Exclusive: Israeli format Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay in the Nordics and been awarded a slew of recommissions.
The show distributed by Losing Alice studio Dori Media sees celebrity and non-celebrity couples move into one villa together and compete in a fast-paced competition that determines who is the Power Couple. In order to win, they need to function together in the relationship, work as a team and know each other.
Created by Fremantle-owned Israeli outfit Abot Hameiri, Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay Nordic for Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, and will be adapted in the region. Meanwhile, it has been renewed in Germany for a double-season order, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia for additional seasons. It has now been sold to more than 15 territories including Brazil, Mexico, India and South Africa since launch a decade ago.
Dori unveiled the news at MIPTV in Cannes,...
The show distributed by Losing Alice studio Dori Media sees celebrity and non-celebrity couples move into one villa together and compete in a fast-paced competition that determines who is the Power Couple. In order to win, they need to function together in the relationship, work as a team and know each other.
Created by Fremantle-owned Israeli outfit Abot Hameiri, Power Couple has been picked up by Banijay Nordic for Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, and will be adapted in the region. Meanwhile, it has been renewed in Germany for a double-season order, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia for additional seasons. It has now been sold to more than 15 territories including Brazil, Mexico, India and South Africa since launch a decade ago.
Dori unveiled the news at MIPTV in Cannes,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tel Aviv-based multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), has launched international sales, outside of the U.S. and Latin America, of the ViX Original romcom “Lalola,” a remake of the 2007 International Emmy-winning hit from Argentina.
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A fresh Israeli cooking format is being taken to market by Losing Alice producer-distributor Dori Media.
Dori is shopping Yum Factor, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Abot Hameiri, at Content Americas.
Yum Factor has so far only aired a pilot and sees three home cook contestants cooking to the best of their abilities to win cash, with the twist being that they need to figure out whose taste buds will crown the ultimate flavor champion out of a jury of six regular people.
Dori Media has a number of shows in production and on its sales books including the likes of Losing Alice, which was picked up internationally by Apple TV+, and Amia, based on the 1992 terror attacks on the Israeli embassy.
“We are excited to offer the international television marketplace an innovative new cooking show from Abot Hameiri that truly flips the script on the conventional unscripted series set in the kitchen,...
Dori is shopping Yum Factor, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Abot Hameiri, at Content Americas.
Yum Factor has so far only aired a pilot and sees three home cook contestants cooking to the best of their abilities to win cash, with the twist being that they need to figure out whose taste buds will crown the ultimate flavor champion out of a jury of six regular people.
Dori Media has a number of shows in production and on its sales books including the likes of Losing Alice, which was picked up internationally by Apple TV+, and Amia, based on the 1992 terror attacks on the Israeli embassy.
“We are excited to offer the international television marketplace an innovative new cooking show from Abot Hameiri that truly flips the script on the conventional unscripted series set in the kitchen,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the few Israeli delegates who attended last week’s Mipcom Cannes has said he made the trip because “we will not let them win.”
“Hamas wants to stop our personal, professional and business life,” Dori Media boss Nadav Palti told Deadline on day one of the market. “And if we didn’t come then I would feel like they have won because they are trying to stop our daily life. This is why I go to all this effort.”
Some 70 Israelis were initially expected in the south of France but this number ended up being in the single figures following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which led to around 1,400 civillian deaths and 200 people being kidnapped, the majority of whom are still being held captive.
Nadav Palti (right). Image: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
In the aftermath of the attacks, many Israeli execs we spoke with said...
“Hamas wants to stop our personal, professional and business life,” Dori Media boss Nadav Palti told Deadline on day one of the market. “And if we didn’t come then I would feel like they have won because they are trying to stop our daily life. This is why I go to all this effort.”
Some 70 Israelis were initially expected in the south of France but this number ended up being in the single figures following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which led to around 1,400 civillian deaths and 200 people being kidnapped, the majority of whom are still being held captive.
Nadav Palti (right). Image: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images
In the aftermath of the attacks, many Israeli execs we spoke with said...
- 10/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), founded in Israel in 1996 by Yair Dori and with outposts in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain and Singapore, is presenting more than a dozen new series at Mipcom, led by two notable action-drama series, “Amia” and “Indal.”
Led by Nadav Palti, CEO & President of Dori Media Group, the studio’s contingent of sales execs and reps will be presenting a slate of both scripted and unscripted series spanning multiple territories, languages and cultures at the annual confab in Cannes.
“Amia” was filmed in Uruguay and is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy and in 1994 against the Argentinian Jewish community while “Indal” is a high-octane series that follows the kidnapping of a police officer by a group of Ethiopian Israeli youth.
Dori Media has also remade the global hit and International Emmy-nominated romcom “Lalola,” which is currently shooting in Mexico for Spanish-language...
Led by Nadav Palti, CEO & President of Dori Media Group, the studio’s contingent of sales execs and reps will be presenting a slate of both scripted and unscripted series spanning multiple territories, languages and cultures at the annual confab in Cannes.
“Amia” was filmed in Uruguay and is inspired by the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy and in 1994 against the Argentinian Jewish community while “Indal” is a high-octane series that follows the kidnapping of a police officer by a group of Ethiopian Israeli youth.
Dori Media has also remade the global hit and International Emmy-nominated romcom “Lalola,” which is currently shooting in Mexico for Spanish-language...
- 10/9/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Picture Perfect Federation Chairman Patrick Wachsberger, former Co-Chairman of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, stopped by our Zurich Summit studio this past weekend to discuss the progress of his Jv with Federation Entertainment, some of the exciting projects he is working on, and the recent challenge of choosing between The Taste Of Things and Anatomy Of A Fall on France’s Oscar selection committee.
Since launching in 2019, Picture Perfect Federation has added outposts in Italy, UK, Germany and Israel.
Wachsberger, who won a Best Picture Oscar for Coda two years ago, tells us he “considered retirement for about 15 minutes” after leaving Lionsgate but explains why Picture Perfect has given him a new lease on life. You can watch the video of our chat above.
Among high-profile projects coming up for the company are Coda director Sian Heder’s next film, The Impossible Us, and The Department, the English-language TV...
Since launching in 2019, Picture Perfect Federation has added outposts in Italy, UK, Germany and Israel.
Wachsberger, who won a Best Picture Oscar for Coda two years ago, tells us he “considered retirement for about 15 minutes” after leaving Lionsgate but explains why Picture Perfect has given him a new lease on life. You can watch the video of our chat above.
Among high-profile projects coming up for the company are Coda director Sian Heder’s next film, The Impossible Us, and The Department, the English-language TV...
- 10/4/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Red Skies, the Israeli drama that counts Euphoria and Shtisel execs behind it, has landed a renewal a month before the first season has launched.
