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Disney+ Originals Boss Tells Producers Not to Pitch Kids Shows as Streamer Aims to Convince...
Disney Television Studios boss Eric Schrier set out his content strategy in London on Wednesday morning, advising producers to pitch “adult based product” such as documentaries, dramas and comedies as opposed to family fare. “We’re not dogmatic,” Schrier said during a...
‘Comedians in Bars,’ ‘Dispatch’ Lead Avani Films’ New Non-Fiction...
Avani Films has rolled out a new documentary slate featuring two projects nearing completion and a science series in development. The production company’s lineup includes feature documentaries “Comedians in Bars” and “Dispatch,” both in late-stage production, alongside...
Maria Zuckerman Signs First-Look Deal With Fox Entertainment Studios
Maria Zuckerman has set a first-look producing deal with Fox Entertainment Studios, Variety has learned. Under the deal, Zuckerman will develop scripted series and films as well as non-fiction projects including documentaries and both limited and ongoing series. “Maria is one of the...
NBA Makes Disney+ Philippines Debut in Multi-Year Streaming Deal
The NBA is coming to Disney+ Philippines for the first time under a new multi-year agreement, expanding the global partnership between The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and the league. Filipino basketball fans will gain access to live NBA games, ESPN documentaries and broadcasts of “NBA...
New IDFA Bertha Fund Head Selin Murat Talks Supporting Documentaries That ‘Defy Easy...
At the beginning of the year, Selin Murat left her role as markets manager at IDFA to take on the position of executive director of the IDFA Bertha Fund. She stepped into big shoes, taking over the position from Isabel Arrate Fernandez, one of the fund’s founders and its executive director...
‘I’m Not Everything I Want to Be’ Review: A Queer Czech Photographer Co-Authors...
While occasionally languorous, the 2026 Czech Oscar entry “I’m Not Everything I Want to Be” is one of the rare documentaries about an artist that goes above and beyond to embody its subject’s creative spirit, often to a fault. Whereas chronicles of its ilk tend to simply...
New Documentary Studio Unfeatured Films Plans to Use AI to Bring Archival Photos to Life and...
Documentaries limited by a lack of available video may now have another option: Filmmaker and creative agency vet Daniel Clarke has launched Unfeatured Films, which he boasts will use “cost-effective AI-driven innovation” to take archival photos and footage and turn them into usable...
YouTube TV Inks Bloomberg Media Deal for 24-Hour News and Originals Channels
Google’s YouTube TV is adding two channels from Bloomberg Media to its lineup, one with live 24-hour news and the other with the media company’s original series and documentaries. It’s the first distribution deal between Bloomberg Media and YouTube TV. The news comes as Google and...
Tallinn Black Nights Fest Unveils Baltic Film Competition, With Cannes Hit ‘Two...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Pà–FF)’s anticipated Baltic Films Competition, curated for the 8th time by Edvinas PukÅ¡ta, has just been unveiled, with a rich lineup of 11 titles including three world premieres. For the first time. the slate takes in only Baltic fiction films and...
‘Unknown Number’ Director Skye Borgman Talks Kendra Licari and Releasing Three Netflix...
Three of Netflix’s most popular documentaries in the last seven weeks have one thing in common: director Skye Borgman. Known for her 2017 Netflix true crime doc “Abducted In Plain Sight,” Borgman signed a three-year deal with Netflix to produce and distribute her documentaries. In...
Chevy Chase Documentary Sees Propagate Content Team Up With Sky (EXCLUSIVE)
Propagate Content announced Monday at Mipcom that Sky has come on board to co-produce the feature documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” an authorized but unfiltered documentary on comedy legend Chevy Chase. The film, which is set to debut on Sky Documentaries in...
‘Tron: Ares’ Director Joachim Rà¸nning Sets Doc About 100-Year-Old Piano That...
Joachim Rà¸nning, the Norwegian filmmaker behind “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Young Woman and the Sea” and the upcoming “Tron: Ares,” will next direct a documentary titled “Keys of Life,” about a legendary, 100-year-old...
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