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An in conversation event with Paramount Global executives Pam Kaufman, president and CEO of international markets and global consumer products and experiences, and Lisa Kramer, president of international TV licensing, Paramount Global Content Distribution, has been added to the NATPE Global conference.
Jens Richter, Fremantle’s CEO of commercial and international and Paulo Koelle, head of Prime Video Latin America, Amazon Studios have also joined the speaker lineup. Other executives who have recently been confirmed include Jeff Sagansky, Sky’s group director of acquisitions, Katie Keenan, Acf Investment Bank’s Richard Gray, Satmohan Panesar, commissioner, factual, ITV Studios, Michael Schmidt, president, Sipur and Ilan Arboleda, co-founder and producer, CreativeChaos vmg.
Speakers also include Patricia Jasin, country manager Colombia and head of international distribution for Warner Bros. Discovery, Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, Sandra Smester, executive VP, programming and content, NBCUniversal Telemundo, Susanne Frank, director of Drama at Zdf Studios and Lindsay Stewart,...
An in conversation event with Paramount Global executives Pam Kaufman, president and CEO of international markets and global consumer products and experiences, and Lisa Kramer, president of international TV licensing, Paramount Global Content Distribution, has been added to the NATPE Global conference.
Jens Richter, Fremantle’s CEO of commercial and international and Paulo Koelle, head of Prime Video Latin America, Amazon Studios have also joined the speaker lineup. Other executives who have recently been confirmed include Jeff Sagansky, Sky’s group director of acquisitions, Katie Keenan, Acf Investment Bank’s Richard Gray, Satmohan Panesar, commissioner, factual, ITV Studios, Michael Schmidt, president, Sipur and Ilan Arboleda, co-founder and producer, CreativeChaos vmg.
Speakers also include Patricia Jasin, country manager Colombia and head of international distribution for Warner Bros. Discovery, Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, Sandra Smester, executive VP, programming and content, NBCUniversal Telemundo, Susanne Frank, director of Drama at Zdf Studios and Lindsay Stewart,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Synchronicity Films is following up its BBC drama The Cry with another Helen Fitzgerald television adaptation — this time based on her 2009 novel Bloody Women.
The production company has signed up Lorna Martin, the co-creator of Women on the Verge alongside Sharon Horgan, to adapt the novel into an eight-part, darkly comedic thriller. All3Media International is distributing as part of its first-look deal with Synchronicity.
Bloody Women tells the story of 33-year-old Cat Marsden, who on the morning of her wedding is taken to a police station and shown a severed penis. She tries not to laugh but she can’t help herself. On close inspection, she confirms that it almost certainly belongs to her ex, Johnny. She also confirms that she slept with him in the hours before his death, the days leading up to her wedding. What she can’t confirm is whether or not she’s responsible for mutilating and murdering him.
The production company has signed up Lorna Martin, the co-creator of Women on the Verge alongside Sharon Horgan, to adapt the novel into an eight-part, darkly comedic thriller. All3Media International is distributing as part of its first-look deal with Synchronicity.
Bloody Women tells the story of 33-year-old Cat Marsden, who on the morning of her wedding is taken to a police station and shown a severed penis. She tries not to laugh but she can’t help herself. On close inspection, she confirms that it almost certainly belongs to her ex, Johnny. She also confirms that she slept with him in the hours before his death, the days leading up to her wedding. What she can’t confirm is whether or not she’s responsible for mutilating and murdering him.
- 5/19/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Ruth Underwood.
Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films, which co-produced with December Media The Cry, the BBC/ABC psychological thriller directed by Glendyn Ivin, has opened an Australian arm.
Former BBC drama development exec Ruth Underwood is heading the Melbourne office with the remit to produce high-end drama for the domestic and international markets, including potential UK-Australian co-productions.
Its first project is an adaptation of The Cry author Helen FitzGerald’s latest novel Ash Mountain. Set in Australia, the tome follows Fran, a single mother who returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her dying father when a devastating bush fire breaks out.
Nent Studios UK represents the international distribution rights for Ash Mountain. The Times‘ reviewer Mark Sanderson hailed a “compassionate novel about the consequences of crime [which] bursts with black humour and features a bravura portrayal of a bush fire that eventually descends on the community like the wrath of God.
Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films, which co-produced with December Media The Cry, the BBC/ABC psychological thriller directed by Glendyn Ivin, has opened an Australian arm.
