Exclusive: Fulwell 73, the production company behind Carpool Karaoke: The Series and Amazon’s Cinderella, has acquired a majority stake in digital media incubator Yoruba Media Labs.
The production company, which also produced Showtime’s Hitsville: The Making of Motown, has formed a joint venture with the LA-based company following the deal.
Yoruba is headed by Wally Eltawashy, who has exec produced HBO’s Jeffrey Wright feature O.G. and Showtime’s The Go-Go’s documentary.
The company works with brand clients to reach audiences in creative ways, including developing original content/IP that can play out in the tech, gaming and ad space.
The partnership will allow Fulwell 73 to expand into these areas of content and will also help it build upon its existing entertainment, comedy and drama programming with brand extensions and digital content.
Eltawashy has worked with brands, tech start-ups and investors including P&g, Volkswagen, Adidas and Molson Coors.
The production company, which also produced Showtime’s Hitsville: The Making of Motown, has formed a joint venture with the LA-based company following the deal.
Yoruba is headed by Wally Eltawashy, who has exec produced HBO’s Jeffrey Wright feature O.G. and Showtime’s The Go-Go’s documentary.
The company works with brand clients to reach audiences in creative ways, including developing original content/IP that can play out in the tech, gaming and ad space.
The partnership will allow Fulwell 73 to expand into these areas of content and will also help it build upon its existing entertainment, comedy and drama programming with brand extensions and digital content.
Eltawashy has worked with brands, tech start-ups and investors including P&g, Volkswagen, Adidas and Molson Coors.
- 10/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It still might be a little while before we’re able to go back to the movies again. Thankfully, with its list of new releases for February 2021, Amazon Prime is bringing the theater home. The movies are the real appeal this month.
Amazon’s offerings are highlighted by two original films of note. The first is Bliss, which premieres on Feb. 5. This will star Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek as a couple experiencing some intimacy issues. Presumably this is all just a tune up for when Wilson dons a mustache in Disney+’s Loki later in May. The other film is the sci-fi rom-com The Map of Tiny Perfect Things on Feb. 12.
Other library movies include Antz, Moulin Rouge, The Prestige, The Village, and Dazed and Confused, all of which arrive on Feb. 1. Sonic the Hedgehog is set to arrive later on Feb. 18.
Amazon is premiering only one new original series this month.
Amazon’s offerings are highlighted by two original films of note. The first is Bliss, which premieres on Feb. 5. This will star Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek as a couple experiencing some intimacy issues. Presumably this is all just a tune up for when Wilson dons a mustache in Disney+’s Loki later in May. The other film is the sci-fi rom-com The Map of Tiny Perfect Things on Feb. 12.
Other library movies include Antz, Moulin Rouge, The Prestige, The Village, and Dazed and Confused, all of which arrive on Feb. 1. Sonic the Hedgehog is set to arrive later on Feb. 18.
Amazon is premiering only one new original series this month.
- 1/31/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“Ford v Ferrari,” “Joker,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” “Rocketman” and “The Irishman” have been nominated as the best sound mixing of 2019 at the Cinema Audio Society’s 56th annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing.
More than two-thirds of the Cas nominees typically go on to receive Oscar nominations in the sound mixing category. Last year, four of the five nominees did so.
Nominations in the animated-feature category went to “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4,” while documentary noms went to three music films – “Echo in the Canyon,” “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and “Woodstock: 3 Days That Changed Everything” – along with the Nasa chronicle “Apollo 11” and, fittingly enough, the doc about motion-picture sound, “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound.”
Also Read: 2020 Golden Globes Nominees React: From 'Beyond Excited' to 'Truly Blessed'
“Game of Thrones,...
More than two-thirds of the Cas nominees typically go on to receive Oscar nominations in the sound mixing category. Last year, four of the five nominees did so.
Nominations in the animated-feature category went to “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4,” while documentary noms went to three music films – “Echo in the Canyon,” “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and “Woodstock: 3 Days That Changed Everything” – along with the Nasa chronicle “Apollo 11” and, fittingly enough, the doc about motion-picture sound, “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound.”
Also Read: 2020 Golden Globes Nominees React: From 'Beyond Excited' to 'Truly Blessed'
“Game of Thrones,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Two disparate pop culture icons battle it out for supremacy.
Two pop culture icons battle for supremacy at the UK box office this weekend, as Todd Phillips’ Venice Golden Lion winner Joker through Warner Bros goes up against Rupert Goold’s Judy Garland biopic Judy which is released this through Pathé.
Phillips’ film has proved controversial since its victorious Venice premiere in August. The studio released a statement last week defending the film in response to parents of victims of the 2012 Aurora cinema shootings, who expressed concern over the film’s depiction of gun violence.
It stars Joaquin Phoenix – widely...
