Exclusive: After spending 21 years at A3 Artists Agency — and Abrams Artists Agency, as it was formerly known — veteran talent agent Sharon Paz has transitioned to management with the launch of the L.A.-based Paz Talent.
Clients joining her at her new company include Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Luke Tennie (Shrinking), Firas Nassar (Invasion), Boris McGiver, Erik Laray Harvey (Godfather of Harlem), Chipo Ching (Black Cake), Sasson Gabay (Shtisel), Alon Aboutboul (Snowfall), Josh Bitton (The Pacific), Brad Beyer (Thank You for Your Service), and Caroline Clay (Grey’s Anatomy).
Paz is one of myriad A3 alums to have found their next destination following A3’s dissolution, on which we were first to report. Most recently serving there as Senior Agent, she started in the mailroom at Abrams in 2003, working her way up the ranks as an assistant in the theatrical department, before being promoted to agent in 2007. A natural fit at Abrams,...
Clients joining her at her new company include Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Luke Tennie (Shrinking), Firas Nassar (Invasion), Boris McGiver, Erik Laray Harvey (Godfather of Harlem), Chipo Ching (Black Cake), Sasson Gabay (Shtisel), Alon Aboutboul (Snowfall), Josh Bitton (The Pacific), Brad Beyer (Thank You for Your Service), and Caroline Clay (Grey’s Anatomy).
Paz is one of myriad A3 alums to have found their next destination following A3’s dissolution, on which we were first to report. Most recently serving there as Senior Agent, she started in the mailroom at Abrams in 2003, working her way up the ranks as an assistant in the theatrical department, before being promoted to agent in 2007. A natural fit at Abrams,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has picked up hit Israeli drama A Body that Works, which has sold to nearly 100 territories.
Last year’s top-rated Israeli drama, according to seller Keshet International (Ki), has been acquired by the streamer in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., as well as non-exclusively in Israel. It is the latest boon for the fruitful relationship between Netflix and Israeli networks, which has seen the streamer bring local hits like Shtisel to the world.
Elsewhere, A Body that Works has sold to AMC Networks International in Portugal and Spain, CBC in Canada and Sbs in Australia, while selling in a further 19 territories.
Starring Rotem Sela (The Baker and the Beauty) and Yehuda Levi (Fire Dance) as a childless couple who enlist the help of a surrogate (Gal Malka), the intimate drama – which also stars Lior Raz (Fauda) – stimulated national debate in Israel about fertility, family, and the autonomy of women’s bodies.
Last year’s top-rated Israeli drama, according to seller Keshet International (Ki), has been acquired by the streamer in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., as well as non-exclusively in Israel. It is the latest boon for the fruitful relationship between Netflix and Israeli networks, which has seen the streamer bring local hits like Shtisel to the world.
Elsewhere, A Body that Works has sold to AMC Networks International in Portugal and Spain, CBC in Canada and Sbs in Australia, while selling in a further 19 territories.
Starring Rotem Sela (The Baker and the Beauty) and Yehuda Levi (Fire Dance) as a childless couple who enlist the help of a surrogate (Gal Malka), the intimate drama – which also stars Lior Raz (Fauda) – stimulated national debate in Israel about fertility, family, and the autonomy of women’s bodies.
- 2/15/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“Shtisel,” the popular series following the lives of a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem, is changing its U.S. home. Previously available on Netflix, all three seasons of “Shtisel” have been acquired by Amazon Prime Video from Yes Studios.
The award-winning drama, which helped launch the international careers of Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) and Michael Aloni (“Beauty Queen of Jerusalem”), will begin its rollout on Prime Video this month with Season 1 debuting on Jan. 16.
The deal comes on the heels of “Shtisel” launching last month on global Israeli content platform Izzy, as well as the Jewish storytelling platform ChaiFlicks for the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.
Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series became a global phenomenon when it first aired on Netflix, offering unique insights into Haredi society. “Shtisel” is produced by Abot Hameiri Barkai for Yes TV. The series won 17 Israeli Academy Awards, including best drama series,...
The award-winning drama, which helped launch the international careers of Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) and Michael Aloni (“Beauty Queen of Jerusalem”), will begin its rollout on Prime Video this month with Season 1 debuting on Jan. 16.
The deal comes on the heels of “Shtisel” launching last month on global Israeli content platform Izzy, as well as the Jewish storytelling platform ChaiFlicks for the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.
Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series became a global phenomenon when it first aired on Netflix, offering unique insights into Haredi society. “Shtisel” is produced by Abot Hameiri Barkai for Yes TV. The series won 17 Israeli Academy Awards, including best drama series,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
ChaiFlicks, a streaming platform dedicated to Jewish content, has acquired the rights to all three seasons of Yes Studios’ “Shtisel,” in addition to the studio’s drama series “Fire Dance.”
Season One of “Shtisel” will begin streaming on ChaiFlicks in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand on Dec. 14. “Fire Dance” will debut on the streamer in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Canada in early 2024.
“Ori Elon, Yehonatan Indursky and the team at yes assembled a phenomenal ensemble cast and created a global phenomenon with ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Fire Dance’ and Rama Burshtein-Shai’s first foray into television was one of the most anticipated Israeli dramas of the last decade,” ChaiFlicks’ Neil Friedman and Bill Weiner said in a joint statement.
Winning numerous awards, including best drama series from the Israeli Academy TV Awards, “Shtisel” follows the lives of the Shtisel family, a warm, tight-knit ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem,...
Season One of “Shtisel” will begin streaming on ChaiFlicks in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand on Dec. 14. “Fire Dance” will debut on the streamer in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Canada in early 2024.
“Ori Elon, Yehonatan Indursky and the team at yes assembled a phenomenal ensemble cast and created a global phenomenon with ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Fire Dance’ and Rama Burshtein-Shai’s first foray into television was one of the most anticipated Israeli dramas of the last decade,” ChaiFlicks’ Neil Friedman and Bill Weiner said in a joint statement.
Winning numerous awards, including best drama series from the Israeli Academy TV Awards, “Shtisel” follows the lives of the Shtisel family, a warm, tight-knit ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem,...
- 12/11/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Three Yes Studio shows have been licensed to Israeli streamer Izzy, including Shtisel, an authentic portrayal of Haredi life that ran for three seasons on Netflix.
The deal includes yes shows Who Died?, a romantic comedy centered around two cancer patients, Just for Today, wherein a social worker deals with the shutting down of her life’s work and the reemergence of her former ward and flame, and The Chef, a restaurant drama.
In addition to the scripted shows, Izzy will also be adding new documentary series and films.
All 12 first-season episodes of Shtisel will be available for streaming worldwide on Izzy today. Seasons 2 and 3 will follow, airing in Q1 of 2024.
“Welcoming Shtisel to our platform is a landmark event for Izzy,” said Nati Dinnar, cofounder and CEO of Izzy. “With its rich storytelling and authentic portrayal of Haredi life, this series perfectly fits our mission to bring the best...
The deal includes yes shows Who Died?, a romantic comedy centered around two cancer patients, Just for Today, wherein a social worker deals with the shutting down of her life’s work and the reemergence of her former ward and flame, and The Chef, a restaurant drama.
In addition to the scripted shows, Izzy will also be adding new documentary series and films.
All 12 first-season episodes of Shtisel will be available for streaming worldwide on Izzy today. Seasons 2 and 3 will follow, airing in Q1 of 2024.
“Welcoming Shtisel to our platform is a landmark event for Izzy,” said Nati Dinnar, cofounder and CEO of Izzy. “With its rich storytelling and authentic portrayal of Haredi life, this series perfectly fits our mission to bring the best...
- 12/7/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2014 and 2015, Vertigo published Si Spencer’s eight-issue graphic novel Bodies, a mind-bending mystery about four police officers from different historical eras who discover the same corpse in the same London location, decades apart. Featuring detectives from the present day, the 1940s, the 1890s and 2053, it’s a complex conspiracy thriller about a very dark future. Originally illustrated by four artists – Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick and Tula Lotay – each era had its own distinct feel and look.
Spencer, who had also written on other Vertigo titles including Judge Dredd and Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, sadly passed away in February 2021, meaning he wasn’t able to see Paul Tomalin’s eight-part Netflix series adapted from his work. It’s out now, with a sprawling cast of characters including Boiling Point and This Is England’s Stephen Graham, several established actors and a handful of newcomers. Here’s more about them.
Spencer, who had also written on other Vertigo titles including Judge Dredd and Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, sadly passed away in February 2021, meaning he wasn’t able to see Paul Tomalin’s eight-part Netflix series adapted from his work. It’s out now, with a sprawling cast of characters including Boiling Point and This Is England’s Stephen Graham, several established actors and a handful of newcomers. Here’s more about them.
- 10/19/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we feature East Side, an Israeli drama that puts family at the center of the action Sopranos style, in East Jerusalem’s politically-charged Old City. The show has been a critical success for public broadcaster Kan 11 and is also available locally on Netflix Israel through a deal struck in February. Marking a new direction for internationally-popular Israeli drama, it follows a father and fixer who brokers shady property deals between the Arab residents of East Jerusalem and powerful Jewish...
