Imira Adds to Live-Action Slate

May 14, 2010 World Screen

BARCELONA: Ahead of the L.A. Screenings, Imira Entertainment has taken on the rights to distribute two live-action properties from ZDF Enterprises in Iberia, Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.

The Spanish production and distribution firm has taken Dance Academy and the TV movie Stella & the Orient Star. “The live-action sales and licensing side of the business is performing extremely well, and it’s now a major area for us, alongside our established animation slate," said Christophe Goldberger, the head of distribution and marketing at Imira Entertainment. "We’re very pleased to add two additional standout titles from ZDF Enterprises to our roster which we are confident will prove as popular as H2O: Just Add Water and The Elephant Princess.”

Imira Entertainment also heads to the L.A. Screenings with animated titles such as Sandra, the Fairytale Detective, 64 Zoo Lane and Louie, among others. Visit the company’s Screening Room here.

More info on ZDF Studios’ Take The Money And Run.

Elizabeth Guider Reports: Buyer Feedback on SPT, NBCU Slates

PREMIUM: New procedurals from Sony Pictures Television and NBCUniversal were given high marks by several buyers as they near the end of the screenings in Los Angeles. After sessions on the Sony lot, multiple buyers throughout the week have told World Screen Newsflash that procedurals are the best bet for their linear channels back home and thus are pleased that Sony scored with a pick-up on NBC of spin-off Blacklist: Redemption, while several other acquisitions execs over at Universal have given high marks to the fourth installment of Dick Wolf’s Windy City-set dramas, Chicago Justice. Moreover, a number of buyers pointed to this or that “little gem,” as one called them, that they will earmark for discussion once back home. “Start-Up for Sony’s digital platform Crackle was really good,” suggested Anette Romer, the head of acquisitions and formats at Denmark’s TV2. The hour is set in Miami and toplines Martin Freeman of Fargo and Sherlock fame.

Imira Adds to Live-Action Slate

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