CJ ENM & TBS Making First Unscripted Collab ‘Mugen Loop’
Korea’s CJ ENM and Japan’s TBS have moved to the subsequent stage of their splashy take care of a brand new sport present during which challengers are locked in a hexagon-shaped house and face missions. Translated as “Infinite Loop” in English, Mugen Loop is the primary unscripted present to return from the deal and can characteristic challengers together with Koko of Ok-pop woman group Izna, who transfer by way of endlessly related rooms, similar in coloration and form. So long as they preserve succeeding within the missions, they will accumulate a vast quantity of prize cash. Premiering later this month, the brand new present comes from the tie-up struck between CJ ENM and TBS final yr (following a joint enterprise settlement in 2021), which can see no less than three TV reveals and two movies co-produced and airing on TBS TV channels. CJ ENM CEO Yoon Sang-hyun dove deep into the deal this morning in a commerce unique with Deadline. Jangho Search engine optimization, EVP of Content material Enterprise Division at CJ ENM, mentioned: “As increasingly Korean unscripted reveals are well-received on a worldwide scale, it has grow to be essential for each content material suppliers and creators to find distinctive but understandable concepts that may foster the viewers’ pursuits. Mugen Loop is a ‘massive but clear-cut’ present that can suggest a transparent reply to these challenges.”
Tom Daley Documentary Set With WBD & Olympic Channel
Warner Bros. Discovery is teaming with the Olympic Channel for a Tom Daley documentary. Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds will chart the diver’s phenomenal success from his first Olympics in Beijing as a 14-year-old to profitable gold at Tokyo 2020 to his closing olympics look final yr. It’s named after the important time in 10 metre diving between platform exit and pool entry. Providing an intimate glimpse into his life, Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds options unique footage, private household movies and candid interviews with Daley and people closest to him together with mom Debbie Daley, husband Dustin Lance Black, mentor Leon Taylor, his first coach Andy Banks and Jane Figueiredo who coached him to Olympic gold. In an attention-grabbing new mannequin, the doc will broadcast within the UK on the Actually Channel and TNT Sports activities in June. Outdoors of the UK and Eire, it is going to be broadcast on Max and discovery+ throughout mainland Europe in early June and broadcast on 23 June 2025 on Eurosport, whereas Olympics.com will take the premiere within the U.S. and territories exterior of Europe. Daley, considered one of Nice Britain’s hottest olympians of all time, mentioned: “For many of my life, my head has been in competing. I’ve lived in four-year Olympic cycles, attempting my finest to continually enhance my efficiency as an athlete. That 14- year-old me again at his first Olympics in Beijing, 2008 has been on such a journey and I’m so grateful for each second, good and dangerous.” The documentary has been produced for Warner Bros. Discovery and the Olympic Channel by Western Edge Footage and is directed by award-winning filmmaker Vaughan Sivell.
‘Leaving Neverland 2’ Sells Round The World
Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson has offered to networks all over the world. The newest in Dan Reed’s Michael Jackson sequence will broadcast on channels in Australia (9 Community), Israel (Hot8) and Spain (Movistar+) amongst others. Produced by Amos Footage and filmed over 5 years with full entry to Wade Robson and James Safechuck, Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson paperwork the second stage of their quest to get to trial. The third and closing movie will cowl the trial, scheduled for late 2026, thus finishing the Leaving Neverland trilogy. Within the U.S., the present second within the trilogy will now not air on Max however shall be on Little Dot’s YouTube channel Actual Tales. Reed has spoken prior to now few days about being focused by 1000’s of dying threats from Jackson followers because of making the documentary. Sphere Abacus struck the worldwide offers. “The story resonates deeply on a worldwide scale, sparking important conversations and capturing the eye of audiences worldwide,” mentioned Sphere Abacus boss Jonathan Ford. “We’re proud to be a part of sharing this vital documentary with a various world viewers.”
Jane Featherstone and Anne Mensah Honored At BPG Awards
Black Doves producer Jane Featherstone and Netflix content material boss Anne Mensah shall be honored with particular gongs at this week’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards. Featherstone is profitable the Harvey Lee Award for Excellent Contribution to Broadcasting, whereas Mensah, who commissioned Black Doves amongst different massive hits, takes the Excellence in British Drama, Excellent TV Government prize. Mensah is coming off the again of a massively profitable yr throughout which she backed Child Reindeer, The Gents and One Day. Featherstone runs Black Doves and Eric producer Sister and is a former prime BBC drama exec. A BPG Jury Award for Excellence in British drama will even be given to Playground and Firm Footage for his or her sequence Wolf Corridor: The Mirror & The Mild. The BPGs happen on Thursday in London. Wolf Corridor will do battle with Rivals, Child Reindeer, Day of the Jackal and Mr Bates vs The Publish Workplace in the very best drama sequence class.
Fifth Season Inks ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Offers
Fifth Season has inked a number of digital and broadcast offers on Toho’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One. Offers embrace Talpa TV (Netherlands), Peppermint Anime Gmbh (Germany and German-speaking Europe), TVN (Poland), RTL (Hungary), TV Azteca (Mexico), SVT (Sweden), and RTV Slovenija (Slovenia). The movie can be launching on iTunes, Amazon, and Google within the UK and Germany, and iTunes, Fetch, and Google in Australia this month. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One grossed greater than $110 million worldwide and received the Finest Visible Results Oscar. The movie surpassed Shin Godzilla as probably the most profitable Japanese Godzilla movie in historical past and received eight awards on the Japanese Academy Awards in 2024.
FilmRise & UKTV Search For ‘Has#Tag Murder’
A doc sequence in regards to the “darkish intersection of social media and true crime” has patrons from the U.S., UK and Eire. Has#Tag Murder is at the moment in manufacturing by way of New York’s Huge Media, investigating crimes carried out, initiated or solved by way of social media. North American FAST channel FilmRise and UKTV within the UK and Eire have boarded forward of a This autumn supply. BBC Studios-owned UKTV will run the present on its U&W channel. “The impression of social media on our lives and its potential to be exploited by dangerous actors has grow to be an irrefutable a part of fashionable society,” mentioned Huge Media President and co-founder Danny Wilks. “In Has#Tag Murder, we take a look at how on-line predators and scammers have preyed on victims by hiding behind the friendlyveil of social media, luring the unsuspecting followers and associates into some very darkish locations.”