Reshet 13 has made the bold move for an eight-part Season 2, with the first set to debut in mid-June. The series, which has backing from Len Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment, has been building momentum over recent months and had its world premiere in International Competition at Series Mania in March.
Red Skies is based on a best-selling novel from former Israeli Intelligence Officer Daniel Shinar and is set during the bloody Second Intifada period of 2000-2005, exploring events such as Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. It follows the Israel-Palestine conflict through the eyes of two friends who are forced to choose sides and stars Maor Schweitzer (Valley of Tears), Amir Khoury (Fauda), Annie Shapero, Lihi Kornowski (Losing Alice), Alona Sa’ar, and Yaakov Zada Daniel...
Reshet 13 has made the bold move for an eight-part Season 2, with the first set to debut in mid-June. The series, which has backing from Len Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment, has been building momentum over recent months and had its world premiere in International Competition at Series Mania in March.
Red Skies is based on a best-selling novel from former Israeli Intelligence Officer Daniel Shinar and is set during the bloody Second Intifada period of 2000-2005, exploring events such as Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. It follows the Israel-Palestine conflict through the eyes of two friends who are forced to choose sides and stars Maor Schweitzer (Valley of Tears), Amir Khoury (Fauda), Annie Shapero, Lihi Kornowski (Losing Alice), Alona Sa’ar, and Yaakov Zada Daniel...
- 5/18/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
We may never see other phenomenon like “Squid Game.” Hopefully we do. The Emmys are the kind of voting body/cultural institution that should get that yearly kind of external shakeup, just as film awards have seen non-English language productions catch fire with the public and capture awards attention. Getting to that point for “Squid Game” meant legendary word of mouth, Netflix backing, and a quality series with elements that made voting for it all the easier, a perfect Emmys storm.
But even if those lightning-in-a-bottle circumstances are seemingly impossible to recapture on purpose, the success of “Squid Game” did lay out a roadmap for other potential international hits to succeed on their own. A year after a genuine phenomenon, it seems like the TV world has largely waited for Season 2 of that show to be the next international series to enjoy that kind of success.
What if we didn’t have to wait?...
But even if those lightning-in-a-bottle circumstances are seemingly impossible to recapture on purpose, the success of “Squid Game” did lay out a roadmap for other potential international hits to succeed on their own. A year after a genuine phenomenon, it seems like the TV world has largely waited for Season 2 of that show to be the next international series to enjoy that kind of success.
What if we didn’t have to wait?...
- 5/15/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
High-flying Access Entertainment, a division of Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries and equity investor in A24 and “His Dark Materials” producer Bad Wolf, is investing in “Red Skies,” one of the biggest titles set to world premiere at this year’s Series Mania, in main International Competition.
Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, Access Entertainment president, will serve as executive producers on “Red Skies,” a position they also hold one upcoming movies such as Beau is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” “Iron Claw,” starring Zac Efron, and “Conclave,” from Edward Berger, director of “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
An eight-episode series, “Red Skies” will be broadcast on Reshet 13 later this year.
“Red Skies” marks Access Entertainment’s first foray into Israeli television drama production. It makes its bow on a series which involves a bevy of the prime movers on Israel’s international TV scene.
Produced by Yoav Gross,...
Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, Access Entertainment president, will serve as executive producers on “Red Skies,” a position they also hold one upcoming movies such as Beau is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” “Iron Claw,” starring Zac Efron, and “Conclave,” from Edward Berger, director of “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
An eight-episode series, “Red Skies” will be broadcast on Reshet 13 later this year.
“Red Skies” marks Access Entertainment’s first foray into Israeli television drama production. It makes its bow on a series which involves a bevy of the prime movers on Israel’s international TV scene.
Produced by Yoav Gross,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
There will be at least one familiar name attached to a new face when Disney+’s Daredevil revival-of-sorts arrives in Spring 2024.
Written and executive-produced by writing duo Matt Corman and Chris Ord (Covert Affairs), the 18-episode Daredevil: Born Again will reunite Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio as arch rivals Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin.
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Cox starred...
Written and executive-produced by writing duo Matt Corman and Chris Ord (Covert Affairs), the 18-episode Daredevil: Born Again will reunite Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio as arch rivals Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin.
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Cox starred...
- 3/13/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Are there any sweeter words in the age of too much TV than “limited series?” It’s a category that guarantees minimal time commitment with maximum return — be it weekly watercooler gossip or a delicious binge. The limited series is the perfect hybrid between a movie and a longer-running TV series, with intricate stories, complex characters, and just the right amount of moving parts. The fact that a series will not return makes the narrative precious and the ending paramount, even if that means leaving things deliberately open-ended. This one-off nature makes them perfect for literary adaptations, epic events, and period pieces.
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
- 2/21/2023
- by Steve Greene and Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Apple TV+ has picked up Drops of God, a series set in the world of fine wine based on a Japanese manga property, from Legendary Entertainment.
Deadline understands that the streamer beat out a number of suitors to land the international series, which is in multiple languages including English, French and Japanese.
However, the most interesting element of the deal is that it marks one of the first times that Apple has dipped its toe into international co-productions and licensing; the majority of its scripted series to date have been fully owned originals. We hear that the first season of Tehran and Losing Alice were picked up in a similar manner.
Drops of God is written by Quoc Dang Tran, who wrote on French series Call My Agent and created Disney+’s Parallèles, the streamer’s first French language series, and directed by Oded Ruskin, who has directed episodes...
Deadline understands that the streamer beat out a number of suitors to land the international series, which is in multiple languages including English, French and Japanese.
However, the most interesting element of the deal is that it marks one of the first times that Apple has dipped its toe into international co-productions and licensing; the majority of its scripted series to date have been fully owned originals. We hear that the first season of Tehran and Losing Alice were picked up in a similar manner.
Drops of God is written by Quoc Dang Tran, who wrote on French series Call My Agent and created Disney+’s Parallèles, the streamer’s first French language series, and directed by Oded Ruskin, who has directed episodes...
- 1/23/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has unveiled the winner of the 20,000 Israeli Series Development Award following a week in which it has deepened ties with the nation.
At a ceremony last night to mark the end of the Scripted Israel event in LA, which has been attended by Netflix top brass and senior Israeli talent, Mindi Ehrlich’s Insignificant was crowned winner by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and her team will now receive Netflix mentoring as well as the money.
The show was described as “a powerful story with an inspiring protagonist” by a jury comprised of Andrew McQuinn, Samantha Blanco, Gregory Noveck and Max Hollman (HBO VP Drama Programing).
“The project balances a compelling personal story with an engaging narrative and a global appeal, while bringing an untold story to light,” they added. Efrat Dror is producer.
At a ceremony last night to mark the end of the Scripted Israel event in LA, which has been attended by Netflix top brass and senior Israeli talent, Mindi Ehrlich’s Insignificant was crowned winner by Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and her team will now receive Netflix mentoring as well as the money.