Former BBC drama development exec Ruth Underwood is heading the Melbourne office with the remit to produce high-end drama for the domestic and international markets, including potential UK-Australian co-productions.
Its first project is an adaptation of The Cry author Helen FitzGerald’s latest novel Ash Mountain. Set in Australia, the tome follows Fran, a single mother who returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her dying father when a devastating bush fire breaks out.
Nent Studios UK represents the international distribution rights for Ash Mountain. The Times‘ reviewer Mark Sanderson hailed a “compassionate novel about the consequences of crime [which] bursts with black humour and features a bravura portrayal of a bush fire that eventually descends on the community like the wrath of God.
- 8/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films, which has credits including ABC/BBC miniseries The Cry, is opening Melbourne-based offshoot Synchronicity Australia.
Former BBC Drama Development Producer Ruth Underwood has been hired to head up the new outfit, which has locked its debut project as a TV adaptation of The Cry writer Helen FitzGerald’s upcoming noir thriller Ash Mountain. The book is set to be published August 20 in the UK and March 2021 in Australia; it is a portrait of small-town life in rural Victoria, where a catastrophic event changes things forever.
Nent Studios UK will represent international distribution rights for Ash Mountain.
The move follows The Cry – which starred Jenna Coleman as a schoolteacher whose four-month old baby disappears while she and her fiancé visit Australia – being mounted as a UK-Australia co-production, shooting in the latter. Underwood, who also had roles at Kudos and Shed media Group, will be tasked with setting up future co-pros.
Former BBC Drama Development Producer Ruth Underwood has been hired to head up the new outfit, which has locked its debut project as a TV adaptation of The Cry writer Helen FitzGerald’s upcoming noir thriller Ash Mountain. The book is set to be published August 20 in the UK and March 2021 in Australia; it is a portrait of small-town life in rural Victoria, where a catastrophic event changes things forever.
Nent Studios UK will represent international distribution rights for Ash Mountain.
The move follows The Cry – which starred Jenna Coleman as a schoolteacher whose four-month old baby disappears while she and her fiancé visit Australia – being mounted as a UK-Australia co-production, shooting in the latter. Underwood, who also had roles at Kudos and Shed media Group, will be tasked with setting up future co-pros.
- 8/18/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Lambs of God’ (Photo: Mark Rogers)
Lingo Pictures’ Foxtel-commissioned comedic drama Lambs of God will have its world premiere in official competition at Series Mania next month.
Created by Sarah Lambert and directed by Jeffrey Walker, the show adapted from Marele Day’s novel will compete with nine series from the UK, the Us, Israel, Norway, France and Russia.
Glendyn Ivin’s BBC/ABC psychological drama The Cry, adapted by Jacquelin Perske from the Helen FitzGerald novel, will screen in the International Panorama section of the event which runs from March 22-30 in Lille, northern France.
Sharp Objects creator Marti Noxon will serve as president of the competition jury with The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, French actress Audrey Fleurot, French writer Delphine de Vigan and Thomas Lilti, creator-director of Canal + hit Hippocrate.
Starring Essie Davis, Ann Dowd, Jessica Barden and Sam Reid, Lambs of God follows three nuns,...
Lingo Pictures’ Foxtel-commissioned comedic drama Lambs of God will have its world premiere in official competition at Series Mania next month.
Created by Sarah Lambert and directed by Jeffrey Walker, the show adapted from Marele Day’s novel will compete with nine series from the UK, the Us, Israel, Norway, France and Russia.
Glendyn Ivin’s BBC/ABC psychological drama The Cry, adapted by Jacquelin Perske from the Helen FitzGerald novel, will screen in the International Panorama section of the event which runs from March 22-30 in Lille, northern France.
Sharp Objects creator Marti Noxon will serve as president of the competition jury with The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, French actress Audrey Fleurot, French writer Delphine de Vigan and Thomas Lilti, creator-director of Canal + hit Hippocrate.
Starring Essie Davis, Ann Dowd, Jessica Barden and Sam Reid, Lambs of God follows three nuns,...
- 2/20/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Speakers include Amma Asante, Alice Lowe and Hope Dickson Leach.
UK director Amma Asante will reflect on her BAFTA-winning career as part of the three-day Industry Focus Event at the Glasgow Film Festival next month (February 27-March 1).
Asante’s films include A Way Of Life, Belle, A United Kingdom and Where Hands Touch. She recently signed to direct The Billion Dollar Spy for Walden Media and Weed Road. The ‘in conversation’ event will be hosted by Screen International with the support of Nfts Scotland.
