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Gravitas Ventures has acquired US rights to The Gig Is Up, Shannon Walsh’s feature documentary that explores the real costs of the controversial gig economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. Gravitas…

E4 has ordered a weekly companion show to air alongside Married At First Sight UK. CPL Productions, which is responsible for the revamped format, has landed 5 x 45-minute support show Married At First Sight: Afters, which will offer behind the…

Fiasco a new Left/Right-produced docuseries about international politics and power, will debut on September 19, at 10 pm on Epix. The six episode first season will focus on the Iran-Contra affair, a scandal involving a secret war in Nicaragua and…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Paper Tiger, written and directed by Paul Kowalski. The drama/thriller film will be released on VOD/digital on August 24. Starring Lydia Look, Alan Trong and Elaine Kao, Paper Tiger follows an…

CPL Productions has secured five Broadcast digital award nominations across three different categories for Life & Rhymes, which received a BAFTA award earlier this year, Rob & Romesh Vs, A League of Their Own and There's Something About Movies. The…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Last Night in Rozzie, a Boston set drama starring Neil Brown Jr, Nicky Whelan, Jeremy Sisto and Kevin Chapman. Sean Gannet directed the pic, which will now get a day and date release beginning…

SundanceTV is investigating the true crime genre with a new franchise, True Crime Story, kicking off with Indefensible from Left/Right. Indefensible looks into cases where the outcome is shaped by more than what initially meets the eye, and in the process…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne, Frank Mannion’s feature documentary about the popular beverage. The documentary will be released on August 13. The doc features Stephen Fry and a host of notable figures from…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American distribution rights to Charming the Hearts of Men, an indie dramedy written and directed by SE DeRose. Kelsey Grammer, Anna Friel, Sean Astin, Aml Ameen and Dianne Ladd star in the pic, which will get a day-and-date theatrical and…

Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American rights to Hustle Down, R Ellis Frazier’s action comedy, and will release theatrically in October. The deal was struck with Ultramedia, which is handling international sales rights and screening the pic in Cannes. The movie stars Tom…