Warner Music Entertainment, the film and television division of Warner Music Group, is partnering with Tina producers Lightbox to develop, produce and finance non-fiction film and TV projects.
The deal gives Lightbox owners Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn access to Warner Music’s catalogue, which features a long roster of renowned music labels.
Lightbox has produced films including Whitney, which premiered at Cannes, Hip Hop Uncovered for FX, and Supervillain: The Making Of Tekashi 6ix9ine for Showtime.
Projects to have come out for Warner Music Entertainment include American Utopia, Shane MacGowan doc Crock Of Gold, and Genius: Aretha.
Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn said: “This deal with Wmg will open up the vaults to an archive of amazing musical talent and rich history of songwriters and performers. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring some of Warner Music’s extraordinary artists and their stories to audiences around the world.
The deal gives Lightbox owners Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn access to Warner Music’s catalogue, which features a long roster of renowned music labels.
Lightbox has produced films including Whitney, which premiered at Cannes, Hip Hop Uncovered for FX, and Supervillain: The Making Of Tekashi 6ix9ine for Showtime.
Projects to have come out for Warner Music Entertainment include American Utopia, Shane MacGowan doc Crock Of Gold, and Genius: Aretha.
Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn said: “This deal with Wmg will open up the vaults to an archive of amazing musical talent and rich history of songwriters and performers. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring some of Warner Music’s extraordinary artists and their stories to audiences around the world.
- 8/12/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Nacelle Company has partnered with North Maple Productions in a deal intended to broaden Nacelle’s content development strategy with a focus on expanding the company’s reach to historically underrepresented audiences.
Nacelle, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is the studio known for developing programs such as “The Movies That Made Us,” “The Toys That Made Us” and “Down to Earth With Zac Efron” for Netflix and “Behind The Attraction” for Disney Plus. North Maple Productions, co-founded by Naisha Arnold and Rushie Perera, focuses on platforming storytellers with diverse backgrounds in regards to race, gender and sexuality. Both women of color, Arnold and Perera work with both emerging and established talent to create both scripted and non-scripted material.
Arnold’s previous experience includes more than a decade of talent management. She also produced Polly Draper’s 2018 film “Stella’s Last Weekend.” Perera has also been working in production and development for over a decade,...
Nacelle, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is the studio known for developing programs such as “The Movies That Made Us,” “The Toys That Made Us” and “Down to Earth With Zac Efron” for Netflix and “Behind The Attraction” for Disney Plus. North Maple Productions, co-founded by Naisha Arnold and Rushie Perera, focuses on platforming storytellers with diverse backgrounds in regards to race, gender and sexuality. Both women of color, Arnold and Perera work with both emerging and established talent to create both scripted and non-scripted material.
Arnold’s previous experience includes more than a decade of talent management. She also produced Polly Draper’s 2018 film “Stella’s Last Weekend.” Perera has also been working in production and development for over a decade,...
- 8/5/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Like Hip Hop Uncovered before it, FX’s new documentary series Pride boasts a broad title, but plays as an intermediate text that assumes you’ve done all of your introductory coursework. (And before you start thinking this is the core idea behind FX’s newly evolving documentary brand, the network’s recent women-in-comedy docuseries Hysterical was definitely an introductory text.)
This is, as it was with Hip Hop Uncovered, less a criticism than an expectation-setter.
As much as Pride exposes how desperately the LGBTQ+ rights movement deserves and needs some kind of Eyes on the Prize-style wide-reaching treatment, it’s still a mainstream cable series ...
This is, as it was with Hip Hop Uncovered, less a criticism than an expectation-setter.
As much as Pride exposes how desperately the LGBTQ+ rights movement deserves and needs some kind of Eyes on the Prize-style wide-reaching treatment, it’s still a mainstream cable series ...
- 5/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Like Hip Hop Uncovered before it, FX’s new documentary series Pride boasts a broad title, but plays as an intermediate text that assumes you’ve done all of your introductory coursework. (And before you start thinking this is the core idea behind FX’s newly evolving documentary brand, the network’s recent women-in-comedy docuseries Hysterical was definitely an introductory text.)
This is, as it was with Hip Hop Uncovered, less a criticism than an expectation-setter.
As much as Pride exposes how desperately the LGBTQ+ rights movement deserves and needs some kind of Eyes on the Prize-style wide-reaching treatment, it’s still a mainstream cable series ...
This is, as it was with Hip Hop Uncovered, less a criticism than an expectation-setter.
As much as Pride exposes how desperately the LGBTQ+ rights movement deserves and needs some kind of Eyes on the Prize-style wide-reaching treatment, it’s still a mainstream cable series ...
- 5/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
AGC Studios has hired industry veteran B.J. Levin as EVP Non-Fiction to lead the company’s development and production of nonfiction content for film and television.
