Universum Film in Munich, a German subsidiary of RTL/Bertelsmann, will bring the hit documentary Earth by BBC Wordwide/Greenlight Media to movie theaters in Germany, Austria, Southern Tyrolia, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. The makers of Earth and Deep Blue, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, agreed to a license term of 10 years.
Deep Blue, the movie version of BBC natural history series The Blue Planet, has taken £14m in box office receipts since its release earlier this year, making it one of the corporation’s most successful ventures on the big screen. The 90-minute documentary feature has already proved a bigger moneyspinner than any BBC-backed film of recent…
Books are proving to be fertile ground for producers looking for a bright idea that will capture the imagination of kids around the world In a market as crowded as the kids’ business is, there’s not much that can top the benefits of launching a property with built-in brand awareness. And much like toys and…
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 …
BERLIN — Lionsgate has acquired U.S., U.K. and Australian distribution rights to ambitious documentary feature “Earth” from BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media, the companies said Monday. Five years in the making, “Earth” takes audiences on a journey around the planet, using the sun as a guide to follow the migratory journeys of an elephant, a…
The French film group Gaumont acquired the movie theater, video and TV rights to the joint Greenlight Media/BBC Worldwide theatrical film production Earth for France, including the French territories, as well as Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg for the next 25 years. The oldest film production company in the world still in operation today was founded in 1895 and…
The managing directors of Greenlight Media, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, reached a deal with ORF for the sale of the TV rights to seasons I and II of the animated series SimsalaGrimm for a term of four years.
The film company CMS Content Corporation acquired the film rights to Earth for Taiwan. Under the terms of the agreement the makers of the film, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, licensed the movie theater, video and TV rights to the distributor for eight years.
The producers of the successful series SimsalaGrimm, Nikolaus Weil and Stefan Beiten, sold the home-video rights to SimsalaGrimm seasons I and II to the video distributor Video Art in Slovenia for eight years.
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…
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