This week we feature East Side, an Israeli drama that puts family at the center of the action Sopranos style, in East Jerusalem’s politically-charged Old City. The show has been a critical success for public broadcaster Kan 11 and is also available locally on Netflix Israel through a deal struck in February. Marking a new direction for internationally-popular Israeli drama, it follows a father and fixer who brokers shady property deals between the Arab residents of East Jerusalem and powerful Jewish...
- 5/16/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 1.18am, May 3: The Australian and Canadian film and TV unions have joined the UK’s writers’ guild in telling their writers to down tools on U.S. shows during the strike.
International sources have pointed to the possibility of the Hollywood studios looking to Australian, Canadian and UK writers to pick up U.S. work during the industrial action, but each guild has strongly advised its members against that course of action.
The Australian Writers’ Guild today issued a statement throwing their weight behind the WGA. “The Australian Writers’ Guild supports our fellow writers of the WGA in their current negotiations and in their decision to take strike action,” said the Awg. “The rights and conditions of screenwriters underpin any healthy and vibrant screen industry.
“With strike action now in force, the Awg advises members not to work on active projects within the jurisdiction of the WGA, to...
International sources have pointed to the possibility of the Hollywood studios looking to Australian, Canadian and UK writers to pick up U.S. work during the industrial action, but each guild has strongly advised its members against that course of action.
The Australian Writers’ Guild today issued a statement throwing their weight behind the WGA. “The Australian Writers’ Guild supports our fellow writers of the WGA in their current negotiations and in their decision to take strike action,” said the Awg. “The rights and conditions of screenwriters underpin any healthy and vibrant screen industry.
“With strike action now in force, the Awg advises members not to work on active projects within the jurisdiction of the WGA, to...
- 5/3/2023
- by Zac Ntim, Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Trailer has dropped for Unsilenced, the latest Israeli drama picked up by Fauda and Shtisel producer Yes Studios.
Inspired by the novel The Confidante by Odelia Karmon, Unsilenced is a six-part series about sexual violence set in the pre-#MeToo era and shows the lengths to which an influential perpetrator, in this case a President – and his allies – will go to silence victims, protect themselves and keep their crimes out of the public eye, and how women bound by experience can come together to seek justice.
In Unsilenced, a recently elected President continually forces himself upon a new member of his team – a bright and ambitious young woman from a humble background. Desperate to keep her job, she asks the President’s chief of staff for help, but he shows his complicity with the situation by first looking the other way and then, as things escalate, by engineering a...
Inspired by the novel The Confidante by Odelia Karmon, Unsilenced is a six-part series about sexual violence set in the pre-#MeToo era and shows the lengths to which an influential perpetrator, in this case a President – and his allies – will go to silence victims, protect themselves and keep their crimes out of the public eye, and how women bound by experience can come together to seek justice.
In Unsilenced, a recently elected President continually forces himself upon a new member of his team – a bright and ambitious young woman from a humble background. Desperate to keep her job, she asks the President’s chief of staff for help, but he shows his complicity with the situation by first looking the other way and then, as things escalate, by engineering a...
- 5/2/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
When Deep Blue, a computer, beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 some journalists found comfort in the thought that A.I. would never be able to write like Shakespeare.
Well, think again. Or, better, check out the title sequence of Series Mania live action entry “Red Skies.”
Shared with Variety, it is being hailed by the series’ makers, including designer Merav Shaham, as the first ever title sequence made solely with Artificial Intelligence.
What’s so impressive – and perhaps even preoccupying for those who fear A.I. – is that the sequence is, more than technically brilliant or absolutely incoherent, highly touching in human terms and unexpectedly and sometime mysteriously poetic – the last qualities you might expect from A.I.
This is a major series as well, playing Series Mania main competition, backed in a just-announced deal by Len Blavatnik and Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment, and counting among its creators on Ron Leshem,...
Well, think again. Or, better, check out the title sequence of Series Mania live action entry “Red Skies.”
Shared with Variety, it is being hailed by the series’ makers, including designer Merav Shaham, as the first ever title sequence made solely with Artificial Intelligence.
What’s so impressive – and perhaps even preoccupying for those who fear A.I. – is that the sequence is, more than technically brilliant or absolutely incoherent, highly touching in human terms and unexpectedly and sometime mysteriously poetic – the last qualities you might expect from A.I.
This is a major series as well, playing Series Mania main competition, backed in a just-announced deal by Len Blavatnik and Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment, and counting among its creators on Ron Leshem,...
