World Screen

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, January 11: The Weinstein Company has reportedly reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America. The Weinstein Company is the second studio to come to a deal with the striking writers, following a similar move …

MONTREAL, January 10: Astral Media’s VRAK.TV has appointed DECODE Entertainment’s distribution head, Dominique Bazay, as its new VP of programming, effective February 11. In her new role, Bazay will head up the programming operations of VRAK.TV and will report to …

BARCELONA, January 10: Spain’s Imira Entertainment, formerly Icon Animation, has inked several deals for youth programming with Spanish-language channels and home-video distributors in Latin America and the U.S. The kids and family channel Sorpresa! picked up the Spanish-language rights to …

LONDON, January 10: September Films has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce the hour-long documentary The Real Elephant Man, based on the work of a Chinese physician named Professor Xu. Professor Xu deals with abnormal tumors that other doctors …

HONG KONG, January 10: At this year’s Hong Kong Toy Fair, HIT Entertainment named Funtastic as the Thomas & Friends Trackmaster distribution partner for Australia. Funtastic will oversee the transition from the Thomas & Friends Motor Road and Rail track …

TORONTO, January 10: Following a deal with Canadian broadcaster TELETOON for its new stop-motion animated reality series Life’s a Zoo, Cuppa Coffee Studios is now looking to secure a prime-time slot for the show in the U.S. TELETOON has ordered …

TORONTO, January 10: Breakthrough Entertainment has picked up the worldwide rights to the military-themed The World Without US, and will offer up the feature-length documentary for buyers at NATPE. The 85-minute special questions the reasons, benefits and consequences of U.S. …

BUENOS AIRES, January 10: Headlining Dori Media Group’s (DMG) roster for NATPE this year is the romantic comedy Lalola, which has already secured sales in more than 25 countries. Lalola has already shored up sales in countries such as France, …

LONDON, January 10: Former TV-Loonland and Kickback Media executive John Bullivant has teamed up with Iain Russell, previously with The London Studios and Fire Mountain Productions, to launch Fireback Entertainment, a new independent British production company. John Bullivant is the …

NEW YORK, January 10: USA Network is set to premiere The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus, a series of animated vignettes which feature the central characters of the cable channel’s hit series Psych as children. USA will unveil …