Two pop culture icons battle for supremacy at the UK box office this weekend, as Todd Phillips’ Venice Golden Lion winner Joker through Warner Bros goes up against Rupert Goold’s Judy Garland biopic Judy which is released this through Pathé.
Phillips’ film has proved controversial since its victorious Venice premiere in August. The studio released a statement last week defending the film in response to parents of victims of the 2012 Aurora cinema shootings, who expressed concern over the film’s depiction of gun violence.
It stars Joaquin Phoenix – widely...
- 10/4/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
NBC Sports Network and ESPN across Latin America are among the broadcasters to have picked up Endeavor Content’s The Story of Rugby ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this month.
The event runs from September 20 and Endeavor Content has sold the six-part series to a slew of international networks including Nhk in Japan, CBC Gem in Canada, Movistar+ in Spain, Viaplay in the Nordics, Fox in Australia, Rte in Ireland, Supersport in Africa and Tvnz in New Zealand.
Steven O’Meagher (The Golden Hour) is showrunner on the sports doc series, which tackles colonialism, class war and sexism and focuses on the social, economic, historical and cultural impact of the sport of rugby. Filmed in 24 countries and across six continents, the series examines national cultures and identities through the larger-than-life personalities and little known behind-the-scenes stories of world rugby and includes interviews with some of rugby’s greatest legends,...
The event runs from September 20 and Endeavor Content has sold the six-part series to a slew of international networks including Nhk in Japan, CBC Gem in Canada, Movistar+ in Spain, Viaplay in the Nordics, Fox in Australia, Rte in Ireland, Supersport in Africa and Tvnz in New Zealand.
Steven O’Meagher (The Golden Hour) is showrunner on the sports doc series, which tackles colonialism, class war and sexism and focuses on the social, economic, historical and cultural impact of the sport of rugby. Filmed in 24 countries and across six continents, the series examines national cultures and identities through the larger-than-life personalities and little known behind-the-scenes stories of world rugby and includes interviews with some of rugby’s greatest legends,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a Taylor Swift world this week, as the superstar’s first major label album, Lover, is out. There’s a media blitz afoot for the new recording, but the most intriguing questions of that press tour center on Swift’s first five albums, owned by her arch-nemesis, Scooter Braun, via his Big Machine label purchase. It seems Swift is planning a cold revenge, despite the fact that Braun has again extended an olive branch to Swift, praising the new album. So far, no response, at least publicly.
This week in music:
Can Taylor Duplicate Herself? Her new album, Lover, is out, so Taylor Swift is making the media rounds. But more than the nuances of the new album, what everyone wants to know is if she will follow through with her threats to re-record her first five albums. The rights to those recordings are held by Big Machine Media,...
This week in music:
Can Taylor Duplicate Herself? Her new album, Lover, is out, so Taylor Swift is making the media rounds. But more than the nuances of the new album, what everyone wants to know is if she will follow through with her threats to re-record her first five albums. The rights to those recordings are held by Big Machine Media,...
- 8/24/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
On Wednesday's episode of The Late Late Show, Smokey Robinson and James Corden competed against each other in a riff-off to see if classic or modern soul music is better.
The segment opened with Corden sitting alone at his desk. He told the audience that he had recently watched Showtime's upcoming documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown, which he praised.
The host then shared his controversial opinion that new soul music is better than the original stuff. "I'm talking Usher, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill," Corden said. "I feel like new soul has a ...
The segment opened with Corden sitting alone at his desk. He told the audience that he had recently watched Showtime's upcoming documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown, which he praised.
The host then shared his controversial opinion that new soul music is better than the original stuff. "I'm talking Usher, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill," Corden said. "I feel like new soul has a ...
- 8/15/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
James Corden is always up for a good argument about music and this time the late night host has tapped Smokey Robinson for a debate over classic soul versus modern soul. Robinson appeared on The Late Late Show to promote new documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown, prompting Corden to contend that he prefers the soulful hits of 2019.
“I’m talking like Usher, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill,” Corden notes. “I feel like new songs have better sound.”
The host is interrupted by Robinson, who takes Corden to task.
“I’m talking like Usher, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill,” Corden notes. “I feel like new songs have better sound.”
The host is interrupted by Robinson, who takes Corden to task.
- 8/15/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
"We've got to maintain our high standards... Luckily for us, we have one record in the Top 10." Showtime has launched an official trailer for a lively music history documentary titled Hitsville: The Making of Motown, premiering later this month on their channel. This is actually a feature-length documentary that will air on Showtime first, looking back at the iconic history of one of the greatest record labels in history, Motown Records. The film focuses specifically on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958, until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Featuring exclusive interviews with legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, and rare behind-the-scenes footage from his personal archives, along with appearances by John Legend, Jamie Foxx, and Smokey Robinson, among many others. This looks like an exquisite examination of music history and how this iconic studio changed music forever. Check this out. Official trailer...
- 8/12/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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