Vice is to explore hype culture around the world in an eight-part series for Chinese streaming service Tencent Video. The youth-skewing brand is partnering with the Chinese platform for a half-hour series celebrating the creativity of a generation obsessed with finding the next big thing. The untitled series is being…

Vice Studios is looking to expand the volume of its output in the UK with the hire of former Darlow Smithson and BBC exec Steven Bricknall. He joins in the new role of director of unscripted development, reporting to UK creative director Yonni Usiskin. Separately, the production division of the youth-skewing media…

Vice Studios is continuing to expand its third party production division and has scored a pair of commissions from 4K and UHD broadcaster Insight TV. Vice Studios Benelux is making doc series on street football and e-sports for the international network. Modern Day Gladiators looks at the culture of e-games and…

Vice Studios has scored a Brexit documentary for the BBC – the latest third party commission for the youth-skewing media company's fledgling production arm. The British public broadcaster has ordered Inside The Brexit Storm (w/t) from Vice Studios. The one-hour film will go behind-the-scenes following BBC political…

EXCLUSIVE: Vice Studios’ Executive Creative Director Danny Gabai has been elevated to Head of Vice Studios U.S., EVP. This is a new position, marking the first time Vice Studios has had a head executive. It’s a recognition of the importance new Vice CEO Nancy Dubuc is putting on growing the company’s film and TV…

Viacom's Channel 5 is turning to a former Vice exec as it searches for programming to attract young audiences. The UK broadcaster has hired Dan Louw as Commissioning Editor. Louw comes from Vice Studios, the UK production arm of Shane Smith's media empire, where he was Head of Development and Executive Producer…

EXCLUSIVE: Vice has pulled another rabbit from its production hat – scoring a six-part magic series from Viacom's Channel 5. The youth-skewing media company is making Dirty Tricks (w/t) for digital station 5Star, fronted by social media start Ryan Tricks. The company launched its Vice Studios division last year with a…

Viacom's Channel 5 is racking up another documentary series from Vice Studios. The broadcaster has ordered four-part series Drug Wars looking at prolific drug use across the UK. The commission follows Vice Studios' C5 doc Britain's Cocaine Epidemic, which was one of the youth-skewing media brand's first external…

Vice Studios is continuing to pick up commissions from third-party broadcasters – this time securing a gameshow from British network UKTV. The Discovery and BBC Studios-backed broadcaster has ordered Beat The Internet with John Robins for its male-skewing Dave channel. It also marks Vice's first studio gameshow…

EXCLUSIVE: The Affair star Maura Tierney is set to co-star in Vice Studios’ The Torture Report, written and directed by The Bourne Ultimatum scribe Scott Z. Burns. Tierney will join Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Tim Blake Nelson, Ben McKenzie, Matthew Rhys, Jennifer Morrison, and Michael C. Hall. Set…

Vice certainly knows its brand; cocaine and controversy. The nascent production arm of Shane Smith's youth-focused firm is working with the BBC on the latter after scoring its second third-party commission. BBC Two has ordered The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On (w/t), a one-off documentary about Salman Rushdie's…

EXCLUSIVE: Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Morrison are all in talks to star in a CIA drama tentatively titled The Torture Report, which will be written and directed by The Bourne Ultimatum and Contagion scribe Scott Z. Burns. VICE Studios is handling the financing for this project, which focuses on…