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EXCLUSIVE: German major Leonine has rebranded its TV subsidiary Odeon Entertainment as Madame Zheng Production and appointed producer Tina Wagner as Managing Director as part of a restructure. Madame Zheng, which will continue to specialize in factual/reality TV and documentaries, will be led by Wagner with Leonine’s…

Amazon Prime Video has signed an expanded multi-year licensing deal for Germany and Austria with Leonine Studios. The pact sees Prime Video take exclusive second-window SVOD-rights for a six-month period across Leonine's theatrical and home entertainment slate. Upcoming titles covered include Moonfall, John Wick: Chapt…

As the physical edition of the Berlin Film Festival kicks off today and with the virtual edition of the European Film Market well underway, a number of key talking points such as Covid, the uncertainty of the theatrical sector and satisfying the demand for streaming platforms are likely to be hot button topics amongst…

Leonine And Lionsgate Strike Germany/Austria Film Deal Leonine Studios has extended its relationship with Lionsgate by securing the rights to a premium feature film slate for Germany and Austria. The blockbuster deal incorporates high-profile titles for the region such as Keanu Reeves’ John Wick: Chapter 4, the Ana De…

'Run Rabbit Run' Adds Cast Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi have joined Sarah Snook in Run Rabbit Run, the horror-thriller that commenced production this week in South Australia and Victoria. Further cast includes Trevor Jamieson, Neil Meville, Naomi Rukavina, Georgina Naidu, Genevieve Morris, Katherine Slattery and…

Fremantle Media distribution exec Caroline Kusser has joined Mediawan and Leonine Studios as Executive Vice President, International Co-Production. The high-profile exec will be responsible for all TV co-production activities for the newly-merged Call My Agent and Dark outfit, managing and co-ordinating shows across…

German production house and distributor Leonine Studios has signed an expanded partnership with local broadcaster Sky Deutschland. The multi-year license deal sees Sky acquire exclusive first pay-TV rights and SVOD rights in Germany for a period of 12 months to upcoming titles from Leonine Studios, as well as a number…

EXCLUSIVE: Leonine Studios will handle world sales for Odeon Fiction’s new high-end German-language spy series Bonn. The six-part political-thriller, which follows Odeon’s AMC+ series Spy City with Dominic Cooper, recounts the rise of Germany’s Federal Republic after the terror of World War II. It focuses on a young…

New York investment firm KKR began its remarkable German buying spree in 2019. When it was done, one of the world's biggest film and TV markets looked dramatically different. The ambitious studio it created, Leonine, is an accumulation of companies, including film and TV powerhouse TMG, film distributor Universum…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, German major Leonine has won rights to recently announced Vin Diesel-F. Gary Gray action comedy Muscle, marking the first major deal reported on during the Cannes virtual market. The splashy pre-sale, in the high seven figures, is one of the biggest single territory deals to go…

EXCLUSIVE: Leonine and Lionsgate have closed a lucrative three-picture all-rights movie deal for Germany and Austria. The pre-buy deal includes Borderlands, Eli Roth's star-studded adaptation of the popular video game; White Bird: A Wonder Story, the companion film to 2017 box office hit Wonder; and action-comedy The U…

German major Leonine has appointed former Hulu and Google executive Heather Moosnick to its advisory board. As Senior Vice President of Content Partnerships at Hulu, Moosnick drove the platform's content partnership and acquisition strategy across its live and on-demand subscription streaming services. At Google, she…