Further industry panels and talks at Glasgow will include ‘The Actor-Director Relationship’ with Dirty God’s...
UK director Amma Asante will reflect on her BAFTA-winning career as part of the three-day Industry Focus Event at the Glasgow Film Festival next month (February 27-March 1).
Asante’s films include A Way Of Life, Belle, A United Kingdom and Where Hands Touch. She recently signed to direct The Billion Dollar Spy for Walden Media and Weed Road. The ‘in conversation’ event will be hosted by Screen International with the support of Nfts Scotland.
Further industry panels and talks at Glasgow will include ‘The Actor-Director Relationship’ with Dirty God’s...
- 1/31/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Ewen Leslie and Jenna Coleman in ‘The Cry’ (Photo: BBC)
Playing a guy whose baby son is abducted in the BBC/ABC psychological drama The Cry directed by Glendyn Ivin was one of the most challenging roles in Ewen Leslie’s illustrious career.
The actor plays Alistair, an Australian political adviser working for the British Labour Party, who returns home with his wife Joanna (Doctor Who and Victoria’s Jenna Coleman) and infant.
En route to a small coastal town to see Alistair’s mother Elizabeth (Stella Gonet), the baby vanishes from their car, compounding the anguish for Alistair who is fighting for custody of his daughter Chloe (Markella Kavenagh) from an earlier marriage to Alexandra (Asher Keddie).
Based on Australian author Helen FitzGerald’s eponymous 2013 novel and scripted by Jacquelin Perske, the series will premiere next Sunday at 9pm on BBC1. The ABC is yet to reveal the air date.
Playing a guy whose baby son is abducted in the BBC/ABC psychological drama The Cry directed by Glendyn Ivin was one of the most challenging roles in Ewen Leslie’s illustrious career.
The actor plays Alistair, an Australian political adviser working for the British Labour Party, who returns home with his wife Joanna (Doctor Who and Victoria’s Jenna Coleman) and infant.
En route to a small coastal town to see Alistair’s mother Elizabeth (Stella Gonet), the baby vanishes from their car, compounding the anguish for Alistair who is fighting for custody of his daughter Chloe (Markella Kavenagh) from an earlier marriage to Alexandra (Asher Keddie).
Based on Australian author Helen FitzGerald’s eponymous 2013 novel and scripted by Jacquelin Perske, the series will premiere next Sunday at 9pm on BBC1. The ABC is yet to reveal the air date.
- 9/25/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
AMC Networks’ Sundance has acquired “The Cry” for the Sundance Now streaming service. Starring Jenna Coleman (“Victoria”), the four-part series will play on the Sundance linear channel after its Svod launch.
The psychological drama is an adaptation of Helen FitzGerald’s bestselling book of the same name. It stars Coleman and Ewen Leslie (“Top of the Lake: China Girl”), and follows a child abduction and the impact it has on the family as they face the scrutiny of the media.
Jan Diedrichsen, general manager of Sundance Now, said: “’The Cry’ is exactly the sort of top-quality, psychological thriller that our discerning audience craves, and we are excited to be the exclusive home of ‘The Cry’ in the U.S.”
In the U.K., the series will air on the BBC and in Australia on its pubcaster counterpart the ABC. “The Cry” is produced by Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films with the backing of Creative Scotland,...
The psychological drama is an adaptation of Helen FitzGerald’s bestselling book of the same name. It stars Coleman and Ewen Leslie (“Top of the Lake: China Girl”), and follows a child abduction and the impact it has on the family as they face the scrutiny of the media.
Jan Diedrichsen, general manager of Sundance Now, said: “’The Cry’ is exactly the sort of top-quality, psychological thriller that our discerning audience craves, and we are excited to be the exclusive home of ‘The Cry’ in the U.S.”
In the U.K., the series will air on the BBC and in Australia on its pubcaster counterpart the ABC. “The Cry” is produced by Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films with the backing of Creative Scotland,...
- 7/30/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Kirsten Howard Feb 20, 2018
Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie will travel to Australia in new BBC One drama The Cry, but heartbreak awaits. Details...
BBC One are now in the thick of adapting Helen FitzGerald's bestselling novel The Cry for television. The new series, starring Jenna Coleman (Victoria) and Ewen Leslie (Top Of The Lake) is now filming in Scotland and Australia, and the first pictures (above and below) have now been released.