The show was described as “a powerful story with an inspiring protagonist” by a jury comprised of Andrew McQuinn, Samantha Blanco, Gregory Noveck and Max Hollman (HBO VP Drama Programing).
“The project balances a compelling personal story with an engaging narrative and a global appeal, while bringing an untold story to light,” they added. Efrat Dror is producer.
- 9/23/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Amarna Karan as Indira Mare, Joe Manganiello as Tomm, Ayelet Zurer as Maite Voss and Yazzmin Newell as Sonda Crux – Moonhaven _ Season 1, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Szymon Lazewski/AMC+ In advance of its season one finale next week, AMC Networks has renewed the popular and critically acclaimed suspense thriller Moonhaven for a second season of six episodes coming to on AMC+ in 2023. Since its premiere earlier this month, Moonhaven has become the #1 most watched exclusive series and the #2 most watched new series in the streamer’s history, behind only the breakout Western noir crime drama Dark Winds. Created by Peter Ocko (Lodge 49, Black Sails, Elementary, Pushing Daisies), who is also showrunner, the series is focused on a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth. Moonhaven features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Emma McDonald (Queens of Mystery), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), Amara Karan (Doctor Who...
- 7/28/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Exclusive: U.S. execs headed to the inaugural Scripted Israel event in LA in September can expect to meet 17 prominent Israeli producers and a host of talent and writers.
Organizers have unveiled the line-up of participating companies at the event, which is aimed at uniting top Israeli talent and producers with major U.S. entertainment execs.
Among those signed up are MoviePlus Productions, which co-produced HBO drama Our Boys; Dori Media, which produced Apple TV+’s Losing Alice; Spiro Films, whose drama When Heroes Fly was picked up by Netflix; and Koda Communications, which made the scripted series that HBO’s Your Honor was based on.
Key screenwriters in attendance will include Nir Berger (Dead End), Omri Van Essen (Tehran) and Tehila Peter-Dansker. See the full lists below.
Hosted by the Consulates General of Israel in Los Angeles and New York, Scripted Israel will be held on September 19-22.
It...
Organizers have unveiled the line-up of participating companies at the event, which is aimed at uniting top Israeli talent and producers with major U.S. entertainment execs.
Among those signed up are MoviePlus Productions, which co-produced HBO drama Our Boys; Dori Media, which produced Apple TV+’s Losing Alice; Spiro Films, whose drama When Heroes Fly was picked up by Netflix; and Koda Communications, which made the scripted series that HBO’s Your Honor was based on.
Key screenwriters in attendance will include Nir Berger (Dead End), Omri Van Essen (Tehran) and Tehila Peter-Dansker. See the full lists below.
Hosted by the Consulates General of Israel in Los Angeles and New York, Scripted Israel will be held on September 19-22.
It...
- 7/28/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS NewsHour‘s Judy Woodruff is reportedly stepping away from her anchor seat after the 2022 midterms this fall.
The broadcast journalist commented on her future at the news program tweeting, “As I’ve planned for a while, I’ll transition to reporting longer pieces, doing projects and specials for Weta, and maintaining a regular presence on the NewsHour, at least through the 2024 presidential election. Bottom line, I’m thrilled to be part of this vibrant, most extraordinary news organization, and to help the NewsHour remain that way well into the future.”
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The broadcast journalist commented on her future at the news program tweeting, “As I’ve planned for a while, I’ll transition to reporting longer pieces, doing projects and specials for Weta, and maintaining a regular presence on the NewsHour, at least through the 2024 presidential election. Bottom line, I’m thrilled to be part of this vibrant, most extraordinary news organization, and to help the NewsHour remain that way well into the future.”
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- 5/14/2022
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
AMC+ is taking viewers to the moon with the upcoming new suspense thriller, Moonhaven from creator/showrunner Peter Ocko.
The streaming service dropped a first-look teaser Monday, offering a first look at the series set in a utopian colony on the moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous.
Moonhaven features an impressive ensemble cast including Emma McDonald (Queens of Mystery), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), Amara Karan (Doctor Who), Ayelet Zurer (Losing Alice), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Kadeem Hardison (Black Monday), and Yazzmin Newell (The Last Tree).
The six-episode series will debut Thursday, June 30, exclusively on AMC+.
"Moonhaven centers on Bella Sway (McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to...
The streaming service dropped a first-look teaser Monday, offering a first look at the series set in a utopian colony on the moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous.
Moonhaven features an impressive ensemble cast including Emma McDonald (Queens of Mystery), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), Amara Karan (Doctor Who), Ayelet Zurer (Losing Alice), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Kadeem Hardison (Black Monday), and Yazzmin Newell (The Last Tree).
The six-episode series will debut Thursday, June 30, exclusively on AMC+.
"Moonhaven centers on Bella Sway (McDonald), a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to...
- 4/11/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired North American rights to “The Dreamers,” a series directed by Maysaloun Hamoud (“In Between”), a rising Hungarian-born Palestinian filmmaker.
The thought-provoking crime comedy series screened at Series Mania Forum 2019 and went on to play at several festivals, including Zurich.
“The Dreamers” was produced by Shlomi Elkabetz and Galit Cahlon (“In Between”) at the banner Deux Beaux Garcons, and was commissioned by the powerful Israeli cabler Hot, whose hit shows include “In Treatment,” “Euphoria” (2012) and “Losing Alice.”
Set against the backdrop of rising tensions in the Gaza Strip, “The Dreamers” tells the story of three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008 and try to establish a new and liberated Palestinian community for themselves. When the three friends, Warda (Maisa Abd Elhadi), Kayes (Riyad Sliman) and Salah (Aiman Daw), try to buy drugs and get high at the end of a long day,...
The thought-provoking crime comedy series screened at Series Mania Forum 2019 and went on to play at several festivals, including Zurich.
“The Dreamers” was produced by Shlomi Elkabetz and Galit Cahlon (“In Between”) at the banner Deux Beaux Garcons, and was commissioned by the powerful Israeli cabler Hot, whose hit shows include “In Treatment,” “Euphoria” (2012) and “Losing Alice.”
Set against the backdrop of rising tensions in the Gaza Strip, “The Dreamers” tells the story of three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008 and try to establish a new and liberated Palestinian community for themselves. When the three friends, Warda (Maisa Abd Elhadi), Kayes (Riyad Sliman) and Salah (Aiman Daw), try to buy drugs and get high at the end of a long day,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch ‘The Little Drummer Girl’: AMC+ and Sundance Now (The series originally aired on BBC One and AMC.)
Early on in “The Little Drummer Girl,” you’re asked to believe that someone with a lot to lose ends up being swayed by Charlie’s voice alone. Pair that with her audition at the story’s outset, and the actress playing Charlie has to be expert in making an immediate impression, if the series around her is going to hold together.
