World Screen

LOS ANGELES, June 13: Casting is under way for a new docudrama from award-winning producers Magical Elves and Lifetime that follows men and women who have used the ancient cultural practice of arranged marriage to find a lifelong partner. Loved …

LONDON, June 13: UKTV Gold has commissioned IMG Media’s Tiger Aspect to produce Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga and Blackadder’s Most Cunning Moments, two specials providing a behind-the-scenes look at the BAFTA-winning comedy series Blackadder, which was on the …

LONDON, June 13: ALL3MEDIA International has closed a raft of deals for the entertainment format Village on a Diet, which features a community coming together to commit to leading a healthier lifestyle. Options for the format have been secured with …

TORONTO, June 13: Smokebomb, Shaftesbury Films’ recently acquired digital-media division, has won the C$10,000 Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund iPitch Development Prize at the Banff World Television Festival for Overruledtv.com, a companion website to the upcoming tween comedy series …

LONDON, June 13: Adrian Lester returns to the role of Mickey “Bricks” Stone for the fifth season of the BBC con drama Hustle, which is slated to premiere next year. The fifth season of Hustle will start filming in and …

LAS VEGAS, June 13: Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) has named Playmates Toys as the master toy licensee for the action-adventure animated series Huntik: Secrets & Seekers. Playmates Toys will debut its Huntik: Secrets & Seekers toy line in fall 2009. …

LONDON, June 13: Passion Distribution, a venture recently launched by former iD Distribution chief Sally Miles, has inked an exclusive deal with World of Wonder to represent all of its programming and formats. Passion will be distributing World of Wonder’s …

SEOUL, June 13: Korean animation outfit Daewon Media has entered into an agreement with Japanese book publisher Kodansha to develop an animated TV series based on the comic Gon, featuring a small dinosaur with unusual power and speed. Gon was …

BURBANK, June 13: Nancy Kanter has been promoted to senior VP of Playhouse Disney Worldwide, responsible for the preschool channel’s creative content on a global basis. Kanter was most recently the senior VP of programming at Playhouse Disney U.S. In …

LONDON, June 13: IMG Entertainment has appointed Anna Vivian to the newly created role of VP of emerging markets. Working under Mark Young, IMG Entertainment’s senior VP of entertainment sales and acquisitions worldwide, Vivian will be charged with driving factual …