unscripted Development and Natalie Gergely as VP, Scripted…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the company founded by former MTV chief Van Toffler and former Endemol exec Floris Bauer, is formalizing its relationship with Audible. The studio has struck a first-look deal with the Amazon-owned audio platform, expanding on its work that includes episodes of…

BBC Studios has bolstered its U.S. offering following a year of record growth by signing Gunpowder & Sky’s Janet Brown and promoting Tara Maitra. Brown becomes President, Content Distribution, North America and Latin America. She will set the strategic direction of BBC Studios’ commercial divisions…

EXCLUSIVE: Former MTV topper Van Toffler is back in a formal relationship with the company where he spent almost three decades as an executive. MTV Entertainment Group has signed a multi-picture deal with independent studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by Van Toffler, former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music…

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Budnick’s One Community has optioned Chase Millsap and Charley Dane’s script No Way in Hell, and will produce it for film with Gunpowder & Sky and Mazo Partners. The action thriller is inspired by the real-life experiences of Millsap, who is a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the company behind Hulu's 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez and Discovery+'s Last Exit: Space documentaries, is expanding its non-fiction team. The company, which has a first-look documentary deal with HBO and HBO Max, has hired Joanna Zwickel and Art Lyons. Zwickel, who was previously Head…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by former MTV chief Van Toffler, is laying down more tracks in the music podcast space with a pair of documentary series for Audible. The company is launching Lighters in the Sky, a series about epic concerts, and Shelved, about lost albums for the Amazon-owned audio…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi brand Dust has acquired worldwide rights to the Tom Lowe-directed documentary Awaken, executive produced by Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) and Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi). Awaken is set to debut April 9 on Apple TV, Amazon and all other major VOD platforms. Narrated by The Lor…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi arm Dust has teamed with Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions to develop the sci-fi sports drama series Meshed based on the short story by the same name by Rich Larson. Edward Ricourt (Jessica Jones, Wayward Pines, Raising Dion) is on board to adapt. Set in…

Gunpowder & Sky's sci-fi label Dust is developing a modern take on the classic H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. The series will be titled Moreau and will be written by Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class, Thor, Rim Of The World, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). “The…

Gunpowder & Sky's sci-fi label Dust is teaming with producer John Davis (Predator franchise, the upcoming Jungle Cruise) and Black Label Media (La La Land, Sicario) to develop time-hopping action pic Time Agent. John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad is set to write the feature based on the Korean short film The Time…

Independent studio Gunpowder & Sky has acquired worldwide rights to UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon, a documentary from Mandalay Sports Media that traces the roots of the pro MMA league to its tumultuous first event in 1993. The Ultimate Fighting Championship film will get a fall release. "We’re thrilled to be working…