Karga Seven produce Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch for Discovery Channel

11 December 2020

Karga Seven Pictures has been commissioned by Discovery Channel to produce new factual series Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. The series premieres Friday January 1, 2021, at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. There are some places on earth where the…

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Gravitas acquires Kerem Sanga’s The Violent Heart

11 December 2020

Gravitas Ventures has picked up rights to acclaimed thriller The Violent Heart, written and directed by Kerem Sanga (First Girl I Loved). The movie had its world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and played the Deauville American Film…

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Studio71 launch new Malin Andersson podcast Battles

10 December 2020

Studio71 in the UK has announced a new podcast partnership with former Love Island contestant Malin Andersson. Battles is an original podcast series that illuminates incredible stories of personal struggles and how people overcame them. The conversational podcast sees Andersson…

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44 Blue produce Dark Side of Football for VICE TV

8 December 2020

VICE TV in the US has commissioned 44 Blue Productions to produce Dark Side of Football, which will debut on VICE TV in 2021. The series is part of a new "Dark Side of" franchise on VICE TV following the…

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Say Yes to the Dress special series to launch on Discovery+

8 December 2020

Discovery's new streaming platform Discovery+ has announced a special new season of Say Yes to the Dress, produced by Half Yard Productions. Say Yes to the Dress: In Sickness and In Health has been filmed during the COVID epidemic. With…

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Studio71 launches new comedy interview podcast with Miz Cracker

7 December 2020

Studio71 in the US has launched a new podcast called She's a Woman, featuring Miz Cracker (RuPaul’s Drag Race). Billed as the podcast for everybody who looks in the mirror and says “She’s a Woman”, the show launches today, December…

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July August’s The A Word in development with NBC

7 December 2020

NBC in the US is developing a remake of July August's acclaimed scripted format The A Word. Two seasons of The A Word, originally called Yellow Peppers, played on Keshet in Israel between 2010 and 2014, winning multiple Israeli Academy Awards…

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Dirk Hoogstra appointed CEO of Half Yard Productions

3 December 2020

Leading US non-scripted production company Half Yard Productions announced today that Dirk Hoogstra has been promoted to CEO. Previously EVP of Development at Half Yard, Dirk Hoogstra will assume the CEO role with immediate effect. After 14 years at Half…

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Lifetime and Channel 4 acquire more seasons of Married at First Sight Australia

3 December 2020

Tape sales for Married at First Sight Australia secured in the USA, UK, the Netherlands and New Zealand; new seasons of local versions underway in eight countries Red Arrow Studios International has scored a wave of new tape deals for…

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New LGBTQ+ podcast launches with Sam Collins

2 December 2020

A new LGBTQ+ podcast hosted by American YouTuber and commentator Sam Collins has been launched by Studio71 in the US. Premiering today, December 2, Outspoken promises to be a breath of fresh air from the senseless things people do online.…

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