Exclusive: Mediawan Rights Managing Director Valérie Vleeschhouwer says the French company’s €100M ($107M) co-development agreement with Entourage Ventures allows the Zorro seller to “seize opportunities” and significantly expand its slate.
In an interview with Deadline prior to Series Mania, Vleeschhouwer said the deal “is the way to give us the tools to serve our strategy and serve talent.”
“We can be reactive and responsive when we have a crush on a project and we believe in it,” she added.
Mediawan’s international arm struck the agreement six weeks ago and will see the pair co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute shows. It covers scripted, documentary and animation and already includes Mediawan shows Zorro and Civilizations.
Before Mediawan, Entourage invested more than €50M ($54M) on 40 French films, and first pushed into TV series in 2020 through an agreement with producer Media Muskateers. “Entourage has great expertise in the sector, so it made sense to work together,...
In an interview with Deadline prior to Series Mania, Vleeschhouwer said the deal “is the way to give us the tools to serve our strategy and serve talent.”
“We can be reactive and responsive when we have a crush on a project and we believe in it,” she added.
Mediawan’s international arm struck the agreement six weeks ago and will see the pair co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute shows. It covers scripted, documentary and animation and already includes Mediawan shows Zorro and Civilizations.
Before Mediawan, Entourage invested more than €50M ($54M) on 40 French films, and first pushed into TV series in 2020 through an agreement with producer Media Muskateers. “Entourage has great expertise in the sector, so it made sense to work together,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
France’s Mediawan Group and private equity firm Entourage Ventures have struck a co-development agreement underpinned by a €100M (107M) fund.
The pair will work together over a four- to six-year period to finance series “with strong international potential.” Underpinning the operation will be €100M Entourage Fund.
Mediawan is coming off the back of its attention-grabbing deal for Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, while Entourage Ventures is a film and TV financier that has invested more than €50M (54M) on 40 French films. It first pushed into TV series in 2020 through an agreement with producer Media Muskateers.
Entourage will work with Mediawan Rights, the sale arm of Mediawan, to co-developm, co-produce and co-distribute series.
Investments and revenue will be shared 50/50, with Mediawan handling series distribution and Entourage providing investment expertize and ecosystem of professional investors such as private equity firm 123 Investment Managers, film and audiovosual industry social protection group Audiens and the Hottinguer Bank.
The pair will work together over a four- to six-year period to finance series “with strong international potential.” Underpinning the operation will be €100M Entourage Fund.
Mediawan is coming off the back of its attention-grabbing deal for Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, while Entourage Ventures is a film and TV financier that has invested more than €50M (54M) on 40 French films. It first pushed into TV series in 2020 through an agreement with producer Media Muskateers.
Entourage will work with Mediawan Rights, the sale arm of Mediawan, to co-developm, co-produce and co-distribute series.
Investments and revenue will be shared 50/50, with Mediawan handling series distribution and Entourage providing investment expertize and ecosystem of professional investors such as private equity firm 123 Investment Managers, film and audiovosual industry social protection group Audiens and the Hottinguer Bank.
- 2/6/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s never a bad time for a new superhero show, mind you. But with Amazon’s brilliantly bloody The Boys having been off air for five or so months now, the streaming world is particularly due for a new supe. With its list of new releases for March 2021, Amazon is going to be rectifying that.
The animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic series Invincible is set to arrive on Amazon Prime this March 26. Kirkman’s comic series is a colorful, thrilling, and violent take on superhero myths and the series that it inspired will feature a truly impressive cast. Take that all into account and this will be an important addition to the streaming superhero canon.
Also arriving in March is another big ticket item for Amazon. The long-awaited Coming to America sequel, Coming 2 America, will premiere on March 5. Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem Joffer who...
The animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic series Invincible is set to arrive on Amazon Prime this March 26. Kirkman’s comic series is a colorful, thrilling, and violent take on superhero myths and the series that it inspired will feature a truly impressive cast. Take that all into account and this will be an important addition to the streaming superhero canon.
Also arriving in March is another big ticket item for Amazon. The long-awaited Coming to America sequel, Coming 2 America, will premiere on March 5. Eddie Murphy returns as Prince Akeem Joffer who...
- 2/27/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“The Seventh Function of Language,” a novel by French author Laurent Binet, is getting the feature film treatment. Uri Singer, the CEO of TaleFlick, a production company that specializes in adapting books into movies and TV shows, has obtained screen rights to the popular work of fiction.
Singer will produce “The Seventh Function of Language” with Midnight Road Entertainment’s Vincent Sieber, who previously produced “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
The New York Times described Binet’s novel as being “at once a buddy-cop plot, a fish-out-of-water comedy and a spy thriller.” A whodunit set against the backdrop of 1980s France, “The Seventh Function of Language” centers on a literary critic Roland Barthes, who gets hit by a laundry van and dies after having lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. But as the world mourns his death, one question arises: What if it wasn’t an accident at all?
Binet’s first novel,...
Singer will produce “The Seventh Function of Language” with Midnight Road Entertainment’s Vincent Sieber, who previously produced “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
The New York Times described Binet’s novel as being “at once a buddy-cop plot, a fish-out-of-water comedy and a spy thriller.” A whodunit set against the backdrop of 1980s France, “The Seventh Function of Language” centers on a literary critic Roland Barthes, who gets hit by a laundry van and dies after having lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. But as the world mourns his death, one question arises: What if it wasn’t an accident at all?
Binet’s first novel,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Historical reimagining to shoot in South America, Europe.
Mediawan-owned Païva Studio and Mediawan Rights have acquired adaptation rights to Laurent Binet’s novel Civilizations and are partnering with Los Angeles-based Anonymous Content to produce the series.
The property will be shot in South America and Europe in several languages and is being set up as a major international production.
Binet’s bestseller imagines an alternate reality in which the Incas prevail over the Conquistadors, Christopher Columbus never reaches America, and Incan leader Atahualpa invades Europe.
In reality Atahualpa, the last of the Incan rulers, was executed by Spanish forces in the early 16th century.
Mediawan-owned Païva Studio and Mediawan Rights have acquired adaptation rights to Laurent Binet’s novel Civilizations and are partnering with Los Angeles-based Anonymous Content to produce the series.
The property will be shot in South America and Europe in several languages and is being set up as a major international production.
Binet’s bestseller imagines an alternate reality in which the Incas prevail over the Conquistadors, Christopher Columbus never reaches America, and Incan leader Atahualpa invades Europe.
In reality Atahualpa, the last of the Incan rulers, was executed by Spanish forces in the early 16th century.
- 7/6/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood super-indie banner Anonymous Content is partnering with Païva Studio, a production label owned by French media group Mediawan, on “Civilizations,” an ambitious series based on Laurent Binet’s (“HHhH”) bestselling novel.
The epic series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to Europe.
Paiva Studio and Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the group, have acquired the adaptation rights to “Civilizations” which was published in August 2019 in French and was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Roman” 2019 by the Académie Française. The translation rights for “Civilizations” have already been acquired for 16 languages. Binet’s (pictured) most famous novel is “HHhH” which was translated into 34 languages and adapted for the big screen in 2017 by Cédric Jimenez, with a cast headlined by Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike.
Juggling...
The epic series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to Europe.
Paiva Studio and Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the group, have acquired the adaptation rights to “Civilizations” which was published in August 2019 in French and was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Roman” 2019 by the Académie Française. The translation rights for “Civilizations” have already been acquired for 16 languages. Binet’s (pictured) most famous novel is “HHhH” which was translated into 34 languages and adapted for the big screen in 2017 by Cédric Jimenez, with a cast headlined by Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike.
Juggling...
- 7/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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