EXCLUSIVE: Studio71 has picked up the film rights to MakerForce 5, a new live-action family adventure movie based on the original idea from Michael Younesi, director and executive producer of Netflix’s educational comedy series Project Mc2. The plot follows five kids – a gamer, a comic book geek, an inventor, a skater…

Digital media company Studio71 unveiled a slate of original programming today that includes new content from comedian Lilly Singh and Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Digital Studios, as well as a partnership with Fine Brothers Entertainment, the studio best known for its popular React series of YouTube videos. Singh, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Digital media company Studio71 is suing a San Francisco startup that sought its content to power a mobile application to teach English to Chinese millennials, but never paid the $1 million deposit. The suit (read it here), filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, maintains that the startup, Say Say K…

Studio71, a Red Arrow Studios company, has hired veteran television executive Andrew Strauser as SVP of unscripted content. In his new position, Strauser will be responsible for developing and producing unscripted content for Studio71 across all platforms, reporting to Rabih Gholam, President of Unscripted. Strauser…

EXCLUSIVE: Production has begun in Los Angeles on romantic comedy Plus One from first-time feature directors Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan. Jack Quaid (Logan Lucky, The Hunger Games) and Maya Erskine (Casual, Man Seeking Woman) are starring in the pic from Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Studio71, the LA-headquartered…

Studio71 is producing the film adaptation to Alyson Noël’s bestselling young adult novel Saving Zoë starring sisters Laura & Vanessa Marano. Jeffrey Hunt is directing the pic, which follows high school freshman Echo (Laura), who after the murder of her sister Zoë (Vanessa), is determined to uncover what led to her…

The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik has joined Studio71, the multichannel network of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, to expand her social media presence. Studio71 will manage Bialik's digital content. The company says her channels will focus on pop culture content, as well as tackle the real issues around motherhood…

France’s leading commercial network TF1, and Italian broadcaster Mediaset, have taken minority stakes in Studio71, the media studio and multi-channel network of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The companies are putting in a combined investment of 53M euros ($56.4M) at a valuation of approximately 400M euros ($425.7M)…

Rush: Inspired by Battlefield, a live-action digital series from ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s Studio71 inspired by the Battlefield video game franchise, will be available on Verizon’s go90 beginning September 20. From Corridor Digital sci-fi filmmakers Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer, Rush: Inspired by Battlefield, focuses on…

Alex Meneses has signed with Untitled Entertainment for representation in all areas. She plays Isabela Santamaria on NBC’s Telenovela, earning an Imagen Award nom this year for Best Actress in a Comedy. She recurred on Everybody Loves Raymond as the Italian girlfriend of Brad Garrett’s character and most recently…

Studio71, the media studio and multi-channel network of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has signed a multi-picture distribution deal with Paramount's Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution and Acquisitions division for films from the studio’s stable of top digital influencers. The first project to be released under…