Mansha Daswani

Fulwell 73 is working on a feature documentary about BROS, a British musical act that shot to fame in the late 1980s, disbanded and is now set to perform a reunion tour this year.

Discovery Communications and Atari are collaborating on a new game show that is set to premiere on Discovery Science in several European markets this fall.

Electus International has inked a deal to distribute Carlito’s Cooking Adventures, featuring Asian fusion chef Carlos Cham, on the global market.

The acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger talks about his two-night documentary event Killing Richard Glossip, which airs on Investigation Discovery (ID) this month.

Execs from ZDFE, NHNZ, PBS, CCTV9, ARTE France and ZDF weighed in on co-pros in a MIPDoc keynote superpanel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati ahead of the premiere of the blue-chip series Big Pacific.

FOX Networks Group Content Distribution launched the new series Origins: The Journey of Humankind to the global market at a MIPDoc lunch, which featured a conversation with the show’s host, Jason Silva, and Nat Geo’s Tim Pastore, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Nat Geo’s Hamish Mykura, Foxtel’s Hannah Barnes, Canal+’s Isabelle Antraygue and ORF’s Andrew Solomon weighed in on acquisition and commissioning trends in a MIPDoc session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Factual Trendsetter Award.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Documentary Films is set to release LA 92, marking the 25th anniversary of the riots in Los Angeles sparked by the Rodney King case, theatrically this month followed by a TV broadcast.

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LONDON: Purecom Entertainment International, the investment group established by Justin Bodle last year, has acquired the wildlife production company NCFWW (Nature Conservation Films Worldwide).