World Screen

NEW YORK: The feature-length documentary His Way, acquired by HBO Documentary Films from Polsky Films, turns the spotlight on legendary film producer and personal manager Jerry Weintraub. Set to debut on HBO later this year, His Way features interviews with …

STOCKHOLM: Strix Television’s new office in Tel Aviv will be led by veteran producer Michael Rothschild. Rothschild has been with Strix for many years as a flying producer. He was also the creative producer for several reality productions, including The …

NEW YORK: Donald Sutherland, Eddie Izzard and Elijah Wood have signed on to star in the two-part movie event Treasure Island, an RHI Entertainment production set to launch on Syfy in 2012. Izzard (The Riches, Oceans 12) stars as Long …

PREMIUM: Kids’ comedy tops the shopping list at TELETOON for its 2011 slate, says Caroline Tyre, the director of programming at the Canadian service. WS: What does TELETOON aim to offer its young viewers? TYRE: TELETOON offers the best in …

NEW YORK: The Syfy original movie Mega Python vs Gatoroid, which stars ’90s pop icons Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, garnered 2.35 million total viewers with its Saturday night debut. Part of the Syfy Saturday Original Movie franchise, Mega Python vs …

ENCINO: Solid Entertainment has sold a raft of programming to Australia’s Foxtel for History Channel. Included in the deal are the one-hour historical docs Against All Odds, Inside the Britannic and Empires of Steam. There’s also 52 episodes of the …

BEIRUT: The pan-Arab network LBC SAT has picked up the formats Top Chef and A Star’s Life in Lyrics to launch Arabic-language versions later this year. The reality competition Top Chef watches chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The new NBC vocal competition The Voice, from John de Mol, Mark Burnett and Warner Horizon Television, is to be hosted by Carson Daly, who also fronts the network’s late-night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly. Daly …

LOS ANGELES: NCIS has been renewed by CBS for the 2011-12 season, taking it into its ninth installment. Since its debut in 2003, NCIS has been steadily increasing its ratings, becoming a top ten program in its fifth season. The …

MIAMI: As the newly appointed general manager of Discovery Networks U.S. Hispanic Group, Ivan Bargueiras is charged with leading the business expansion for the company’s portfolio of Spanish-language networks. Bargueiras’s remit is to manage all aspects of the U.S. Hispanic …