Following the global success of March Of The Penguins, animal films are the hot new genre. But is there a market for theatrical wildlife documentaries? Melanie Rodier reports. From meerkats to elephants, turtles to polar bears: in the post March Of The Penguins marketplace, a host of animal-based nature documentaries are trying to recreate the…
Avex Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of the Japanese entertainment group Avex Group Holding, purchased the video-on-demand rights to Greenlight Media’s bestseller Deep Blue. Within the group, Avex Entertainment Inc. is responsible for the production and planning of music and videos of artists. In addition, the company is responsible for the management of all artists. The…
Greenlight Media sold the film, video and TV rights to the box office hit Earth to the South Korean film distributor Keowon Films for a total term of 10 years.
Iceland distributor Myndform Ehf acquired licenses from Greenlight Media for the distribution of Deep Blue through movie theaters, video and television over the next eight years. Originally a manufacturer of video copies, the company is now one of the three largest film distributors in Iceland, after Samfilm and Sena.
The children’s channel KiKa and the channel ORF aired the popular children’s series SimsalaGrimm in the weeks before Christmas. The first episode, “The Brave Little Tailor,” aired on KiKa on November 18 at 7:25 p.m.
When old meets new Nikolaus Weil, managing director of Greenlight Media and co-producer of SimsalaGrimm, talks to the Stadtkurier. SK: What should the audience in Freiburg expect from SimsalaGrimm on April 21? Nikolaus Weil: Popular, tried and true Grimm’s fairy tales with a little twist. Fairy tales that introduce some new elements, but in the…
The film is based on a true story of a young teenage German Jew named Henry Weiss and his journey during the 20th century as the only survivor of his family during the holocaust. Pursuing his life journey he finds refuge in England, is initially arrested with all German aliens and then joins the British…
Germany’s Greenlight Media, the producer with BBC Worldwide of event docu pics “Deep Blue” and “Planet Earth”, has taken its first step into feature film production, boarding Gerardo Olivares’ ethnic soccer comedy “The Great Match”. Pic is produced by José Maria Morales’ Wanda Films in Spain. Greenlight has taken a 20% equity stake in the…
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, formerly Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, released the box office hit Earth by BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media in movie theaters in Italy. The deal between the media group and the producers of the nature documentary, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, included the sale of the movie theater, video and TV rights for…
A polar bear, an elephant and a whale are the BBC’s contenders for the next Oscars. The astonishing wildlife footage that entranced viewers in the groundbreaking BBC television series Planet Earth is to be turned into a film that could spearhead Britain’s Oscar challenge in 2008. Speaking after an appearance at The Times Cheltenham Literature…
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
