World Screen

VANCOUVER: The HGTV reality series Consumed, produced by Paperny Entertainment, has been renewed for a second season that is set to premiere on HGTV Canada in summer 2012. Consumed challenges Canada’s biggest pack-rat families to survive for 30 days with …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Lawless Entertainment has been appointed as the worldwide representative for animation, licensing, merchandising and publishing for the Big Giggles children’s properties Superbike Sam and TeeHee. “Superbike Sam and TeeHee have great potential and we are excited to represent …

NEW YORK: Oxygen is adding two new docuseries to its lineup, The Eva Marcille Project and LA Style, set to air on the channel in 2012. The Eva Marcille Project (working title) features the life of fashion model, actor, producer …

BEVERLY HILLS: Stan Lee and his company POW! Entertainment are partnering with Michael Eisner’s Vuguru to produce original digital content. Comic-book legend Stan Lee co-created Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Silver Surfer and Dr. …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, the British magician Dynamo talks about his new show, Dynamo: Magician Impossible, represented by Passion Distribution, and also performs a few mind-blowing tricks for our camera.   The magic community has been buzzing about Dynamo, …

MONTREAL: Chris Bonney is to serve as the CEO of rights for Cineflix Media, joining in February 2012 from a role as the senior VP of sales and acquisitions at Warner Bros. International Television Production. Bonney will report to Glen Salzman, the …

DOHA: Miramax is launching its eXperience App on Facebook for the Middle East, in the markets of Qatar, UAE and Egypt, CEO Mike Lang announced today in a blog post. Facebook users in Qatar, UAE and Egypt can now access …

NEW YORK: AMC has ordered a third season of The Walking Dead, which is currently drawing more adults in the 18-to-49 demo in its second season than any other basic cable drama in television history, and continues to break records …

MUNICH: Sky Deutschland and Tele München Group (TMG) have signed a new agreement for a package of film rights, with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and the action comedy Red among the titles included in the deal. By …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Networks has signed up Verizon FiOS TV and Mediacom for its FOX on Demand VOD offering and its recently launched online authentication service. FOX on Demand offers programming such as Glee, Family Guy and The Simpsons, as well as new …