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Sugar23 Takes Stake In Experiential Firm Blue Revolver
EXCLUSIVE: A little more than a year after teaming up with experiential firm Blue Revolver on technology for virtual events, Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 has bought a stake in the company.
Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Principals in the deal told Deadline it is intended to help deliver more multi-faceted and…
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Sugar23 Raises $30M To Expand Into New Biz Platforms; Numerous Hires Made To Handle Growth
Michael Sugar has positioned his Sugar23 management/production business to become the next company to raise new coin to grow and diversify its business. Sugar23 has raised $30 million in funding earmarked to venture beyond its core production business beyond production and into myriad other businesses.
Sugar, who came…
Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 Teams With Blue Revolver On Multi-Sensory Technology For Virtual Events
EXCLUSIVE: Events are being completely redefined during COVID-19, with the word “virtual” becoming the driving concept at a time when physical gatherings are not possible.
Navigating this 2020 landscape, Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 has teamed up with experiential agency Blue Revolver to bring to market new virtual event…
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Sugar23 Launches Alternative & Unscripted Division Headed By Lifetime Veteran David Hillman
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 is expanding into unscripted programming, launching a new Alternative & Unscripted division, headed by veteran Lifetime reality executive David Hillman.
"Not only are we thrilled to announce the creation of our Alternative & Unscripted division here at Sugar23, but are honored to…
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Michael Sugar Teams With Nelson Mandela Family To Launch Mandela Media
Michael Sugar's Sugar23 and advertising and representation agency DMA United are partnering with Nelson Mandela's family to launch Mandela Media to develop long and short-form content under the Mandela Media banner. The partnership also will be responsible for production, branding and initiatives pertaining to…
Sony Wins Jeff Maysh Article ‘The Tree With Matchmaking Powers’; ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Peter Chiarelli To Script Pic
EXCLUSIVE: Beating out bidders from several studios in a fevered auction, Sony Pictures is in negotiations to score rights to The Tree With Matchmaking Powers, an article in The Atlantic by Jeff Maysh. Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) will script a movie based on the true story of a German mailman who delivers love…
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Netflix Sets Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 Into Exclusive Multi-Year Series Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set Michael Sugar's Sugar23 in an exclusive, multi-year overall deal for scripted series programming. The deal also includes a first look for unscripted series. Sources said it’s an unusually rich deal for a non-writing producer.
It puts Sugar’s TV deal under the same roof as his feature deal…
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AMC Makes Pilot Script Deal For Owen & Stephen King Novel ‘Sleeping Beauties;’ Owen King To Write It
EXCLUSIVE: AMC has made a pilot script commitment on the Owen King & Stephen King’s bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties. The goal is to create an open ended TV series and Owen King has been set to write the pilot script. Sugar23’s Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta will be exec producers.
The book has the obligatory…
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Sugar23 Takes Minority Stake In Short of The Week; Cary Fukunaga, David Gordon Green, Michael Sugar Join Advisory Board
EXCLUSIVE: Sugar23 Global has taken a minority position in Short of the Week, the premier online short film platform for discovering and launching the new wave of emerging filmmakers. In addition to Sugar 23 and Michael Sugar’s position, filmmakers Cary Fukunaga and David Gordon Green are also investing in Short of…
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Netflix, Sugar23 Make Screen Rights Deal On Erica Katz Novel ‘The Boys’ Club’
EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Netflix and Sugar23 landed feature rights to Erica Katz's upcoming book The Boys' Club. Sugar23’s Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta will develop a film based on a book that will be published by the HarperCollins imprint Harper in summer 2020.
The Boys' Club follows first-year female…
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Netflix, Sugar23 Win Film Rights Bidding Battle For Joe Hill Short Story ‘Faun’
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix won a three-studio bidding battle to acquire screen rights to Faun, an upcoming short story by bestselling author Joe Hill. Jeremy Slater will write the script and Michael Sugar will produce through his Sugar23 banner with Ashley Zalta. The story will be published in a new short story collection in…
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Netflix Wins Auction For Atlantic Article ‘Dr. Rapp’; John Hamburg Eyeing To Write, Direct
In a heated auction with multiple studios bidding, Netflix won movie rights to Dr. Rapp, and already is eyeing for John Hamburg to write the script and direct the film. The Atlantic magazine article by Jeff Maysh was published in January under How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend. It became the year’s…
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