Hyphenate Media Group, the production venture and holding company launched in October by Eva Longoria and Cris Abrego with backing from Banijay, has set its leadership team with the appointments of three senior executives.
Jada Miranda, formerly of STX Entertainment, has been named president of television for the Los Angeles-based company headed by actor/director/producer Longoria and the veteran producer and TV executive Abrego. Banijay Americas executives Karla Pita Loor and Alex Chang have signed on to Hyphenate as chief strategy officer and chief operating officer, respectively. The two will continue to consult for Paris-based Banijay.
“Jada’s impressive track record speaks for itself. With her vast network and studio experience across domestic and international co-productions and her deep talent relationships, she is the ideal leader to run Hyphenate originals,” Longoria said. “Cris and I are excited to count on her creativity and vision as we build our television business.
Jada Miranda, formerly of STX Entertainment, has been named president of television for the Los Angeles-based company headed by actor/director/producer Longoria and the veteran producer and TV executive Abrego. Banijay Americas executives Karla Pita Loor and Alex Chang have signed on to Hyphenate as chief strategy officer and chief operating officer, respectively. The two will continue to consult for Paris-based Banijay.
“Jada’s impressive track record speaks for itself. With her vast network and studio experience across domestic and international co-productions and her deep talent relationships, she is the ideal leader to run Hyphenate originals,” Longoria said. “Cris and I are excited to count on her creativity and vision as we build our television business.
- 3/21/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Hyphenate Media Group co-founders Cris Abrego and Eva Longoria have set the company’s executive leadership team. Jada Miranda will serve as President of Television, Karla Pita Loor as Chief Strategy Officer and Alex Chang as Chief Operating Officer. All executives will report to Abrego and Longoria.
Most recently, Miranda served as President of Scripted Television and Production of STX Entertainment, focusing on domestic and international co-productions with partners Netflix, SyFy and Prime Video. Before that role, she helped develop series from video game IP, such as Halo at Xbox Entertainment Studios and fan-favorite titles Hannibal, Grimm and Chicago Fire at NBCUniversal. She began her career at HBO, where she co-led Comedy Programming supporting shows like Entourage, The Comeback and executive producing How to Make it In America.
“Jada’s impressive track record speaks for itself. With her vast network and studio experience across domestic and international co-productions and her deep talent relationships,...
Most recently, Miranda served as President of Scripted Television and Production of STX Entertainment, focusing on domestic and international co-productions with partners Netflix, SyFy and Prime Video. Before that role, she helped develop series from video game IP, such as Halo at Xbox Entertainment Studios and fan-favorite titles Hannibal, Grimm and Chicago Fire at NBCUniversal. She began her career at HBO, where she co-led Comedy Programming supporting shows like Entourage, The Comeback and executive producing How to Make it In America.
“Jada’s impressive track record speaks for itself. With her vast network and studio experience across domestic and international co-productions and her deep talent relationships,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: An English adaptation of the hit Belgian series Team Chocolate will be produced by STXtelevision and Reel One Entertainment after acquiring the rights from Wild Bunch TV.
The award-winning original tells the story of Jasper Bloom, a young man with Down’s syndrome who begins working with a diverse team of employees with a range of disabilities. He falls in love with one of his colleagues but their love story is interrupted when she’s whisked away to another city. So Jasper hits the road with his new friends on a journey of adventure and self-discovery not only for Jasper but for his wider community.
STXtelevision and Reel One are committed to casting the show with the same character-specific attention, authenticity, and care that was a hallmark of the original series.
“We were struck by Team Chocolate’s honest and unbarred portrayal of lives within a community we don...
The award-winning original tells the story of Jasper Bloom, a young man with Down’s syndrome who begins working with a diverse team of employees with a range of disabilities. He falls in love with one of his colleagues but their love story is interrupted when she’s whisked away to another city. So Jasper hits the road with his new friends on a journey of adventure and self-discovery not only for Jasper but for his wider community.
STXtelevision and Reel One are committed to casting the show with the same character-specific attention, authenticity, and care that was a hallmark of the original series.
“We were struck by Team Chocolate’s honest and unbarred portrayal of lives within a community we don...
- 9/22/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: STXtv has optioned the rights to adapt Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame, bringing the fantastical lands of the YA bestseller to television.
The TV adaptation, which STXtv envisions as a one-hour series, will take inspiration from Faizal’s 2019 YA novel. We Hunt the Flame is set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient Arabia. The fantasy novel follows a female hunter and an assassin prince who are put on a collision course full of adventure, darkness and romance as they find themselves on opposing quests to return magic to their kingdom.
