Earth arrives in South Korean movie theaters
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.
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Greenlight’s Game for First Feature
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…
World Screen – Reading Room
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…
Earth
Lee Marshall in San Sebastian Screen Daily.com, 25 Sep 2007 Dir: Alastair Fothergill/Mark Linfield. UK/Germany 2007. 98 mins. Probably the most ambitious nature documentary ever produced, Earth is a feature-length condensation of the eleven-part BBC series Planet Earth, broadcast in the UK in 2006 and on Discovery Channel in the US in spring 2007. Better…
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group releases Earth on Disney Nature
Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, formerly Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, acquired the rights to Earth for the next 15 years. Starting in 2009 the entertainment giant will bring the hit documentary of BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media to movie theaters in the United States and Canada under the label “Disney Nature.” In addition, the group acquired the…
Additional rights to Earth licensed to Scandinavia
Greenlight Media has successfully sold additional licenses to the hit documentary “Earth” to Scandinavia. The film company Shaw Rentners acquired the movie theater, video and TV rights for Denmark and Finland from the makers of Deep Blue and Earth for a total term of seven years.
Gere Takes Lead at San Sebastian
Lifetime nod bestowed at festival By Pamela Rolfe and Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Richard Gere received the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday at the 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival and set off a frenzy in the streets as crowds chased his car. Earlier in the day, Gere…
Kid’s classic SimsalaGrimm finds a new home
Hit-series SimsalaGrimm has twice the reason to celebrates in 2019: not only that it is the 20-year anniversary since the show’s first broadcast on German television, but the series has also found a new home with the Fabula Media Group. Based on the famous fairy tales and characters of the Brothers Grimm and other classics,…
“Giorgio Armani – A man for all seasons“ – Documentary about fashion designer receives remake
Greenlight Media’s documentary “Giorgio Armani – A man for all seasons” receives a remake. Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the unusual portrait about the internationally-known Italian fashion designer, the film project will be revised and published as part of a marketing campaign for the label in 2020. The aim is to bring…
Earth Goes to Hungary
The Hungarian film distributor Budapest Film acquired the movie theater, video and TV rights to the sequel production of Deep Blue, Earth. Greenlight Media and BBC Worldwide licensed the rights to Budapest Film for the next 10 years.
“Film making is our passion! That’s why we are excited that for almost two decades, our film and television productions have thrilled people of all ages all over the world.”
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
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