Fortunately for “The Little Drummer Girl,” Charlie ended up being played by Florence Pugh. There are many reasons to celebrate Park Chan Wook’s adaptation of the John le Carré novel (and to question why it didn’t become a sensation on the level of so many other limited series word-of-mouth hits then and since). Park’s eye for detail and...
Where to Watch ‘The Little Drummer Girl’: AMC+ and Sundance Now (The series originally aired on BBC One and AMC.)
Early on in “The Little Drummer Girl,” you’re asked to believe that someone with a lot to lose ends up being swayed by Charlie’s voice alone. Pair that with her audition at the story’s outset, and the actress playing Charlie has to be expert in making an immediate impression, if the series around her is going to hold together.
Fortunately for “The Little Drummer Girl,” Charlie ended up being played by Florence Pugh. There are many reasons to celebrate Park Chan Wook’s adaptation of the John le Carré novel (and to question why it didn’t become a sensation on the level of so many other limited series word-of-mouth hits then and since). Park’s eye for detail and...
- 12/14/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch “Losing Alice”: Apple TV+ (the series originally aired on the Israeli TV network Hot 3)
For a show filled with different forms of temptation, it only makes sense that “Losing Alice” is told in a way that makes it appealing to try to solve it. From the opening scene, a brutal introduction to this world intended to be as disorienting as it is bloody, the viewer is a little at the mercy of the tangled web that writer/director Sigal Avin lays out over eight episodes.
Rather than keep the audience adrift (or present its story in a way that only makes sense with thorough unpacking), the show is rooted in Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a filmmaker at a career crossroads who wants to ditch her for-hire work and make a true artistic statement. One possibility gets dangled in front of her...
Where to Watch “Losing Alice”: Apple TV+ (the series originally aired on the Israeli TV network Hot 3)
For a show filled with different forms of temptation, it only makes sense that “Losing Alice” is told in a way that makes it appealing to try to solve it. From the opening scene, a brutal introduction to this world intended to be as disorienting as it is bloody, the viewer is a little at the mercy of the tangled web that writer/director Sigal Avin lays out over eight episodes.
Rather than keep the audience adrift (or present its story in a way that only makes sense with thorough unpacking), the show is rooted in Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a filmmaker at a career crossroads who wants to ditch her for-hire work and make a true artistic statement. One possibility gets dangled in front of her...
- 11/21/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Dexter and The Enemy Within star Jennifer Carpenter is set to star in and executive-produce New Regency and QCode thriller series Ballistic.
Lihi Kornowski (Losing Alice) and Jonathan Ohye (Bosch) will also star in the series about a secret operative (Carpenter) who, after a mission is compromised, is forced into a psychological game of cat and mouse with her own mind while being hunted down by the very program that created her.
Series creators Spenser Cohen (Moonfall) and Anna Halberg (Distant) will serve as showrunners and executive producers.
The drama, which will be directed and executive-produced by Jeremy Rush (Wheelman), marks the fourth independent series from The Revenant and The Beast Must Die outfit New Regency, audio studio QCode, and producers Automatik and Oddfellows. Recent collaborations include Gaslight, Ellen and The Edge of Sleep.
The six-episode series will be financed by New Regency. Additionally, QCode, New Regency, and the...
Lihi Kornowski (Losing Alice) and Jonathan Ohye (Bosch) will also star in the series about a secret operative (Carpenter) who, after a mission is compromised, is forced into a psychological game of cat and mouse with her own mind while being hunted down by the very program that created her.
Series creators Spenser Cohen (Moonfall) and Anna Halberg (Distant) will serve as showrunners and executive producers.
The drama, which will be directed and executive-produced by Jeremy Rush (Wheelman), marks the fourth independent series from The Revenant and The Beast Must Die outfit New Regency, audio studio QCode, and producers Automatik and Oddfellows. Recent collaborations include Gaslight, Ellen and The Edge of Sleep.
The six-episode series will be financed by New Regency. Additionally, QCode, New Regency, and the...
- 11/11/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Once again, we find ourselves already surprisingly further into a calendar year than feels appropriate. Even for those who don’t make it their sole mission to stay up-to-date with every new development in the TV world, the majority of the past year has brought with it a daunting number of series.
Some of those have been brand new shows, either the result of conscious release date delays or interrupted production schedules. Others have been series imports that enjoyed full runs in different parts of the world before getting a U.S. debut in 2021. And as the year continues to develop and the awards calendar switches over into its multi-holiday phase, we’ve also seen the return of established favorites.
We try our best to help sift through the steady stream of newcomers every month, but there still always seems to be more than any casual viewer can keep track.
Some of those have been brand new shows, either the result of conscious release date delays or interrupted production schedules. Others have been series imports that enjoyed full runs in different parts of the world before getting a U.S. debut in 2021. And as the year continues to develop and the awards calendar switches over into its multi-holiday phase, we’ve also seen the return of established favorites.
We try our best to help sift through the steady stream of newcomers every month, but there still always seems to be more than any casual viewer can keep track.
- 11/8/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ayelet Zurer has joined the cast of Peter Ocko’s AMC drama Moonhaven and will act opposite Lord of the Rings and Lost alum Dominic Monaghan.
Created, produced and written by Ocko, Moonhaven is about a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous. The series, produced by AMC Studios, is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ next year.
Moonhaven follows Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and...
Created, produced and written by Ocko, Moonhaven is about a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous. The series, produced by AMC Studios, is set to debut on AMC and AMC+ next year.
Moonhaven follows Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and...
- 7/15/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Commune, a buzzy Israeli Kibbutz drama series, is set for a U.S. remake with Orange Is The New Black writer Hilary Weisman Graham penning an adaptation.
Weisman Graham, who created Netflix’s lockdown drama Social Distance, has teamed up with Untitled Entertainment and Israeli companies Hot, Sumayoko and Add Content Agency to adapt the series.
It will be known as Idyllwild in the U.S. and is currently being packaged with Jennifer Levine and Stephanie Simon of Untitled Entertainment and Hadas Mozes, co-founder of Add, shopping the projects to networks and streamers.
The Israeli series, which is produced by Sumayoko, is comedic family relationship drama about a group of friends who come together to face the breakdown of their former home and tight-knit community.
It follows Yair, who is rushed back to Israel from his life in Germany, where he currently lives with his girlfriend and has a promising career.
Weisman Graham, who created Netflix’s lockdown drama Social Distance, has teamed up with Untitled Entertainment and Israeli companies Hot, Sumayoko and Add Content Agency to adapt the series.
It will be known as Idyllwild in the U.S. and is currently being packaged with Jennifer Levine and Stephanie Simon of Untitled Entertainment and Hadas Mozes, co-founder of Add, shopping the projects to networks and streamers.
