Veteran TV executive Courtney Conte has joined Slingshot Global Media as president. The independent production company, which has the backing of private investment firm TPG Growth, has been without a topper since CEO David Ellender, who had launched it, exited in March of 2016. Shortly after its launch in February…

Two years after former FremantleMedia International CEO David Ellender launched independent company Slingshot Global Media with the backing of private investment firm TPG Growth, he has stepped down as CEO. Ellender has parted ways amicably with the company, which will continue to operate with its current…

David Ellender’s Slingshot Global Media is developing Cleopatra as a TV series with Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age) attached to write and direct. Slingshot Global will distribute the series. A search is underway for an actress to play the famous queen of ancient Egypt. The series will be a new…

David Ellender’s Slingshot Global Media is developing a reboot of the 1960s action drama series Route 66, which the company will produce and distribute. Search is underway for a writer to write the project, which is executive produced by Kirk Hallam (Finding Rin Tin Tin). The remake will build on the original concept…

EuropaCorp continues to build out its TV operations in the U.S., inking a non-exclusive venture with Slingshot Global Media with the aim of co-developing and co-financing two “globally appealing” projects a year. The tie-up combines two companies who employ the straight-to-series model. In May, EuropaCorp Television’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Feature director Roland Emmerich is set to direct and executive produce New Angeles, a TV series from Slingshot Global Media, the Los Angeles-based company launched in February by former FremantleMedia topper David Ellender. Keanu Reeves and Stephen Hamel of Company Films brought the project to Emmerich’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Keanu Reeves is making a foray into television with Rain, an hourlong series from Slingshot Global Media based on the best-selling book series by Barry Eisler. The Matrix star will topline the globe-trotting action drama and will executive produce alongside Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, his directors in…

Veteran scripted development executive Quan Phung has joined Slingshot Global Media, the Los Angeles-based independent television studio former FremantleMedia International CEO David Ellender launched in February with the backing of private investment firm TPG. For the past over five years, Phung was president of…

Seven months after he exited FremantleMedia, David Ellender is launching a Los Angeles-based independent production company, Slingshot Global Media. Backed by private investment firm TPG, Slingshot plans to develop and produce drama and comedy series for the U.S. market as well as globally-appealing projects through…