Using the most advanced technology and methods in film making, EARTH takes the audience on a tour around the planet we live on, but know so little about. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, the documentary takes us on a global journey into the lives and plight of three separate animals on different sides of the Earth….
The licensing business of Greenlight Media’s box office hit documentary Deep Blue, produced in 2004 in cooperation with BBC Worldwide, continues to be very successful. Only recently producers Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten signed an agreement with the Swedish entertainment company Suntower Communications, selling the video and TV rights to Deep Blue for the next five years.
Based on a true story, “The Internee” follows the life of a young Jewish man who has to flee from Nazi-Germany as a teenager. The uncertain journey first leads him via Amsterdam to England, where the young protagonist arrives at the Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man. On his journey, he makes various…
The first fairy tale musical SimsalaGrimm, based on the Greenlight Media animated series, was a success among audiences and critics alike. The colorful mixture of a variety of Grimm fairy tales, coupled with a good dose of comedy and captivating music, will now continue in fall 2013. You will find additional information at www.cocomico.de. 11-9-2013 …
Interview with Greenlight Media managing directors Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten Greenlight Media turned 20 years old this year. How would you describe, in one word, how you feel about this event? Nikolaus Weil: Most of all gratitude! I am grateful that I had a chance to experience so much excitement and diversity. I am…
Five more docus to follow ‘Deep Blue’ Following their ground-breaking collaboration on the theatrical doc “Deep Blue,” BBC Worldwide and Germany’s Greenlight Media have struck a deal to co-produce another five natural-history films for the big screen. “Deep Blue” is a theatrical version of the blockbuster BBC undersea series “The Blue Planet.” It will premiere…
Universum Film has picked up German rights to the BBC’s $15 million natural history feature “Earth.” The sale was struck by the BBC’s production and distribution partner Greenlight Media. Pic has already been pre-sold to Gaga in Japan, Gaumont in France, Wanda in Spain and Frenetic in Switzerland. Universum, part of the RTL Group, will…
Speech of the GLM Executive Board at San Sebastián film festival – world premiere of “Deep Blue” Block 1: (Stefan Beiten) Introduction to self Thank you Rupert Gavin for your words of appreciation. There is really not much to add. For Greenlight, working with BBC Worldwide as one of the worlds leading providers of documentaries…
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…
The media company Source Investment BV will bring the box office hit Earth by BBC Worldwide/Greenlight Media to movie theaters in the Southeast Asian nations of Singapore and Brunei. The sales team of Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten licensed the movie theater, video and TV rights to the distributor until the year 2016.
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