Charged with building the indie studio’s episodic nonfiction and unscripted output and contributing to its feature documentary slate, he will report to AGC Television President Lourdes Diaz and chairman/CEO Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our nonfiction slate under Bj’s leadership,” Diaz said. “He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team”.
A veteran of 15-plus years as a producer and creative executive in the industry, Levin is a two-time Emmy-winning showrunner, executive producer and development executive. In addition to his role as SVP Development & Original Programming at NBCUniversal, he most recently was showrunner of FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered. During his four-season stint as showrunner of Vice on HBO, the series garnered eight Emmy nominations,...
Charged with building the indie studio’s episodic nonfiction and unscripted output and contributing to its feature documentary slate, he will report to AGC Television President Lourdes Diaz and chairman/CEO Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our nonfiction slate under Bj’s leadership,” Diaz said. “He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team”.
A veteran of 15-plus years as a producer and creative executive in the industry, Levin is a two-time Emmy-winning showrunner, executive producer and development executive. In addition to his role as SVP Development & Original Programming at NBCUniversal, he most recently was showrunner of FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered. During his four-season stint as showrunner of Vice on HBO, the series garnered eight Emmy nominations,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
AGC Studios has hired industry veteran B.J. Levin as executive VP of non-fiction.
In his new role, he will oversee the indie company’s development production for film and television. Those duties include continuing to build the studio’s episodic non-fiction and unscripted output, as well as the company’s feature documentary slate. He will report to AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz and founder Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our non-fiction slate under Bj’s leadership. He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team,” Diaz said.
Levin joins AGC Studios from NBCUniversal, where he was recently the senior VP of development and original programming. He also served as the showrunner of the FX series “Hip Hop Uncovered.” In his 15-year career, Levin has worked at several networks, including A&e, Bravo, Food Network, FX and HBO.
“I could not be more thrilled to make it official with AGC Studios.
In his new role, he will oversee the indie company’s development production for film and television. Those duties include continuing to build the studio’s episodic non-fiction and unscripted output, as well as the company’s feature documentary slate. He will report to AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz and founder Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our non-fiction slate under Bj’s leadership. He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team,” Diaz said.
Levin joins AGC Studios from NBCUniversal, where he was recently the senior VP of development and original programming. He also served as the showrunner of the FX series “Hip Hop Uncovered.” In his 15-year career, Levin has worked at several networks, including A&e, Bravo, Food Network, FX and HBO.
“I could not be more thrilled to make it official with AGC Studios.
- 5/3/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Hip hop has been the subject of numerous films, both fiction and nonfiction, but there’s never been a documentary series quite like FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered. It takes an innovative approach to telling how the art form emerged and went on to become the dominant genre of music.
“It was important to…hit it from an angle that felt fresh and like something that no one had really seen before or taken the time to really think about,” director and executive producer Rashidi Natara Harper explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “The biggest thing we wanted to communicate was, ‘You guys think you know this music but you literally have no idea.’ ”
The six-part series doesn’t ignore the famous names behind hip hop’s success, like Dr. Dre, Suge Knight and Russell Simmons, but its primary focus is on lesser-known but critically important figures who helped develop artists,...
“It was important to…hit it from an angle that felt fresh and like something that no one had really seen before or taken the time to really think about,” director and executive producer Rashidi Natara Harper explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “The biggest thing we wanted to communicate was, ‘You guys think you know this music but you literally have no idea.’ ”
The six-part series doesn’t ignore the famous names behind hip hop’s success, like Dr. Dre, Suge Knight and Russell Simmons, but its primary focus is on lesser-known but critically important figures who helped develop artists,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Padma Lakshmi, the Queer Eye hosts, Stephen Colbert and Demi Lovato are just of the few of the top tiers names joining Deadline’s Contenders Television Documentary + Unscripted event on May 1.
The day-long livestreamed celebration starts at 8 a.m. Pt on Saturday, as the Oscars are in the rearview mirror and awards season puts pedal to the small screen metal.
Along with the Taste the Nation host and the Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself executive producer, this newest addition to our Contenders events will see Demi Lovato, Michael D. Ratner, Derek DelGaudio himself, Frank Oz, Amy Schumer, Malcolm Spellman, Jameela Jamil, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish will be among participants from the nearly 40 shows from 18 outlets at the virtual event.
Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness will also be there, as will Nicole Byer, a double dipping Ken Jeong, Rachel Brosnahan,...
The day-long livestreamed celebration starts at 8 a.m. Pt on Saturday, as the Oscars are in the rearview mirror and awards season puts pedal to the small screen metal.
Along with the Taste the Nation host and the Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself executive producer, this newest addition to our Contenders events will see Demi Lovato, Michael D. Ratner, Derek DelGaudio himself, Frank Oz, Amy Schumer, Malcolm Spellman, Jameela Jamil, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish will be among participants from the nearly 40 shows from 18 outlets at the virtual event.
Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness will also be there, as will Nicole Byer, a double dipping Ken Jeong, Rachel Brosnahan,...
