Exclusive: Joanne Froggatt is staying in business with MGM.
The actor has signed an exclusive first-look deal with MGM International Television Productions through her production company Insight Pictures.
It comes as Last Light, the MGM-produced series that she stars in alongside Matthew Fox, is set to premiere on Peacock on September 8.
Froggatt is best known for starring in long-running ITV/PBS period drama Downton Abbey and also recently starred in crime series Liar for the British broadcaster and BBC/Britbox series Sherwood.
As part of the pact, she has already set up her first project, a comedy drama series called Love To Tell the Tale.
The series is about a single woman’s quest for motherhood with Froggatt is attached to play the lead role. It marks her production company’s debut project.
It is MGM International Television Productions’ latest first-look deal after signed deals with the likes of Simon Baker,...
The actor has signed an exclusive first-look deal with MGM International Television Productions through her production company Insight Pictures.
It comes as Last Light, the MGM-produced series that she stars in alongside Matthew Fox, is set to premiere on Peacock on September 8.
Froggatt is best known for starring in long-running ITV/PBS period drama Downton Abbey and also recently starred in crime series Liar for the British broadcaster and BBC/Britbox series Sherwood.
As part of the pact, she has already set up her first project, a comedy drama series called Love To Tell the Tale.
The series is about a single woman’s quest for motherhood with Froggatt is attached to play the lead role. It marks her production company’s debut project.
It is MGM International Television Productions’ latest first-look deal after signed deals with the likes of Simon Baker,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Further expanding its global reach, MGM International Television Productions has signed a multi-year deal with Mbc Group, a leading media company in West Asia and Northern Africa, to develop and co-produce premium original series.
Mbc Group will air these series exclusively on Mbc’s Shahid VIP streaming service, with MGM handling co-production and distribution for the rest of the world. The two companies already have a well-established relationship and recently partnered on MGM’s anticipated shows “Last Light” and “Billy the Kid,” which will air on Mbc.
“Mbc Group is uniquely positioned to tell stories that will combine regional focus with global interest,” said Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, chairman of Mbc Group. The exec said the deal marks “a major step forward in diversifying the group and building on its current strengths.”
Sam Barnett, Mbc Group’s CEO, noted that the partnership marks the banner’s “first big...
Mbc Group will air these series exclusively on Mbc’s Shahid VIP streaming service, with MGM handling co-production and distribution for the rest of the world. The two companies already have a well-established relationship and recently partnered on MGM’s anticipated shows “Last Light” and “Billy the Kid,” which will air on Mbc.
“Mbc Group is uniquely positioned to tell stories that will combine regional focus with global interest,” said Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, chairman of Mbc Group. The exec said the deal marks “a major step forward in diversifying the group and building on its current strengths.”
Sam Barnett, Mbc Group’s CEO, noted that the partnership marks the banner’s “first big...
- 2/24/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
MGM International Television Productions and Scandinavia’s local streaming leader Nent Group have signed a multi-year deal to develop and co-produce six English-language original international series for the Nordic company’s SVOD service Viaplay.
The partnership’s first two projects will be “Billy the Kid” and “Last Light,” both of which were previously announced. Under the deal, all six series will be Viaplay Originals and will launch exclusively on the service throughout the Nordics, Baltics, Netherlands and Poland, with MGM handling distribution in the rest of the world.
“Billy the Kid” is an epic romantic drama series from Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) starring British actor Tom Blyth (“Benediction”) as the famous American outlaw. The series is a co-production with Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Nent Group. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is directing the first two episodes of the eight-episode first season.
“Last Light,” which MGM is...
The partnership’s first two projects will be “Billy the Kid” and “Last Light,” both of which were previously announced. Under the deal, all six series will be Viaplay Originals and will launch exclusively on the service throughout the Nordics, Baltics, Netherlands and Poland, with MGM handling distribution in the rest of the world.
“Billy the Kid” is an epic romantic drama series from Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) starring British actor Tom Blyth (“Benediction”) as the famous American outlaw. The series is a co-production with Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Nent Group. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is directing the first two episodes of the eight-episode first season.
“Last Light,” which MGM is...
