ReachMe.TV and Virgin Produced have inked a multiyear content and distribution deal under which the the companies will distribute each other’s content. The pact will also see the companies team to co-produce original productions revolving around entertainment, music, short films, live events and episodic…

Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Produced, and City Entertainment's Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin have partnered to produce a series based on the award winning feature documentary Muscle Shoals. Greg Camalier, who directed and produced the documentary, will also produce the television…

Virgin Produced has joined The Exchange and Tenafly Film Co to bring Eric Weber‘s 1968 tome How To Pick Up Girls! to the big screen. Talks are under way with potential screenwriters and directors to adapt the feature version of Weber’s classic seduction guide. How To Pick Up Girls has sold over 3 million copies and…

EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India, a venture that will create content for the fast-growing Hindi-speaking population. VPI will be Mumbai-based, and intends to be a full-service operation that will develop, produce and distribute…

The tie-up is a non-exclusive pact that will see Virgin Produced have the option to co-finance, co-produce and co-market a sequel to Columbia’s dystopian sci-fi pic with Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook. That’s of course if a sequel is warranted after the pic’s May 31 release. The deal means Virgin will also…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Branson's Virgin Produced is putting together The Whisky A Go Go, a drama series project about the famous Sunset Strip nightclub targeted for premium cable. Described as a rock ‘n’ roll twist on Casino and Boardwalk Empire, Whisky A Go Go will follow the story of the Maglieri family’s rise to power…

Jennifer Lopez Joining NuvoTV Lopez and her Nuyorican Productions will contribute programming, work on strategy and assist in marketing the English-language cable network that’s aimed at Latino viewers, she told Bloomberg. In exchange, she’ll receive a minority stake. "I'm going to be a creative executive and part…

EXCLUSIVE: The Rolling Stones and Richard Branson are teaming up again. Having released three Stones albums back in the 1990s on Virgin Records, Branson's Virgin Produced has now acquired the rights to Robert Greenfield's 2008 book Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones. Unlike past looks at…

Relativity Setting Business Venture In China The first of the film projects Relativity Media is making with its China joint venture partner Sky Land is officially underway in the Shandong province city of Linyi. The comedy 21 And Over was written and is being directed by The Hangover scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore…

Indie studio Entertainment One and Virgin Produced — the production unit of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group — have signed a two-year, first-look development deal in which eOne will have exclusive rights to all scripted TV development at Virgin Produced, which has been ramping up with deals since forming 11 months ago…

FX has closed a deal for a drama series project executive produced and directed by Oliver Stone. It hails from Virgin Produced, the production arm of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, marking the first major scripted TV sale for the fledgling company. Adam Gibgot will write the project, which centers on a secret group…

E! Entertainment TV has signed multiyear first-look deal with Virgin Produced, the recently launched production arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The pact is for reality programming. Virgin Produced’s unscripted development will be overseen by CEO Jason Felts and Chief Creative Officer Justin Berfield who were…