STXtv, is currently out to writers. Faizail will executive produce and STXtv’s Director of Development Lindsay Harrop will over see the project.
Faizal’s sequel We Free the Stars was released on Jan. 19 and Macmillan optioned the rights to published her upcoming book series A Tempest of Tea. We Hunt the Flame was among Time...
The TV adaptation, which STXtv envisions as a one-hour series, will take inspiration from Faizal’s 2019 YA novel. We Hunt the Flame is set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient Arabia. The fantasy novel follows a female hunter and an assassin prince who are put on a collision course full of adventure, darkness and romance as they find themselves on opposing quests to return magic to their kingdom.
STXtv, is currently out to writers. Faizail will executive produce and STXtv’s Director of Development Lindsay Harrop will over see the project.
Faizal’s sequel We Free the Stars was released on Jan. 19 and Macmillan optioned the rights to published her upcoming book series A Tempest of Tea. We Hunt the Flame was among Time...
- 2/18/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: STX Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with How to Train Your Dragon producer Michael Connolly’s Mad Hatter Entertainment label.
Connolly was key in bringing the George Lopez series Once Upon a Time in Aztlan into STXtv. In that series, which Deadline first told you about, Lopez is starring and executive producing with famed photographer Estevan Oriol, L.A.-based artist Mister Cartoon, and director Ricardo de Montreuil, was recently set at Amazon opened its writers room. Javier Rodriguez is penning.
For the past four years, Connolly served as Head of Television at Vertigo Entertainment, where he created the division and closed pod deals with both Wbtv and Sony Pictures Television. Under his leadership there, Connolly developed The Departed at Amazon, Sour Mash at NBC and Shelly at Freeform, and he is currently an EP on the upcoming Amazon horror anthology series Them with Lena Waithe and...
Connolly was key in bringing the George Lopez series Once Upon a Time in Aztlan into STXtv. In that series, which Deadline first told you about, Lopez is starring and executive producing with famed photographer Estevan Oriol, L.A.-based artist Mister Cartoon, and director Ricardo de Montreuil, was recently set at Amazon opened its writers room. Javier Rodriguez is penning.
For the past four years, Connolly served as Head of Television at Vertigo Entertainment, where he created the division and closed pod deals with both Wbtv and Sony Pictures Television. Under his leadership there, Connolly developed The Departed at Amazon, Sour Mash at NBC and Shelly at Freeform, and he is currently an EP on the upcoming Amazon horror anthology series Them with Lena Waithe and...
- 12/10/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
STX Inks China & Euro Deals On Charles Dance-Narrated Docu-Drama ‘Rise Of Empires: Ottoman’ — Mipcom
Exclusive: STXtv has sold docu-drama series Rise of Empires: Ottoman to Youku for China, Viasat World for Central & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltics, Russia and Cis, and Sic for Portugal.
The six-hour English-language production, narrated by Charles Dance (Game Of Thrones), tells the story of Mehmed II, who at 21 years-old became known as Mehmed the Conqueror, chronicling his fabled rise from 13-year-old Child Sultan to toppling Constantinople and becoming the ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
The show, produced by Karga Seven Pictures in association with STXtv, debuted in most markets on Netflix earlier this year. Turkish distributor Global Agency previously acquired Latin American distribution rights from STX.
The series was shot in multiple locations in Turkey, facilitated by Karga Seven’s Turkish production outfit.
Jada Miranda of STXtv said: “Rise of Empires: Ottoman has the kind of universal appeal and exciting, thrilling storytelling that has connected with audiences globally, bringing a...
The six-hour English-language production, narrated by Charles Dance (Game Of Thrones), tells the story of Mehmed II, who at 21 years-old became known as Mehmed the Conqueror, chronicling his fabled rise from 13-year-old Child Sultan to toppling Constantinople and becoming the ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
The show, produced by Karga Seven Pictures in association with STXtv, debuted in most markets on Netflix earlier this year. Turkish distributor Global Agency previously acquired Latin American distribution rights from STX.
The series was shot in multiple locations in Turkey, facilitated by Karga Seven’s Turkish production outfit.
Jada Miranda of STXtv said: “Rise of Empires: Ottoman has the kind of universal appeal and exciting, thrilling storytelling that has connected with audiences globally, bringing a...