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Written by Jacquelin Perske and directed by Glendyn Ivin, the forthcoming drama series looks set to take us on a heartbreaking emotional rollercoaster - tissues at the ready for this one, it looks like.
Here’s The Cry's recently-released synopsis,...
Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie will travel to Australia in new BBC One drama The Cry, but heartbreak awaits. Details...
BBC One are now in the thick of adapting Helen FitzGerald's bestselling novel The Cry for television. The new series, starring Jenna Coleman (Victoria) and Ewen Leslie (Top Of The Lake) is now filming in Scotland and Australia, and the first pictures (above and below) have now been released.
See related Star Wars: The Last Jedi review Star Wars: The Last Jedi novel to add new scenes Thor: Ragnarok DVD/Blu-ray release date and bonus features Justice League Blu-ray/DVD release date and bonus features
Written by Jacquelin Perske and directed by Glendyn Ivin, the forthcoming drama series looks set to take us on a heartbreaking emotional rollercoaster - tissues at the ready for this one, it looks like.
Here’s The Cry's recently-released synopsis,...
- 2/20/2018
- Den of Geek
Two more genre flicks have gotten some international distribution at Berlin's big dance, the European Film Market, and a new project has been announced! We've got the info on each. Read on for details.
As per Screen Daily, Content has sold Nicholas McCarthy’s Sundance ghost story The Pact to Entertainment One (UK, Australia and New Zealand), Ascot Elite (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Klockworx (Japan), Playarte (Brazil), Eeap (Cis, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Ex-Yugoslavia, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania), Gulf Film (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal) and Medyavizyon (Turkey). As previously reported, IFC Midnight bought the film for North America. "The story is about sisters who return to their family home and discover secrets about their mother’s past." The cast includes Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mark Steger, Sam Ball and Agnes Bruckner.
U.K. indie distribution banner Metrodome, floated on the Alternative Investment Market,...
As per Screen Daily, Content has sold Nicholas McCarthy’s Sundance ghost story The Pact to Entertainment One (UK, Australia and New Zealand), Ascot Elite (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Klockworx (Japan), Playarte (Brazil), Eeap (Cis, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Ex-Yugoslavia, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania), Gulf Film (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal) and Medyavizyon (Turkey). As previously reported, IFC Midnight bought the film for North America. "The story is about sisters who return to their family home and discover secrets about their mother’s past." The cast includes Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mark Steger, Sam Ball and Agnes Bruckner.
U.K. indie distribution banner Metrodome, floated on the Alternative Investment Market,...
- 2/11/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
One of the biggest indie surprises of the year so far has been The Caller (review here) directed by Matthew Parkhill and written by Sergio Casci so we've been anxious to hear what's next for either of these gentlemen. Well, news has come as to Casci's next project, and it sounds like a doozy!
Per Fangoria the scribe will be adapting the novel The Devil's Staircase (written by his wife, Helen FitzGerald) into a feature film that already has Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films and Marian Macgowan of Macgowan Films in Sydney, Australia, attached as producers. FitzGerald and Casci’s Del Rio Films is co-producing.
As for the plot, Casci tells Fango, "It’s about this young Australian girl who’s running away from home. She meets these friends. I don’t know if you’ve ever been backpacking; you meet people, and in two days you feel they’re like your closest family.
Per Fangoria the scribe will be adapting the novel The Devil's Staircase (written by his wife, Helen FitzGerald) into a feature film that already has Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films and Marian Macgowan of Macgowan Films in Sydney, Australia, attached as producers. FitzGerald and Casci’s Del Rio Films is co-producing.
As for the plot, Casci tells Fango, "It’s about this young Australian girl who’s running away from home. She meets these friends. I don’t know if you’ve ever been backpacking; you meet people, and in two days you feel they’re like your closest family.
- 8/31/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Sergio Casci, screenwriter of The Caller , tells Fangoria he is adapting "The Devil's Staircase." The film - set up at Synchronicity Films and Macgowan Films, both Australian production outfits - is based on the novel by Helen FitzGerald which recently hit paperback this year. Publisher Polygon describes the book like this: Bronny, a young Australian, finds herself down and out in London. She's a sweet girl who has spent her teenage years in a fearful, cautious bubble. She's never taken drugs, had sex or killed anyone. Within six weeks she's done all three. A group of backpackers break into an abandoned London townhouse seeking a rent-free life of debauchery. They don't realise someone's already there: a terrified woman bound and gagged in the basement. Casci and...
