Paramount’s Community 10 Preps Aussie ‘Taskmaster’
Avalon’s Taskmaster is making the lengthy journey to Australia. Paramount-owned Community 10 has ordered an area model of the quirky movie star problem format, with comic Tom Gleeson moving into the long-lasting ‘Taskmaster’ presenter function. Challenges have been filmed in a studio in Melbourne and on location in New Zealand, with format proprietor Avalon Tv producing a ten-part collection forward of a 2023 debut. The present has bought into 12 territories as a format and the UK at present on its 15th season, and its fifth on Channel 4. The present was unveiled at Community 10’s Upfront right now, the place an area remake of one other Channel 4 present, long-running property format Location, Location, Location was additionally revealed. There was an Australian pay-TV remake of the collection a decade in the past on LifeStyle however that is the primary time it’s gone free-to-air. Canines Behaving (Very) Badly, which airs on Paramount’s Channel 5 within the UK, can be getting the Aussie remedy, whereas Endemol Shine Australia is asking within the pastry cooks with new format MasterChef: Dessert Grasp.
Studiocanal Names Alix Lebrat TV Collection COO
Alix Lebrat has been named COO of TV Collection at Europe’s Studiocanal. She strikes up from Head of TV Collection Improvement, a job she’s held since March 2020, havong first joined Studiocanal mum or dad Canal+ in 2012. Following on from her earlier capabilities, she stories to Françoise Guyonnet, Government Managing Director of STUDIOCANAL’s TV Collection. The information comes quickly after Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh was named Deputy CEO of the Canal+ Group.
Prime Video Readies Korean Drama Collection ‘Island’ & First Telugu Characteristic
Amazon’s streamer Prime Video has acquired South Korean fantasy drama collection Island, and can play it in 240 international locations and territories outdoors of South Korea from this December. The buzzy present, from director Bae Jong and author Oh Bo-hyin, stars the likes of Kim Nam-gil, Lee Da-hee and Cha Eun-woo and is about on the gorgeous Korean island Jeju, exploring the legends and folklore of the favored vacationer vacation spot. In Korea, it’s going out on streamer TVING, which is a three way partnership of CJ ENM, Naver and JTBC. In separate information, Prime Video has confirmed its first Telugu movie, Ammu, will launch on October 19. The Charukesh Sekar drama is billed because the “empowering story of a lady who rises like a phoenix within the face of adversity.” It was first unveiled as a part of Prime Video’s 40-strong Indian slate earlier this yr.
ITV Studios’ French Comedy ‘Irresponsible’ Will get German Collection Remake
Irresponsible, which comes from ITV Studios-owned Tetra Media Fiction, is being remade for Germany’s ZDFneo. ITV Studios Germany is producing the eight-episode comedy collection, What a Loser (working title), which is a couple of 31-year-old unemployed man who goals of being a musician solely to search out out he has a 15-year-old son. Ben Münchow, Tinka Fürst and Diyar Ilhan are among the many lead forged. Sandra Schröder and Jonas Heicks wrote the scripts and Facundo Scalerandi is directing. Frédéric Rosset created the unique present, which was for Orange Cinéma Séries (know often called OCS).
ZDF Greenlights Second Run Of Cottonwood Children Collection ‘Theodosia’
Germany’s ZDF has given the greenlight to a second season of magic and Egyptology tween live-action collection Theodosia and the Oasis of Magic. The present comes from Federation Studios-owned Cottonwood Media, with the brand new run now in manufacturing in Belgium, France and Morocco. Eloise Little returns within the lead function, together with Frankie Minchella and Nana Agyeman-Bediako. New forged members are set to be unveiled. ZDF Studios collectively distributes the present with Federation Children & Household.