- 10/13/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In what is expected to be a hot TV package, STXtv is bringing Once Upon a Time in Aztlan, a new TV series anchored by George Lopez, famed photographer Estevan Oriol and iconic Los Angeles-based artist Mister Cartoon aka Mark Machado to the market. Michael Connolly, under his Mad Hatter Entertainment banner, brought the elements together. Lopez is in final talks to star and executive produce through his Travieso Productions, and Javier Rodriguez will pen the pilot. Oriol and Cartoon also will exec produce.
“I’m thrilled to be teaming up with Cartoon, Estevan, Jada and Michael for this series and developing a show with STXtv,” Lopez said. “Cartoon and Estevan are the DaVincis of our community; they have been the street chroniclers of our uniquely Chicano story … our American story. I’m looking forward to working with them and the rest of the team to expand their canvas...
“I’m thrilled to be teaming up with Cartoon, Estevan, Jada and Michael for this series and developing a show with STXtv,” Lopez said. “Cartoon and Estevan are the DaVincis of our community; they have been the street chroniclers of our uniquely Chicano story … our American story. I’m looking forward to working with them and the rest of the team to expand their canvas...
- 7/23/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Game of Thrones star Charles Dance is to narrate Netflix docu-drama Rise of Empires: Ottoman. The six-part series launches on the streaming service on January 24.
Formerly known as Ottoman Rising, the series is produced by STXtelevision, which was behind Nat Geo’s Valley of the Boom, and Red Arrow Studios’ Karga Seven Pictures.
Dance, who recently starred as Lord Mountbatten in the third season of The Crown, will provide narration in the original English-language-version of the show.
Shot in Turkey, Rise of Empires: Ottoman tells the epic 15th-century story of Mehmed II, known as Mehmed the Conqueror, chronicling his astonishing and fabled rise from 13-year-old Child Sultan to toppling Constantinople and becoming the ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
The cast features Tommaso Basili (Emperor Constantine XI), Cem Yi̇ği̇t Üzümoğlu (Sultan Mehmed II), Tuba Büyüküstün (Mara Hatun), Bi̇rkan Sokullu (Giovanni Giustiniani Longo), Seli...
Formerly known as Ottoman Rising, the series is produced by STXtelevision, which was behind Nat Geo’s Valley of the Boom, and Red Arrow Studios’ Karga Seven Pictures.
Dance, who recently starred as Lord Mountbatten in the third season of The Crown, will provide narration in the original English-language-version of the show.
Shot in Turkey, Rise of Empires: Ottoman tells the epic 15th-century story of Mehmed II, known as Mehmed the Conqueror, chronicling his astonishing and fabled rise from 13-year-old Child Sultan to toppling Constantinople and becoming the ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
The cast features Tommaso Basili (Emperor Constantine XI), Cem Yi̇ği̇t Üzümoğlu (Sultan Mehmed II), Tuba Büyüküstün (Mara Hatun), Bi̇rkan Sokullu (Giovanni Giustiniani Longo), Seli...
- 1/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Longo Jan 12, 2019
National Geographic's '90s tech series Valley of The Boom tells the Silicon Valley story like no one else has.
Matthew Carnahan saw only one path when he pitched his vision for a series based on the real-life stories of the ‘90s tech bubble to National Geographic.
The House of Lies creator was never interested in telling a conventional story about clicking keys and endless lines of code. He cooked up something strange, a plan to make a show that was both fresh and innovative, worthy of being set during a period of profound technological advancement. So Carnahan walked into a pitch meeting and told the network that he sought to “ruin the genre.” He wanted the show to be as disruptive, an overused buzzword today, as the Og tech disruptors.
Nat Geo complied and let Carnahan piece together Valley of The Boom, a hybrid scripted-documentary...
National Geographic's '90s tech series Valley of The Boom tells the Silicon Valley story like no one else has.
Matthew Carnahan saw only one path when he pitched his vision for a series based on the real-life stories of the ‘90s tech bubble to National Geographic.
The House of Lies creator was never interested in telling a conventional story about clicking keys and endless lines of code. He cooked up something strange, a plan to make a show that was both fresh and innovative, worthy of being set during a period of profound technological advancement. So Carnahan walked into a pitch meeting and told the network that he sought to “ruin the genre.” He wanted the show to be as disruptive, an overused buzzword today, as the Og tech disruptors.
Nat Geo complied and let Carnahan piece together Valley of The Boom, a hybrid scripted-documentary...
