Hop! Channel renews SimsalaGrimm license for Israel
Israeli distributor Hop! Channel renewed the home video rights to Greenlight Media’s hit series SimsalaGrimm (this I and 2) for an additional two years.
Greenlight in the News
Wildlife Documentaries – Nature’s Calls
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…
Deep Blue in the Name of Science
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….
Universum Film brings Earth to movie theaters
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.
Greenlight Media GmbH 20th Anniversary
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…
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…
Interview with Nikolaus Weil, co-producer of SimsalaGrimm, by the newspaper Stadtkurier
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…
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.
Earth Arrives in Theaters in Italy
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…
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.
“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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