Guru Studio, the Toronto-based animation company behind Nick Jr.’s Paw Patrol, Sprout’s Justin Time and Netflix’s True and the Rainbow Kingdom, has promoted Rachel Marcus to VP Creative Development. The move expands her role to include leading the company’s overall development of original IP, as well as oversee creative partnerships, co-productions and features. She will report to Guru’s president and executive creative director Frank Falcone.
Marcus joined Guru in 2015 from Nickelodeon, where she developed short-form content linear content for Nick.com and Nick Jr. At Guru, she co-created the preschool series Pikwik which will air on Disney Junior and Hulu next year, and the underwater adventure series Big Blue which was greenlit by CBC in Canada.
“Over the last few years, I have been seen first-hand Rachel’s strong creative leadership,” Falcone said. “I am confident she will continue to strategically grow our IP, with the same creativity,...
Marcus joined Guru in 2015 from Nickelodeon, where she developed short-form content linear content for Nick.com and Nick Jr. At Guru, she co-created the preschool series Pikwik which will air on Disney Junior and Hulu next year, and the underwater adventure series Big Blue which was greenlit by CBC in Canada.
“Over the last few years, I have been seen first-hand Rachel’s strong creative leadership,” Falcone said. “I am confident she will continue to strategically grow our IP, with the same creativity,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Actress and singer attached to star in Eran Riklis-produced drama.
Israeli actress and singer Ninet Tayeb is attached to play the lead role in Dina Zvi-Riklis’ next film Poppies in October about the tragic life of Tirza Atar, the daughter of Israel’s national poet Nathan Alterman and actress Rachel Marcus.
The joint production between Yifat Prestelnik Films and Eran Riklis Productions, currently in advanced development and aiming for an April 2015 shoot, will unveil a trailer starring Ninet to potential backers at the Jerusalem Film Festival’s Pitch-Point event on Monday.
The Hebrew-language drama, set in 1977, charts the final days of poet and author Atar who committed suicide aged 36 after spending much of her life trying to establish herself as a poet outside her father’s shadow.
The producers have already secured a portion of the estimated budget of $840,000 through a distribution deal with United King but will be looking for potential partners on the...
Israeli actress and singer Ninet Tayeb is attached to play the lead role in Dina Zvi-Riklis’ next film Poppies in October about the tragic life of Tirza Atar, the daughter of Israel’s national poet Nathan Alterman and actress Rachel Marcus.
The joint production between Yifat Prestelnik Films and Eran Riklis Productions, currently in advanced development and aiming for an April 2015 shoot, will unveil a trailer starring Ninet to potential backers at the Jerusalem Film Festival’s Pitch-Point event on Monday.
The Hebrew-language drama, set in 1977, charts the final days of poet and author Atar who committed suicide aged 36 after spending much of her life trying to establish herself as a poet outside her father’s shadow.
The producers have already secured a portion of the estimated budget of $840,000 through a distribution deal with United King but will be looking for potential partners on the...
- 7/11/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Festive family drama starring Rachel Marcus as Beatrice "Booky" Thomson. With Christmas approaching in Depression-era Toronto, Booky's dad (Stuart Hughes) loses his job as a harness-maker. However, with help from her mum (Megan Follows) and a department store owner (Kenneth Walsh) the resourceful youngster comes up with a plan to make sure that her parents and siblings Willa, Arthur and Jake will not go short despite their hardship.
- 12/12/2012
- Sky Movies
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