In the name of environmental science research the producers of Greenlight Media gave a free license for Deep Blue to the multimedia library Environment & Society. The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich is a joint initiative of Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Deutsches Museum, and is supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research….
On October 11, 2012 the hit fairy tale series SimsalaGrimm by Greenlight Media was performed on stage as a musical for the first time. To celebrate the 225th birth day of fairy tale collector Wilhelm Grimm, Musicalgruppe Cocomico, in close cooperation with Sony Music (EUROPA), took the audience on a colorful excursion through many different Grimm fairy tales. For 10…
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…
(Documentary — UK – Germany) Variety.com, by Jay Weissberg Not one frame of CGI is used in “Earth,” a landmark achievement utilizing the latest tech advances as it follows the cute and cuddly across multiple hemispheres and seasons. A ravishing distillation of the BBC/Discovery series “Planet Earth,” docu brings to the large screen memorable images…
Greenlight Media sold the video rights to its box office hit Deep Blue to the largest South African film distributor and movie theater operator Ster Kinekor until the year 2017. Previously, the film giant had already acquired the rights to the sequel production Earth.
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…
Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Lionsgate has acquired the US, UK and Australian distribution rights for BBC Worldwide’s documentary feature Earth. The 90-minute documentary project, shot in 35mm and HD, has been in the works for five years and is due for an autumn 2007 release. The film looks at the influence of the sun on…
The Greenlight Media animated series achieved a total market share of almost 40% for the target group of 3- to 13-year-olds when it aired in September and October 2011. According to AGF/GfK Television Research the 26 episodes of the first season were watched by 530,000 viewers, representing a 39.6% market share; the second season did even better,…
The spectacular, feature length documentary, Deep Blue, produced by BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media, achieved massive audiences in Germany during its opening weekend (30th Jan) The screen average for the movie (based on the number of prints in the market and box office sales) beat the Hollywood hits Lost In Translation, Open Range, Finding Nemo,…
Hollywood Reporter By Scott Roxborough SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Saturday’s world premiere of natural-history documentary “Earth” was just the first salvo in a global marketing onslaught planned by co-producers BBC Films and Greenlight Media. Starting Monday, ahead of the film’s European theatrical rollout, BBC/Greenlight will launch a co-coordinated multiterritory online campaign based around its “Earth”-themed…
– Nikolaus Weil, Greenlight Media GmbH