The Israeli series, which is produced by Sumayoko, is comedic family relationship drama about a group of friends who come together to face the breakdown of their former home and tight-knit community.
It follows Yair, who is rushed back to Israel from his life in Germany, where he currently lives with his girlfriend and has a promising career.
- 5/6/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography scheduled to commence in August in Athens, Greece,
In a tantalising package, David Cronenberg will direct Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart in sci-fi Crimes Of The Future, Neon and Serendipity Point Films announced on Thursday (April 29).
Crimes Of The Future is based on Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since eXistenZ in 1999 and sees the Canadian auteur return to his familiar sci-fi stomping ground. “I have unfinished business with the future,” he said.
Neon will distribute in the US and MK2 | Mile End will release in Canada, with Rocket Science handling international sales.
Principal photography is scheduled...
In a tantalising package, David Cronenberg will direct Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart in sci-fi Crimes Of The Future, Neon and Serendipity Point Films announced on Thursday (April 29).
Crimes Of The Future is based on Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since eXistenZ in 1999 and sees the Canadian auteur return to his familiar sci-fi stomping ground. “I have unfinished business with the future,” he said.
Neon will distribute in the US and MK2 | Mile End will release in Canada, with Rocket Science handling international sales.
Principal photography is scheduled...
- 4/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Losing Alice star Lihi Kornowski will star in Emil Ben-Shimon’s period drama thriller Jerusalem ’67, which is set during the dramatic and difficult time of the Six-Day War.
It is the first narrative feature about the Six-Day War, which was fought between Israel and Jordan, Syria, and Egypt from June 5-10, 1967. Kornowski will play a 30-year-old civilian who places herself on the war’s front lines.
Tensions built during the months before the war, with Israel reiterating its post-1956 position that the closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping by Egypt would be a cause for war. Israel Defense Forces launched pre-emptive air strikes that crippled Egypt’s air forces and its allies, followed by a successful ground offensive whereby the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip were seized from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. The battle...
It is the first narrative feature about the Six-Day War, which was fought between Israel and Jordan, Syria, and Egypt from June 5-10, 1967. Kornowski will play a 30-year-old civilian who places herself on the war’s front lines.
Tensions built during the months before the war, with Israel reiterating its post-1956 position that the closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping by Egypt would be a cause for war. Israel Defense Forces launched pre-emptive air strikes that crippled Egypt’s air forces and its allies, followed by a successful ground offensive whereby the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip were seized from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. The battle...
- 4/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Israeli actress Lihi Kornowski has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.
Kornowski is the breakout star of the Israeli series Losing Alice, in which she portrays the femme fatale Sophie. The psychological thriller can currently be seen on Apple TV+.
On the film side, her credits include The Burglar, for which she was nominated for the 2016 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Actress, and Sublet, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. Based in Tel Aviv, she started her performance career as an opera singer and is a member of Israel’s national theater, the Habima Theatre.
Kornowski is additionally represented in the U.S., Grandview and in Israel by the Perry Kafri Agency.
Kornowski is the breakout star of the Israeli series Losing Alice, in which she portrays the femme fatale Sophie. The psychological thriller can currently be seen on Apple TV+.
On the film side, her credits include The Burglar, for which she was nominated for the 2016 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Actress, and Sublet, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. Based in Tel Aviv, she started her performance career as an opera singer and is a member of Israel’s national theater, the Habima Theatre.
Kornowski is additionally represented in the U.S., Grandview and in Israel by the Perry Kafri Agency.
- 4/26/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Prolific writer, playwright and director Sigal Avin, who created the Israeli psychological thriller series Losing Alice, has signed with CAA.
Avin created, wrote and directed the eight-episode series Losing Alice, which premiered in Israel in June 2020. Shortly after its debut, Apple TV+ acquired global rights to the neo-noir thriller as part of a co-production deal with Israel’s Dori Media in association with Hot. Losing Alice premiered on the streaming service in January to strong reviews.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of aging film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), and her growing obsession with a young screenwriter, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), whose dark and troubled script appears more truth than fiction.
Avin also created, wrote, and directed That’s Harassment, a series of short films that depict the dynamic behind sexual harassment. The shorts launched on Facebook pre the #MeToo movement, and went viral. From there, Avin...
Avin created, wrote and directed the eight-episode series Losing Alice, which premiered in Israel in June 2020. Shortly after its debut, Apple TV+ acquired global rights to the neo-noir thriller as part of a co-production deal with Israel’s Dori Media in association with Hot. Losing Alice premiered on the streaming service in January to strong reviews.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of aging film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), and her growing obsession with a young screenwriter, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), whose dark and troubled script appears more truth than fiction.
Avin also created, wrote, and directed That’s Harassment, a series of short films that depict the dynamic behind sexual harassment. The shorts launched on Facebook pre the #MeToo movement, and went viral. From there, Avin...
- 4/8/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Losing Alice,” including the end.]
When filming the second-to-last episode of “Losing Alice,” writer-director Sigal Avin faced a challenge. Not only did the episode feature an extended sequence that required emotional vulnerability from everyone involved, but also in that moment Avin was a director directing a fictional director directing.
Buried within an incredibly focused and layered enterprise, on the most basic level possible Avin had to figure out how to differentiate herself from her filmmaker character Alice (Ayelet Zurer). Avin couldn’t even call “cut!” — that was in Alice’s dialogue, a cue for David (Gal Toren) and Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) to show their frustration.
“We had a code. I would yell ‘Chips!’ if I really wanted to cut, if it was Sigal wanting to cut the scene or just yelling ‘Cut’ so that they would know when to explode,” Avin said. “Those scenes were actually a bit of a mindfuck.
When filming the second-to-last episode of “Losing Alice,” writer-director Sigal Avin faced a challenge. Not only did the episode feature an extended sequence that required emotional vulnerability from everyone involved, but also in that moment Avin was a director directing a fictional director directing.
Buried within an incredibly focused and layered enterprise, on the most basic level possible Avin had to figure out how to differentiate herself from her filmmaker character Alice (Ayelet Zurer). Avin couldn’t even call “cut!” — that was in Alice’s dialogue, a cue for David (Gal Toren) and Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) to show their frustration.
“We had a code. I would yell ‘Chips!’ if I really wanted to cut, if it was Sigal wanting to cut the scene or just yelling ‘Cut’ so that they would know when to explode,” Avin said. “Those scenes were actually a bit of a mindfuck.
- 2/26/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: U.S. streaming service Topic has acquired North American rights to Israeli drama series, The Wordmaker, for a spring release.
Cast includes Shira Haas (Unorthodox), Lior Ashkenazi (Big Bad Wolves), and Adir Miller (Traffic Light).