- 8/31/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Before you head out to the theater this weekend to see DreamWorks Pictures’ horror film Fright Night, opening on Friday August 19th, watch the official .No One Believes Me. Kid Cudi music video and check out some fun facts about the film below.
Check out the website http://www.frightnightfrenzy.com/ where you can register and accumulate points to win” killer” prizes. The site has info about this week’s upcoming Fright Night Friday bar night in St. Louis.
8/19 at Helen Fitzgerald’s
- “Fright Night” boasts a truly international cast. Director Craig Gillespie and Toni Collette are from Australia, Imogen Poots was born in England, Colin Farrell hails from Ireland, David Tennant is from Scotland and Anton Yelchin is from Russia. Christopher Mintz-Plasse comes all the way from Los Angeles, California.
- Director Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl”) directed Toni Collette to an Emmy® Award and a...
Check out the website http://www.frightnightfrenzy.com/ where you can register and accumulate points to win” killer” prizes. The site has info about this week’s upcoming Fright Night Friday bar night in St. Louis.
8/19 at Helen Fitzgerald’s
- “Fright Night” boasts a truly international cast. Director Craig Gillespie and Toni Collette are from Australia, Imogen Poots was born in England, Colin Farrell hails from Ireland, David Tennant is from Scotland and Anton Yelchin is from Russia. Christopher Mintz-Plasse comes all the way from Los Angeles, California.
- Director Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl”) directed Toni Collette to an Emmy® Award and a...
- 8/17/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Wamg has passes to give away for Dreamworks Pictures’ Fright Night. The film opens on August 19th but you can enter for a chance to see it first on Thursday, August 18th – 7pm at the Chesterfield Galaxy 14 Cine.
Check out the website www.frightnightfrenzy.com where you can register and accumulate points to win .killer. prizes. The site has info about three upcoming Fright Night Friday bar nights in St. Louis.
Tonight at the Social House Next Friday at Harpos, 8/19 at Helen Fitzgerald.s
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And Email Address Below.
3. Answer The Following: What actor played Peter Vincent in the original 1985 version.
Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants.
No Purchase Necessary. Passes Will Not Be Substituted Or Exchanged.
Synopsis:
Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all...
Check out the website www.frightnightfrenzy.com where you can register and accumulate points to win .killer. prizes. The site has info about three upcoming Fright Night Friday bar nights in St. Louis.
Tonight at the Social House Next Friday at Harpos, 8/19 at Helen Fitzgerald.s
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Name And Email Address Below.
3. Answer The Following: What actor played Peter Vincent in the original 1985 version.
Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants.
No Purchase Necessary. Passes Will Not Be Substituted Or Exchanged.
Synopsis:
Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all...
- 8/5/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New stills for Super 8 and the first look at Salma Hayek's Kitty Softpaws character in Puss in Boots.
Set photos from Men in Black III, We Bought a Zoo, and Andrew Garfield doing his own stunt work for some New York shooting of The Amazing Spider-Man.
Posters for Attack the Block, X-Men: First Class, Anonymous, and early promo artwork for the currently in development Cobra: The Space Pirate and Rian Johnson's just shot Looper.
"'Cry Macho' is now confirmed as Arnold Schwarzenegger's first post-Governor feature film effort. Shooting on the kidnap thriller kicks off in September…" (full details)
"Italian director/actor Roberto Benigni ("Life is Beautiful") has joined the ensemble cast of Woody Allen's upcoming Italy-set next project…" (full details)
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirms that he won’t reprise his role as Cobra Commander in the "G.I. Joe" sequel…" (full details)
"Sadly, Michael Sheen has...
Set photos from Men in Black III, We Bought a Zoo, and Andrew Garfield doing his own stunt work for some New York shooting of The Amazing Spider-Man.
Posters for Attack the Block, X-Men: First Class, Anonymous, and early promo artwork for the currently in development Cobra: The Space Pirate and Rian Johnson's just shot Looper.
"'Cry Macho' is now confirmed as Arnold Schwarzenegger's first post-Governor feature film effort. Shooting on the kidnap thriller kicks off in September…" (full details)
"Italian director/actor Roberto Benigni ("Life is Beautiful") has joined the ensemble cast of Woody Allen's upcoming Italy-set next project…" (full details)
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirms that he won’t reprise his role as Cobra Commander in the "G.I. Joe" sequel…" (full details)
"Sadly, Michael Sheen has...
- 5/5/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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