- 4/28/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Showrunner Malcolm Spellman is writing the script with Dalan Musson
A fourth “Captain America” film is in the works, with “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” showrunner Malcolm Spellman writing the script with Dalan Musson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Chris Evans originated the role in the MCU as WWII-era soldier-turned-superhero Steve Rogers in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger” — but retired the Captain America shield at the end of 2019’s “Avengers Endgame.” Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson is the current wielder of the shield and is expected to do so in the new film.
In January, TheWrap reported that Evans was in talks to reprise his role as Captain America in some capacity for the MCU. Evans’ return was reported as unlikely to be a new “Captain America” installment, but rather an appearance in an untitled Marvel project with an option for a second film.
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A fourth “Captain America” film is in the works, with “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” showrunner Malcolm Spellman writing the script with Dalan Musson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Chris Evans originated the role in the MCU as WWII-era soldier-turned-superhero Steve Rogers in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger” — but retired the Captain America shield at the end of 2019’s “Avengers Endgame.” Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson is the current wielder of the shield and is expected to do so in the new film.
In January, TheWrap reported that Evans was in talks to reprise his role as Captain America in some capacity for the MCU. Evans’ return was reported as unlikely to be a new “Captain America” installment, but rather an appearance in an untitled Marvel project with an option for a second film.
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- 4/23/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Four decades in, hip-hop is not just a music genre, but a microcosm of the nation. At its core, the genre embodies the concept of the American dream — to transcend one’s environment in search of a better life — and with that comes its own challenges. FX’s latest documentary series, “Hip Hop Uncovered” (also streaming on Hulu), explores the origins of rap and how its maturation has affected the communities that birthed it, as well as the country at large.
Produced by Malcolm Spellman and directed by Rashidi Natara Harper, the two pull back the curtain on some of hip-hop’s unsung heroes and shine a line on those who have been working behind the scenes since its inception. Following rap originators Deb, Big U, Trick Trick, Haitian Jack, and Bimmy among others, it offers a unique perspective at how hip-hop and its relation to the streets has changed through the years.
Produced by Malcolm Spellman and directed by Rashidi Natara Harper, the two pull back the curtain on some of hip-hop’s unsung heroes and shine a line on those who have been working behind the scenes since its inception. Following rap originators Deb, Big U, Trick Trick, Haitian Jack, and Bimmy among others, it offers a unique perspective at how hip-hop and its relation to the streets has changed through the years.
- 3/3/2021
- by Jordan Rose
- Variety Film + TV
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- 2/20/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
FX’s six-part documentary series Hip Hop Uncovered is like going to a bookshelf, seeing a multi-volume history of a pivotal genre and grabbing a book from somewhere in the middle. That’s not a criticism in any way. It’s just a way of explaining that a series that FX has given a title of head-scratching nebulousness is a chapter within a much bigger conversation, and not the conversation itself. It’s an intermediate course that maybe assumes you’ve taken the 101 intro — but if you’ve indeed taken that intro course, Hip Hop Uncovered has intriguing characters, a ...
- 2/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
FX’s six-part documentary series Hip Hop Uncovered is like going to a bookshelf, seeing a multi-volume history of a pivotal genre and grabbing a book from somewhere in the middle. That’s not a criticism in any way. It’s just a way of explaining that a series that FX has given a title of head-scratching nebulousness is a chapter within a much bigger conversation, and not the conversation itself. It’s an intermediate course that maybe assumes you’ve taken the 101 intro — but if you’ve indeed taken that intro course, Hip Hop Uncovered has intriguing characters, a ...
- 2/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Founded by Oscar-winning “Man on Wire” producer Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn, high-end documentary producer Lightbox is navigating the next phase of its evolution, and exiting one of the key initiatives that helped the transatlantic company set up shop.
Variety can reveal that the London- and Los Angeles-based outfit is buying back its shares and leaving U.K. broadcaster Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund (Igf), which invests in British production companies by taking minority stakes to help them grow. Lightbox is now fully independent, and plans to remain so “for the short term” before considering a sale in the future.
Since accepting the Channel 4 investment in 2014, the “Whitney” producer has more than tripled in size, growing from a £4-million to £13-million turnover company, and establishing itself as a bona fide U.S.-U.K. player specializing in high-end documentaries for streaming services and premium cablers.
“It’s...
Variety can reveal that the London- and Los Angeles-based outfit is buying back its shares and leaving U.K. broadcaster Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund (Igf), which invests in British production companies by taking minority stakes to help them grow. Lightbox is now fully independent, and plans to remain so “for the short term” before considering a sale in the future.
Since accepting the Channel 4 investment in 2014, the “Whitney” producer has more than tripled in size, growing from a £4-million to £13-million turnover company, and establishing itself as a bona fide U.S.-U.K. player specializing in high-end documentaries for streaming services and premium cablers.
“It’s...
- 2/4/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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