MIPTV Spotlight: Fox Networks Group Content Distribution

The scripted format Lynch was recently licensed for a pilot on The CW and Fox Networks Group Content Distribution is now starting to roll it out internationally.

A dark comedy, Lynch tells the story of the owner of a funeral home who sets up a business of helping people who need, or want, to disappear by faking their own deaths. The company also has in its format catalog Grilled, a competitive cookery show. The series takes ten food lovers—from owners of small businesses to home cooks—and sets them out on a range of challenges in real-life restaurants. The winner gets a chance to own their dream restaurant. There’s also Ultimate Survival Alaska. “This is one of the toughest competition formats in the world,” says Andrew Stephen, the company’s senior sales manager for formats.

“Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has a rapidly growing formats business, with a raft of incredible ideas across the scripted and unscripted spaces,” Stephen adds.

Following the success of Genius: Einstein, which marked National Geographic’s first fully scripted drama, the anthology series returns with a second installment that details the life and loves of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Antonio Banderas stars in Genius: Picasso, which Fox Networks Group Content Distribution is bringing to MIPTV.

Two additional slate highlights are Here on Earth and Mr Inbetween. “Here on Earth is a new crime drama and thriller from Latin America, revolving around the complex criminal activity and major secrets of one of Mexico’s most influential families,” says Prentiss Fraser, the company’s executive VP and managing director. Gael García Bernal appears in the series, as well as executive produces. Mr Inbetween, meanwhile, is a drama series, with comedic moments, about a hitman.

“We are proud to represent such compelling and top-quality drama, and these three titles alone show how international our new slate is for MIPTV,” Fraser says.