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Octavia Spencer Inks Development Deal With ID, Discovery+ & October Films; Sets First Projects
Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer is teaming with ID, discovery+ and October Films in an expansive partnership and development deal for premium unscripted true-crime content. Under the pact, Spencer and her production company, Orit Entertainment, and producer October Films will develop and produce multiple projects for ID…
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ITV Series To Go Inside London Zoo During Coronavirus Lockdown
London Zoo and its sister wildlife park Whipsnade Zoo are to open their doors to ITV cameras during lockdown to reveal how animals and staff are coping with coronavirus.
October Films and Circle Circle Films are making the two-part documentary, London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year, which will reveal how the Zoological…
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‘Barbarians Rising’ & ‘This Is Football’ Producer October Films’ Chairman Denman Rooke Departs After 24 Years
Denman Rooke is stepping down as executive chairman of October Films, the UK and U.S. production company known for making History’s Barbarians Rising.
Rooke has worked at the production outfit for 24 years, first joining as a director in 1995, and rising to executive chairman in 2014.
Rooke’s responsibilities will be…
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Amazon Prime Video Scores Landmark Soccer Doc Series ‘This Is Football’; Starbucks, Joe Roth, UK’s October Films & Spain’s Brutal Media To Produce
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has scored a landmark soccer documentary series from producers including Joe Roth, coffee chain Starbucks, Barbarians Rising producer October Films and Spanish firm Brutal Media. The SVOD service will launch This Is Football, a six-part series that will look at the stories behind the…
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‘Barbarians Rising’ Producer October Films Developing Football Doc-Series As World Cup Fever Hits Peaks
EXCLUSIVE: October Films, the UK and U.S. production company best known for producing History's Barbarians Rising, is taking advantage of football fever with a new six-part documentary series exploring the sport.
The company has partnered with Spanish production company Brutal Media to develop This Is Football…
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ITV Said Eyeing UKTV Deal With BBC; Youku Scores World Cup Rights In China; October Studios Launches – Global Briefs
ITV is said to be mulling a joint venture arrangement with the BBC by acquiring the 50% of British broadcaster UKTV that is currently owned by Discovery. BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide) already holds the other 50% of the company and has an option to buy the Discovery stake which it would then immediately sell to…
British Soldier Adnan Sarwar Heads Back To Iraq For BBC Two Documentary
Former British soldier Adnan Sarwar is heading back to Iraq fifteen years after the start of the Iraq war for a two-hour documentary for BBC Two. The broadcaster has commissioned UK and U.S. producer October Films to make Return To Iraq (w/t).
Sarwar will explore how the country has changed since he served in the army…
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PBS Exec Joins ITVSGE; October Films Deal; BAFTA TV Host – Global Briefs
PBS executive Mike Kelley is joining ITV Studios Global Entertainment to bolster its U.S. sales team. Kelley, who was previously SVP, Programming, Business Affairs and Content Operations at the U.S. public broadcaster has been appointed SVP, Sales, Americas and will be based at ITVSGE's LA operation. Kelly was…
‘Barbarians Rising’ Producer October Films Eyes Expansion With Senior Hires
October Films, the U.S./UK production company behind History's drama Barbarians Rising, is eyeing a number of acquisitions and start-ups after bolstering its senior teams in the U.S. and UK. This comes after it was one of the backers of Talos Films, the New York-based firm set up by former History and MTV exec Julian…
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By Peter White
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Pulse Films Secures Access To The UN; C4 Orders European Union Doc Series
EXCLUSIVE: The tumultuous political climate in 2018 has opened the door for fly-on-the-wall documentaries about major political institutions such as the United Nations and the European Union. I hear that Vice-owned producer Pulse Films has secured access to the global political organization, while UK broadcaster Channe…
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October Films To Produce ‘Mygrations’ For Nat Geo
National Geographic has commissioned UK-based October Films to produce Mygrations, which follows a ‘herd' of 20 elite men and women attempting to complete the world's most famous animal migration across Africa. In the show, the ‘human herd’ must brave harsh elements, deadly predators and each other as they attempt to…
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By Ali Jaafar
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‘The Commune’ & ’13 Minutes’ Scoop Multiple-Territory Sales; BIFAs Honor Emma Thompson: Global Showbiz Briefs
The Hunt director Thomas Vinterberg's The Commune sold well for TrustNordisk during the recently wrapped AFM. Deals concluded include the UK (Artificial Eye), Germany and Austria (Prokino), Benelux (September Film), Greece/Cyprus (Seven Films), Czech/Slovakia (Film Europe), Former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom Film), Poland…
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