- 11/10/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
MGM International TV has snapped up worldwide distribution rights (excluding Svod in Latin America) to culture clash comedic series “Herederos Por Accidente,” a big hit on the Mexican streaming service Claro Video, a subsidiary of billionaire Carlos Slim’s telco, America Movil.
As part of the deal, the studio also secured worldwide format rights and is developing an adaptation of the series for the U.S. market.
“We’re incredibly proud to announce our first partnership with Claro Video, Mexico’s family entertainment powerhouse,” said MGM International TV’s Svp of International Development, Diego Piasek. “‘Herederos’ has all the right ingredients to travel the world as both tape and format, and we’re excited for all of the possibilities to come,” he added.
Created by writer and executive producer Frank Ariza,, “Herederos Por Accidente” (“Heirs by Accident”) revolves around two families, one Mexican, the other Spanish, who are forced to...
As part of the deal, the studio also secured worldwide format rights and is developing an adaptation of the series for the U.S. market.
“We’re incredibly proud to announce our first partnership with Claro Video, Mexico’s family entertainment powerhouse,” said MGM International TV’s Svp of International Development, Diego Piasek. “‘Herederos’ has all the right ingredients to travel the world as both tape and format, and we’re excited for all of the possibilities to come,” he added.
Created by writer and executive producer Frank Ariza,, “Herederos Por Accidente” (“Heirs by Accident”) revolves around two families, one Mexican, the other Spanish, who are forced to...
- 5/22/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Paz Vega To Star In & Produce Single Mom Immigrant Comedy Series ‘Tacowood’ For MGM International TV
Exclusive: MGM International TV is developing Tacowood, a comedy series headlined and produced by Spanglish star Paz Vega.
Based on an original idea by Spanish writer-producer-director Frank Ariza (Dreamland), Tacowood is a modern-day comedy that follows Guada (Vega), a 40-year-old single mother who spends her days running her family’s taco truck business in the outskirts of Mexico City as she embarks on the journey of a lifetime with her mother and 10-year-old daughter to pursue her dream of becoming a Hollywood actress.
MGM International TV will produce and distribute the project, which will be taken out shortly.
“Good ideas married with good talent knows no borders today,” said Diego Piasek, Svp International Development at MGM International TV. “As a first-generation immigrant myself, I’m so proud that MGM is supporting the new voices of our generation.”
Launched last year, MGM International TV is ramping up in key markets like UK,...
Based on an original idea by Spanish writer-producer-director Frank Ariza (Dreamland), Tacowood is a modern-day comedy that follows Guada (Vega), a 40-year-old single mother who spends her days running her family’s taco truck business in the outskirts of Mexico City as she embarks on the journey of a lifetime with her mother and 10-year-old daughter to pursue her dream of becoming a Hollywood actress.
MGM International TV will produce and distribute the project, which will be taken out shortly.
“Good ideas married with good talent knows no borders today,” said Diego Piasek, Svp International Development at MGM International TV. “As a first-generation immigrant myself, I’m so proud that MGM is supporting the new voices of our generation.”
Launched last year, MGM International TV is ramping up in key markets like UK,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Erika Halvorsen to serve as showrunner, Ep.
MGM International TV Productions has acquired Argentinian author Tamara Tenenbaum’s best-selling non-fiction book El Fin Del Amor: Querer y Coger (roughly translated to The End Of Love: Desire And Sex) to develop as a Spanish-language television series.
Argentinian singer-songwriter-actress Lali Esposito is attached to star in the TV version of the book, which explores the challenges faced by Millennials in matters of love and sex. Esposito has starred in several popular telenovelas and in 2018 Venice Film Festival entry The Accused (Acusada).
Author and TV writer Erika Halvorsen, known for series including Amar...
MGM International TV Productions has acquired Argentinian author Tamara Tenenbaum’s best-selling non-fiction book El Fin Del Amor: Querer y Coger (roughly translated to The End Of Love: Desire And Sex) to develop as a Spanish-language television series.
Argentinian singer-songwriter-actress Lali Esposito is attached to star in the TV version of the book, which explores the challenges faced by Millennials in matters of love and sex. Esposito has starred in several popular telenovelas and in 2018 Venice Film Festival entry The Accused (Acusada).
Author and TV writer Erika Halvorsen, known for series including Amar...
- 9/19/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
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