Set in the mystical world of Kabbalah studies, the 2015 series explores religious zealotry, the blurred lines between dreams and reality, and dark corners of the psyche. When Dr. Ari Milus wakes up one night at a bar with no memory of how he got there, he returns to his old neighborhood in Jerusalem to consult with the doctor who treated his childhood parasomnia – but in the morning the doctor is found dead, and Dr. Milus is the prime suspect. A series of murders forces him to confront his troubled past within a religious sect, led by a charismatic, revered, and dangerous figure known as “The Wordmaker.”
The suspense drama was created, written, and directed...
Cast includes Shira Haas (Unorthodox), Lior Ashkenazi (Big Bad Wolves), and Adir Miller (Traffic Light).
Set in the mystical world of Kabbalah studies, the 2015 series explores religious zealotry, the blurred lines between dreams and reality, and dark corners of the psyche. When Dr. Ari Milus wakes up one night at a bar with no memory of how he got there, he returns to his old neighborhood in Jerusalem to consult with the doctor who treated his childhood parasomnia – but in the morning the doctor is found dead, and Dr. Milus is the prime suspect. A series of murders forces him to confront his troubled past within a religious sect, led by a charismatic, revered, and dangerous figure known as “The Wordmaker.”
The suspense drama was created, written, and directed...
- 2/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
More from TVLineWhat's New on NetflixBlack History Month Specials, Movies and DocumentariesTVLine Items: Snowpiercer Adds Panjabi, WandaVision Doc and More
This week,...
- 2/20/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
At the heart of Losing Alice, a new drama series from Israeli Dori Media is a Faustian bargain. Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 40-something female film director stuck in a personal and professional rut, becomes obsessed with a young screenwriter femme fatale (Lihi Kornowski). In classic neo-noir style, Alice’s obsession will lead her to sacrifice her moral integrity in a bid for power and success.
Losing Alice premiered on Israel’s Hot 3 network last summer and was scooped up by AppleTV+, which bowed it online Jan. 22.
Alice is the second big Israel show for Apple — the first, espionage thriller Tehran, a ...
Losing Alice premiered on Israel’s Hot 3 network last summer and was scooped up by AppleTV+, which bowed it online Jan. 22.
Alice is the second big Israel show for Apple — the first, espionage thriller Tehran, a ...
At the heart of Losing Alice, a new drama series from Israeli Dori Media is a Faustian bargain. Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 40-something female film director stuck in a personal and professional rut, becomes obsessed with a young screenwriter femme fatale (Lihi Kornowski). In classic neo-noir style, Alice’s obsession will lead her to sacrifice her moral integrity in a bid for power and success.
Losing Alice premiered on Israel’s Hot 3 network last summer and was scooped up by AppleTV+, which bowed it online Jan. 22.
Alice is the second big Israel show for Apple — the first, espionage thriller Tehran, a ...
Losing Alice premiered on Israel’s Hot 3 network last summer and was scooped up by AppleTV+, which bowed it online Jan. 22.
Alice is the second big Israel show for Apple — the first, espionage thriller Tehran, a ...
Exclusive: On the heels of the just-aired finale of its well-received new drama series The Chef, Fauda and Shtisel outfit Yes Studios is ordering a second course, officially giving the green light for a second season of the Israeli drama.
Created by Erez Kavel and Orit Dabush, the nine-episode drama launched in Israel last November and was the second most-watched drama on yesTV this year, following season three of crime-thriller hit Fauda.
The series comes from Yes Studios and Kastina Communications and follows an unemployed high-tech worker who starts working in the kitchen of a prestigious restaurant run by a brilliant chef, who is struggling to stay relevant and keep his place at the top of Tel Aviv’s ultra-competitive gastronomic world.
The drama explores toxic masculinity and the fragility of the male ego through the juxtaposition of the two male characters. The new cook is a family man collapsing...
Created by Erez Kavel and Orit Dabush, the nine-episode drama launched in Israel last November and was the second most-watched drama on yesTV this year, following season three of crime-thriller hit Fauda.
The series comes from Yes Studios and Kastina Communications and follows an unemployed high-tech worker who starts working in the kitchen of a prestigious restaurant run by a brilliant chef, who is struggling to stay relevant and keep his place at the top of Tel Aviv’s ultra-competitive gastronomic world.
The drama explores toxic masculinity and the fragility of the male ego through the juxtaposition of the two male characters. The new cook is a family man collapsing...
- 2/3/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV Plus has just scored its most-watched weekend since the 15-month-old service launched, according to company insiders.
Powered by the premiere of “Palmer,” a drama starring Justin Timberlake from director Fisher Stevens, the streaming service saw a 33% increase over average viewers — also due to available sophomore seasons of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant” and “Dickinson.,” as well as big international numbers for “Losing Alice.”
Timberlake’s movie, about an ex-con who finds himself the caretaker of a gender-nonconforming child, rated as the second-biggest feature film launch for the service, run by Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht. The project was co-financed and produced by Sk Global. Definitive streaming numbers were not available.
The viewership numbers come off of Apple’s major score at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, where they emerged the winner of a rich bidding war for “Coda,” the festival sensation that broke sales records at a $25 million price tag.
Powered by the premiere of “Palmer,” a drama starring Justin Timberlake from director Fisher Stevens, the streaming service saw a 33% increase over average viewers — also due to available sophomore seasons of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant” and “Dickinson.,” as well as big international numbers for “Losing Alice.”
Timberlake’s movie, about an ex-con who finds himself the caretaker of a gender-nonconforming child, rated as the second-biggest feature film launch for the service, run by Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht. The project was co-financed and produced by Sk Global. Definitive streaming numbers were not available.
The viewership numbers come off of Apple’s major score at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, where they emerged the winner of a rich bidding war for “Coda,” the festival sensation that broke sales records at a $25 million price tag.
- 2/1/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The debut of “Palmer” starring Justin Timberlake on Apple TV+ over the weekend helped drive the service’s biggest weekend yet in terms of viewership, Apple says.
Apple TV+ viewership rose by more than 33% in the weekend “Palmer” debuted on the streamer, and Apple also saw big engagement with the second seasons of the shows “Servant” and “Dickinson,” as well as some international attention for “Losing Alice.” “Palmer” was available in over 100 countries at launch.
Though the service saw the most eyeballs this past weekend, “Palmer” was not the biggest ever debut among Apple Original Films. The drama directed by Fisher Stevens was the third-biggest debut for an original film and is now the second most-watched film on the platform that also includes Tom Hanks’ war movie “Greyhound,” the Bill Murray and Rashida Jones comedy “On the Rocks” and the documentaries “Boys State” and “Fireball.” A rep declined to comment...
Apple TV+ viewership rose by more than 33% in the weekend “Palmer” debuted on the streamer, and Apple also saw big engagement with the second seasons of the shows “Servant” and “Dickinson,” as well as some international attention for “Losing Alice.” “Palmer” was available in over 100 countries at launch.