- 1/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: YouTube has given a pilot order to The Edge of Seventeen, a half-hour comedy pilot from STXtv, based on the 2016 critically praised film of the same name.
Annabel Oakes is writing and directing the pilot, which will be executive produced by the film’s writer-director, Kelly Fremon Craig. Filming is slated to begin in January 2019.
The adaptation is described as a witty coming of age series, which, in the spirit of the film, will subvert standard teen show tropes while following a high-school student and her best friend as they navigate the relationships, feelings, and realities of being a teenage girl.
This will not be a straight remake or sequel to the feature from Robert Simonds’ Stx Entertainment. It will tell new stories borrowing the tone of the film and its commitment to capturing the teen age truthfully, in the vein of Fargo FX anthology series’ interpretation of the acclaimed movie.
Annabel Oakes is writing and directing the pilot, which will be executive produced by the film’s writer-director, Kelly Fremon Craig. Filming is slated to begin in January 2019.
The adaptation is described as a witty coming of age series, which, in the spirit of the film, will subvert standard teen show tropes while following a high-school student and her best friend as they navigate the relationships, feelings, and realities of being a teenage girl.
This will not be a straight remake or sequel to the feature from Robert Simonds’ Stx Entertainment. It will tell new stories borrowing the tone of the film and its commitment to capturing the teen age truthfully, in the vein of Fargo FX anthology series’ interpretation of the acclaimed movie.
- 10/29/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan has a drama series in development at Amazon, Variety has learned.
The untitled series, which hails from Stx Entertainment’s STXtv, is described as a globe-hopping drama set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control. The project has received a script-to-series order.
Kwan co-created the series with David Sangalli. Will Graham, who was previously an executive producer on Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” will executive produce. Hailey Wierengo will co-executive produce via Graham’s Field Trip Productions banner, which is under a first-look deal at Amazon.
Kwan’s international best-selling debut novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was recently adapted into a feature film of the same name, which is set to debut on Aug. 15. With more than one million copies in print worldwide, the book has never left the best seller lists in Singapore, Hong Kong,...
The untitled series, which hails from Stx Entertainment’s STXtv, is described as a globe-hopping drama set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control. The project has received a script-to-series order.
Kwan co-created the series with David Sangalli. Will Graham, who was previously an executive producer on Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” will executive produce. Hailey Wierengo will co-executive produce via Graham’s Field Trip Productions banner, which is under a first-look deal at Amazon.
Kwan’s international best-selling debut novel “Crazy Rich Asians” was recently adapted into a feature film of the same name, which is set to debut on Aug. 15. With more than one million copies in print worldwide, the book has never left the best seller lists in Singapore, Hong Kong,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has given a script-to-series order to a drama series project from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and STXtv, the television studio of Robert Simonds’ Stx Entertainment.
Co-created and co-written by Kwan, in his first foray into TV, and David Sangalli, the yet-to-be titled series, which STXtv took in for development last year, is a globe-hopping drama set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control.
Mozart in the Jungle executive producer Will Graham has come on board to supervise the project via his company Field Trip Productions’s first-look deal at Amazon Studios. The company’s Hailey Wierengo will co-executive produce.
“This series is precisely the type of East-meets-West material that Stx is uniquely positioned to develop across all of our divisions. We are so pleased to be able to partner with Amazon, whose established relationship with Kevin and support...
Co-created and co-written by Kwan, in his first foray into TV, and David Sangalli, the yet-to-be titled series, which STXtv took in for development last year, is a globe-hopping drama set amongst Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family and the business empire they control.
Mozart in the Jungle executive producer Will Graham has come on board to supervise the project via his company Field Trip Productions’s first-look deal at Amazon Studios. The company’s Hailey Wierengo will co-executive produce.
“This series is precisely the type of East-meets-West material that Stx is uniquely positioned to develop across all of our divisions. We are so pleased to be able to partner with Amazon, whose established relationship with Kevin and support...
- 8/3/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
STX Entertainment and Hulu are partnering on a streaming series based on their animated IP “Uglydolls.”
The deal will also give Hulu exclusive streaming rights to the “Uglydolls” feature film coming from the studio, set to star singer Pitbull. Currently in preproduction, STX expects to roll out the film in 2019.
“Our partners at Hulu fully embraced this opportunity and we felt confidence in their plan to realize the massive potential in what is Stx’s first animated property,” said Jada Miranda, executive vice president and head of scripted at STX TV.
