In Brazil, a country of overwhelming scale and opportunity, it’s fully fitting that its project pitching event at the industry heart of Rio2C is equally super-sized.
Over June 5-7, the Rio2C Market will host 30 film-tv pitches, presentations from 24 startups and 12 pocket music acts, plus both a dozen creator pitches and another dozen unveils of literary IPs looking for big or small screen adaptation.
The 30 Audiovisual Pitching Sessions also reflect powerful market forces at work in Brazil and beyond.
There are six Sessions in all. Half of their categories are new, however: True Crime, Impact Content and Sports.
“The demand for non-fiction audiovisual content “has never been higher,” said Diego Assis, Universo Online’s general manager of special features, when drilling down on the strategic partnership between Uol, the biggest Brazilian internet portal, and Lb Entertainment, behind “Sintonia,” Netflix’s biggest franchise in Brazil.
“People want to feel like they are still grounded,...
Over June 5-7, the Rio2C Market will host 30 film-tv pitches, presentations from 24 startups and 12 pocket music acts, plus both a dozen creator pitches and another dozen unveils of literary IPs looking for big or small screen adaptation.
The 30 Audiovisual Pitching Sessions also reflect powerful market forces at work in Brazil and beyond.
There are six Sessions in all. Half of their categories are new, however: True Crime, Impact Content and Sports.
“The demand for non-fiction audiovisual content “has never been higher,” said Diego Assis, Universo Online’s general manager of special features, when drilling down on the strategic partnership between Uol, the biggest Brazilian internet portal, and Lb Entertainment, behind “Sintonia,” Netflix’s biggest franchise in Brazil.
“People want to feel like they are still grounded,...
- 6/3/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
San Sebastian — In a first big deal to be announced during this year’s San Sebastian Festival, Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio, one of Europe’s biggest independent and international creation-production-distribution powerhouses, has acquired Cimarrón, the Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico-based production house and services company.
Of “highly significant value,” Tms said Friday, the deal looks set to consolidate Tms’ presence in Latin America and beyond. In the region, in its earliest talent deal, Tms acquired Argentina’s Oficina Burman in 2018, headed by filmmaker Daniel Burman who plays a further double role at Tms as head of content U.S. and as one of Tms’s leading creators, show running Amazon’s Prime Video title “Iosi, the Regretful Spy,” a major hit at 2022’s Berlinale Series.
Cimarrón’s integration in The Mediapro Studio follows on that of Spanish comedy powerhouse El Terrat and production alliances with Penelope Cruz’s Moonlyon, Mexico’s ViX,...
Of “highly significant value,” Tms said Friday, the deal looks set to consolidate Tms’ presence in Latin America and beyond. In the region, in its earliest talent deal, Tms acquired Argentina’s Oficina Burman in 2018, headed by filmmaker Daniel Burman who plays a further double role at Tms as head of content U.S. and as one of Tms’s leading creators, show running Amazon’s Prime Video title “Iosi, the Regretful Spy,” a major hit at 2022’s Berlinale Series.
Cimarrón’s integration in The Mediapro Studio follows on that of Spanish comedy powerhouse El Terrat and production alliances with Penelope Cruz’s Moonlyon, Mexico’s ViX,...
- 9/22/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Danny Elfman might be known for composing catchy film and TV scores, but the musician is a rocker at heart. Case in point: His 2022 Coachella set featured a 50-piece string section and a shirtless jam sesh.
“I wasn’t expecting to get such a reaction, and some of the crazy headlines — like, Yahoo said, ’68-year-old Elfman and 20-year-old Eilish make festival history,'” Elfman told Variety, reflecting on his festival performance. “And I just thought that was hilarious, Billie and I being the wunderkind and the elder statesman of Coachella. Stuff like that was priceless in its weird way.”
The Oscar-nominated composer scored hit films like “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Men in Black,” and “Fifty Shades of Grey.” The longtime Tim Burton collaborator is also currently working on Netflix’s “Wednesday” series.
“You know, after all this, I’m not sorry at all about the crazy idea that I called...
“I wasn’t expecting to get such a reaction, and some of the crazy headlines — like, Yahoo said, ’68-year-old Elfman and 20-year-old Eilish make festival history,'” Elfman told Variety, reflecting on his festival performance. “And I just thought that was hilarious, Billie and I being the wunderkind and the elder statesman of Coachella. Stuff like that was priceless in its weird way.”
The Oscar-nominated composer scored hit films like “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Men in Black,” and “Fifty Shades of Grey.” The longtime Tim Burton collaborator is also currently working on Netflix’s “Wednesday” series.
“You know, after all this, I’m not sorry at all about the crazy idea that I called...
- 4/19/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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