Though the service saw the most eyeballs this past weekend, “Palmer” was not the biggest ever debut among Apple Original Films. The drama directed by Fisher Stevens was the third-biggest debut for an original film and is now the second most-watched film on the platform that also includes Tom Hanks’ war movie “Greyhound,” the Bill Murray and Rashida Jones comedy “On the Rocks” and the documentaries “Boys State” and “Fireball.” A rep declined to comment...
- 2/1/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
A good weekend for Apple. Besides Apple Studios on Saturday acquiring the hot Sundance title Coda for a festival record $25 million. Apple TV+ is reporting it scored its most-watched weekend in the relatively short history of the year-old streaming service. The record-breaking viewership was driven by the premiere of Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake and directed by Fisher Stevens.
While the streamer doesn’t divulge specifics, Palmer was Apple TV+’s third-biggest launch and second-biggest film, per the studio. Apple heads of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg & Jamie Erlicht and head of features Matt Dentler acquired it in July. The drama follows a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer (Timberlake). After a stint in prison, he returns to his hometown to get his life back on track. There, he faces not only lingering conflicts from his past but also a much more surprising challenge as he finds himself suddenly in...
While the streamer doesn’t divulge specifics, Palmer was Apple TV+’s third-biggest launch and second-biggest film, per the studio. Apple heads of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg & Jamie Erlicht and head of features Matt Dentler acquired it in July. The drama follows a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer (Timberlake). After a stint in prison, he returns to his hometown to get his life back on track. There, he faces not only lingering conflicts from his past but also a much more surprising challenge as he finds himself suddenly in...
- 2/1/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: ‘Penguin Bloom’/Netflix ‘Penguin Bloom’ the newest film from streaming service Netflix and director Glendyn Ivin (‘Safe Harbour’) is as beautiful plot-wise as it is visually. It starts with the narration from debut actor Griffin Murray-Johnston and begins a deeply moving and personal tale. The film opens on a montage of the family celebrating and exploring Thailand, a cheerful prelude for the drama to come. Within the first five minutes, we learn that able-bodied Naomi Watts (‘Mulholland Drive’) falls off a building in a freak accident while her husband, Andrew Lincoln (‘The Walking Dead’) watches. The rest of the story plays out in painstaking detail as Watts’s character struggles to recover while Lincoln tries to hold their family together. It’s a grueling, heart-wrenching tale that highlights the skills of Murray-Johnston, Watts, and Lincoln. Related article: Review: Apple TV Hits the Jackpot Again with Creator Sigal Avin’s...
- 1/28/2021
- by Jordan Qin
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
In Losing Alice — an eight-episode Israeli series that premiered stateside this past weekend on Apple TV+ — a 48-year-old film director and mother of two, Alice (played by actress Ayelet Zurer), is feeling stuck professionally. She then meets, perhaps by chance, perhaps not, a young writer, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) on a train who is a huge fan of her work. Small world: Sophie has written a script that is being made into a film starring Alice’s husband, a famous Israeli actor (played by Gal Toren). Soon after, Alice signs on to direct the project after its initial director has mysteriously disappeared....
- 1/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Israeli-produced espionage thriller “Tehran,” created by “Fauda” writer Moshe Zonder and “Magpie” writer Omri Shenhar, has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV Plus after being hailed by critics following its global premiere. “Tehran” was the first non-English language series to be released on Apple’s streaming service in September after it bought international distribution rights shortly after the show’s original debut in Israel in June 2020. The Hebrew and Persian-language geopolitical thriller tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), who goes undercover on a mission in the titular Iranian capital. Sultan is joined by cast members Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Dana Eden and Maor Kohn are series creators alongside Zonder, as well as director Daniel Skyrkin and writer Shenhar. “Tehran” is executive produced by Eden and Shula Spiegel for Donna and Shula Productions, Alon Aranya for Paper Plane Productions,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Apple TV+ has renewed its first non-English language original series, Israeli espionage thriller drama Tehran, for a second season.
Apple TV+ stepped in to co-produce with Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 Season 1 of Tehran, from Moshe Zonder and Omri Shenhar, and carry internationally the Israel-Iran spy thriller. Starting with Season 2, Tehran will be an Apple Original worldwide. In Israel, it will continue to air on Kan 11 as well as on Apple TV+.
The renewal for the seres, produced by Alon Aranya, comes four months after Tehran‘s premiere on Apple TV+ to strong reviews. Both Zonder and Aranya have deals at the streamer.
Tehran tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.
The series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden...
Apple TV+ stepped in to co-produce with Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 Season 1 of Tehran, from Moshe Zonder and Omri Shenhar, and carry internationally the Israel-Iran spy thriller. Starting with Season 2, Tehran will be an Apple Original worldwide. In Israel, it will continue to air on Kan 11 as well as on Apple TV+.
The renewal for the seres, produced by Alon Aranya, comes four months after Tehran‘s premiere on Apple TV+ to strong reviews. Both Zonder and Aranya have deals at the streamer.
Tehran tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.
The series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden...
- 1/26/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: ‘Losing Alice’/Apple TV Apple TV is proving itself to have a keen eye for talent because Sigal Avin demonstrates truly innovative Cinematic talent with her new drama series ‘Losing Alice’. A story about a screenwriter who’s lost their artistic edge, spark, and drive; it’s a tale as old as time, however, due to the creative freedom that’s at the nucleus of Apple TV’s production model, Sigal Avin steers ‘Losing Alice’’s narrative in a creatively novel direction that makes fascinating and engrossing artistic leaps within an otherwise classic Hollywood story. Related article: Fans of ‘The Crown’ Will Love ‘The Dig’: An Archaeological Meditation on Legacy in a Time of Crisis Related article: Bollywood Mega-Star Kajol’s ‘Tribhanga’: What Happens When Society Isn’t Ready For Progressive Feminism? Starring ‘Man of Steel’ and ‘Munich’ actor Ayelet Zurer, ‘The Burglar’ and ‘The Commune’ actor Lihi Kornowski,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Armando Brigham
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
For a large majority of “Losing Alice,” the people on screen aren’t quite sure what’s happening. The unknowable nature of a partner’s true feelings, the confusion of fleeting glimpses of people who can’t physically be there, and the daily tiny frustrations of film production: all have the potential to make a shaky foundation for a drama series. Add on the idea that what the audience sees is often one fictional layer downward and there are plenty of chances for “Losing Alice” (premiering on Apple TV+ this week after airing on the Israeli TV network Hot 3 last summer) to lose its way.
It takes a steady hand and a clear eye to make sure that disorientation serves a purpose. Fortunately, writer/director Sigal Avin has both and plenty more.
After an enigmatic preamble, the series jump starts with the arrival of Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), an aspiring writer...
It takes a steady hand and a clear eye to make sure that disorientation serves a purpose. Fortunately, writer/director Sigal Avin has both and plenty more.