Robert Rodriguez was previously announced as a producer and director on the project, though Wednesday’s announcement made no mention of the horror filmmaker. STX and Rodriguez’s reps did not immediately comment on his status.
More to come …
Read original story Stx Sets ‘Uglydolls’ Animated Series,...
The deal will also give Hulu exclusive streaming rights to the “Uglydolls” feature film coming from the studio, set to star singer Pitbull. Currently in preproduction, STX expects to roll out the film in 2019.
“Our partners at Hulu fully embraced this opportunity and we felt confidence in their plan to realize the massive potential in what is Stx’s first animated property,” said Jada Miranda, executive vice president and head of scripted at STX TV.
Robert Rodriguez was previously announced as a producer and director on the project, though Wednesday’s announcement made no mention of the horror filmmaker. STX and Rodriguez’s reps did not immediately comment on his status.
More to come …
Read original story Stx Sets ‘Uglydolls’ Animated Series,...
- 5/23/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Hulu is further expanding its library of family programming, inking a deal with Robert Simonds’ Stx Entertainment for the Uglydolls franchise. The deal includes a 26-episode series order of Uglydolls to be developed and produced as an animated kids series for Hulu, as well as the exclusive Svod rights to the upcoming animated feature film following its theatrical run. Hulu will be the streaming home to both the series and the film in the U.S., with Stx retaining the international rights.
STXtv will take on the dual role of studio and producer for the new animated kids series, which will be based on the animated feature Uglydolls already in the works at STXfilms for a 2019 theatrical release.
“Uglydolls is an ideal brand fit for Stx, which was conceived for franchise building across all platforms from film to television, digital, virtual reality, consumer products, and more. Our seamless infrastructure allows...
STXtv will take on the dual role of studio and producer for the new animated kids series, which will be based on the animated feature Uglydolls already in the works at STXfilms for a 2019 theatrical release.
“Uglydolls is an ideal brand fit for Stx, which was conceived for franchise building across all platforms from film to television, digital, virtual reality, consumer products, and more. Our seamless infrastructure allows...
- 5/23/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature set to open in 2019; animated series in works.
Stx Entertainment is broadening its nascent Uglydolls property in a deal with Hulu that encompasses an animation series spin-off and Svod distribution on the feature.
Uglydolls is set to open theatrically in 2019 and will now go out digitally on the Hulu platform, while Stx retains international rights.
A 26-episode animated series has gone straight to order based on the upcoming feature based on the Hasbro toy brand set in an ‘uglyverse’ that celebrates diversity.
“Uglydolls is an ideal brand fit for Stx, which was conceived for franchise-building across all platforms from film to television,...
Stx Entertainment is broadening its nascent Uglydolls property in a deal with Hulu that encompasses an animation series spin-off and Svod distribution on the feature.
Uglydolls is set to open theatrically in 2019 and will now go out digitally on the Hulu platform, while Stx retains international rights.
A 26-episode animated series has gone straight to order based on the upcoming feature based on the Hasbro toy brand set in an ‘uglyverse’ that celebrates diversity.
“Uglydolls is an ideal brand fit for Stx, which was conceived for franchise-building across all platforms from film to television,...
- 5/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: NBC’s Svp Drama Jada Miranda is leaving the network after two years. Some of the series whose development she oversaw include The Playboy Club, Grimm and The Firm. Sources say she left on her own accord and plans to pursue other creative opportunities in the business. Before joining the ranks at NBC in 2010, Miranda was an HBO-based producer and served as executive producer of the network’s comedy series How To Make It In America. Miranda’s departure comes two months after the change at the helm of NBC’s drama department, with Pearlena Igbokwe replacing Laura Lancaster as Evp Drama Development. Miranda spent eight years at HBO, joining the pay cable network in 2003 as a programming executive. She oversaw the pilot for Entourage and spearheaded HBO’s acquisition and co-production of the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras before segueing into a producing deal with the pat cabler.
- 9/14/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
HBO has picked up freshman comedy How to Make It In America for a second season. Created By Ian Edelman, How to Make It stars Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk andfollows young hustlers in New York. Stephen Levinson, Rob Weiss, Edelman, Julian Farino, Jada Miranda and Mark Wahlberg are exec producing. The 8-episode second season of the show will launch in Summer 2011. The renewal comes on the heels of HBO's early pickup of fellow freshman Treme. It continues the pay cable network's streak of two years of new series developed internally that have gone at least to a [...]...
- 4/21/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline Hollywood
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