After an enigmatic preamble, the series jump starts with the arrival of Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), an aspiring writer...
- 1/22/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “Losing Alice,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.
At the start of Sigal Avin’s “Losing Alice,” the titular character, a successful filmmaker who has taken some time away from her work to raise a family, becomes engaged in conversation with an up-and-coming writer named Sophie (Lihi Kornowski). Sophie recognizes Alice as she sits across from her on a train and uses the seemingly chance encounter to tell her what a fan she is by pointing out Alice’s decade-old famous film was formative for her.
“It’s like saying, ‘That thing that you’ve done many, many, many years ago was so great [but] what are you doing now?’ It immediately raises the feeling that right now you’re nothing — right now you’re in the swamp of artistic death. She gives her a compliment,...
At the start of Sigal Avin’s “Losing Alice,” the titular character, a successful filmmaker who has taken some time away from her work to raise a family, becomes engaged in conversation with an up-and-coming writer named Sophie (Lihi Kornowski). Sophie recognizes Alice as she sits across from her on a train and uses the seemingly chance encounter to tell her what a fan she is by pointing out Alice’s decade-old famous film was formative for her.
“It’s like saying, ‘That thing that you’ve done many, many, many years ago was so great [but] what are you doing now?’ It immediately raises the feeling that right now you’re nothing — right now you’re in the swamp of artistic death. She gives her a compliment,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
We’ve got a lot of Servant questions. Like, was the Turners’ baby really Jericho? Why can’t Sean and Julian stop lying? And is the creepy doll actually a poltergeist from hell? Hey, on this show, anything’s possible.
Season 2 of the psychological horror series premiered Friday on Apple TV+, and as you probably could’ve guessed, we didn’t exactly get the answers we’ve been craving. With Jericho (or whoever) gone missing, Dorothy and Sean are in panic mode, as nanny Leanne — who may or may not have supernatural powers that possibly revived Jericho — remains on the lam,...
Season 2 of the psychological horror series premiered Friday on Apple TV+, and as you probably could’ve guessed, we didn’t exactly get the answers we’ve been craving. With Jericho (or whoever) gone missing, Dorothy and Sean are in panic mode, as nanny Leanne — who may or may not have supernatural powers that possibly revived Jericho — remains on the lam,...
- 1/16/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
In this edition of TV Bits: A Sex and the City revival is strutting its way to HBO Max (sans Samantha) Amazon’s YA I Know What You Did Last Summer gains new victims Sam Esmail‘s Acts of Crime is picked up to pilot The Dexter revival casts a Mandalorian star Watch the trailer for Losing Alice And more! HBO Max […]
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- 1/13/2021
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
It’s about abandoning the drudgery of one’s existence and wanting more. It’s about living it up today and turning a blind eye to tomorrow. But it’s a consuming pursuit of self-indulgence and often leads to professional and personal ruin. So, is it really worth it? The story of “Faust” has existed for hundreds of years, but its relevance reverberates throughout all walks of life to this day. Like the need to stay on top, for example.
Continue reading ‘Losing Alice’ Trailer: Ayelet Zurer Makes A Faustian Deal In Apple TV+ Limited Series at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Losing Alice’ Trailer: Ayelet Zurer Makes A Faustian Deal In Apple TV+ Limited Series at The Playlist.
- 1/12/2021
- by Andrew Hrip
- The Playlist
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus unveils the trailer for its original thriller “Losing Alice,” and HBO Max sets the premiere date for Wolfgang Puck’s culinary series “The Event.”
Dates
Starz announced that “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham,” an eight-episode docuseries developed by “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, will premiere Feb. 14. The original series is presented as a fun-filled buddy travelogue through Scotland’s terrain, taking viewers on a journey through the country’s rich heritage and traditions. Watch a trailer below.
Nickelodeon set Feb. 12 as the premiere date for its long-anticipated second season debut of “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” Subtitled “Curse of the Shadows” and featuring all-new members of the Midnight Society, the six-episode season will follow the kids as they tell terrifying tales about a curse cast over their seaside town and the villainous Shadowman. The beloved horror anthology series,...
Dates
Starz announced that “Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham,” an eight-episode docuseries developed by “Outlander” stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, will premiere Feb. 14. The original series is presented as a fun-filled buddy travelogue through Scotland’s terrain, taking viewers on a journey through the country’s rich heritage and traditions. Watch a trailer below.
Nickelodeon set Feb. 12 as the premiere date for its long-anticipated second season debut of “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” Subtitled “Curse of the Shadows” and featuring all-new members of the Midnight Society, the six-episode season will follow the kids as they tell terrifying tales about a curse cast over their seaside town and the villainous Shadowman. The beloved horror anthology series,...
- 1/8/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ has unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming drama series Losing Alice — and its protagonist really needs to improve her work-life balance.
The Israeli psychological thriller, inspired by the legend of Faust, stars Ayelet Zurer (Daredevil) as Alice, a 48-year-old film director who feels irrelevant after taking a step back from her career to raise a family. But after meeting a young screenwriter named Sophie on the train, Alice becomes obsessed with both Sophie and her haunting film in which Alice’s husband, David, is set to star.
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The Israeli psychological thriller, inspired by the legend of Faust, stars Ayelet Zurer (Daredevil) as Alice, a 48-year-old film director who feels irrelevant after taking a step back from her career to raise a family. But after meeting a young screenwriter named Sophie on the train, Alice becomes obsessed with both Sophie and her haunting film in which Alice’s husband, David, is set to star.
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- 1/8/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
As a growing clutch of earlier events postpone to later in the year, major French TV festival Canneseries is holding firm, returning to its traditional mid-April dates — in this case April 9-14 — for its fourth edition in 2021, which will be a hybrid affair.
The third Cannes Intl. Series Festival ran Oct. 9-14 onsite in Cannes, attracting an unexpected influx of French industry executives accompanying titles at the festival who were delighted to be attending an on-site event again.
It also launched an online version for executives unable to attend in person, screening all competition contenders via Festival Scope to industry execs, the press and a limited public audience of 2,000 viewers in and sometimes outside France.
In a classic example of a festival carrying over online elements into 2021, Canneseries is planning a second hybrid event with on-site screenings at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals for the TV festival’s Official Selection line-up,...
The third Cannes Intl. Series Festival ran Oct. 9-14 onsite in Cannes, attracting an unexpected influx of French industry executives accompanying titles at the festival who were delighted to be attending an on-site event again.
It also launched an online version for executives unable to attend in person, screening all competition contenders via Festival Scope to industry execs, the press and a limited public audience of 2,000 viewers in and sometimes outside France.
In a classic example of a festival carrying over online elements into 2021, Canneseries is planning a second hybrid event with on-site screenings at Cannes’ Palais des Festivals for the TV festival’s Official Selection line-up,...
- 12/8/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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