- 3/21/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The restructures, layoffs, cancellations and a maybe-strike currently impacting the U.S. TV industry rippled through the halls of the Berlinale Series Market this week as senior execs forecasted an international future.
Mass redundancies at the likes of Disney, AMC, Paramount and Netflix in recent months and major strategic rethinks from the studios and streamers were the talk of the market. Among the chatter was a sense this may lead to a wave of non-u.S. activity.
Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak didn’t mince his words when he described U.S. TV as a “disaster zone” Monday. Hasak, who is currently making shows in Scandinavia and the Middle East, was heavily critical of Disney in particular for a strategy that he deemed akin to a “mental breakdown.”
And he wasn’t the only big name pointing to U.S. strife — albeit the others perhaps less forcefully.
‘The Good Mothers’
Danna Stern,...
Mass redundancies at the likes of Disney, AMC, Paramount and Netflix in recent months and major strategic rethinks from the studios and streamers were the talk of the market. Among the chatter was a sense this may lead to a wave of non-u.S. activity.
Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak didn’t mince his words when he described U.S. TV as a “disaster zone” Monday. Hasak, who is currently making shows in Scandinavia and the Middle East, was heavily critical of Disney in particular for a strategy that he deemed akin to a “mental breakdown.”
And he wasn’t the only big name pointing to U.S. strife — albeit the others perhaps less forcefully.
‘The Good Mothers’
Danna Stern,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Members of the first ever Berlinale Series Award jury have predicted that TV awards could soon rival film at the world’s major festivals.
Former Yes Studios boss Danna Stern, Moonlight star André Holland and Danish writer Mette Heeno sat down with Deadline on day one of the Series Market – the TV section of the European Film Market – to discuss their role choosing the debut Berlinale Series Award winner, which is the first ever TV series award at an A-list festival. They forecasted more recognition for the small screen in the not-too-distant future.
“I have been doing international TV for years and the fact that an A-list festival is finally recognizing us and putting us at the same level as big budget films and filmmakers is really special,” said Stern. “I hope [other festivals] will follow suit.”
Stern said the “time feels right” for TV to be put in the same category as film.
Former Yes Studios boss Danna Stern, Moonlight star André Holland and Danish writer Mette Heeno sat down with Deadline on day one of the Series Market – the TV section of the European Film Market – to discuss their role choosing the debut Berlinale Series Award winner, which is the first ever TV series award at an A-list festival. They forecasted more recognition for the small screen in the not-too-distant future.
“I have been doing international TV for years and the fact that an A-list festival is finally recognizing us and putting us at the same level as big budget films and filmmakers is really special,” said Stern. “I hope [other festivals] will follow suit.”
Stern said the “time feels right” for TV to be put in the same category as film.
- 2/22/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The closure of Israeli public broadcaster Kan by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government has been delayed indefinitely, according to a spokesman for the Communications Minister.
The Israeli TV community will be breathing a cautious sigh of relief, for now, after the representative for Shlomo Karhi told local press that the plan has been delayed “until further notice” in order for the government to focus on passing legal reform.
A public broadcasting blueprint was initially set to be delivered by Karhi next week. He had sparked outrage when he told the country’s non-public-service Channel 12 TV station “there is no place for public broadcasting in Israel” last month, while arguing that the TV market should be opened up fully to competition.
Lobbying has been taking place behind the scenes since from local TV unions and producer groups. Deadline understands organizations being lobbied to oppose the closure included the U.S.
The Israeli TV community will be breathing a cautious sigh of relief, for now, after the representative for Shlomo Karhi told local press that the plan has been delayed “until further notice” in order for the government to focus on passing legal reform.
A public broadcasting blueprint was initially set to be delivered by Karhi next week. He had sparked outrage when he told the country’s non-public-service Channel 12 TV station “there is no place for public broadcasting in Israel” last month, while arguing that the TV market should be opened up fully to competition.
Lobbying has been taking place behind the scenes since from local TV unions and producer groups. Deadline understands organizations being lobbied to oppose the closure included the U.S.
- 2/3/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Berlinale Film Festival on Wednesday announced the four women and two men who will join Jury President Kristen Stewart to judge this year’s international competition lineup.
Veteran Hong Kong director Johnnie To (Election, Vengeance), Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Berlinale Golden Bear winners Radu Jude (Bad Luck Banging Or Looney Porn) and Carla Simón (Alcarràs), German director Valeska Grisebach (Western), and U.S. casting director and producer Francine Maisler (12 Years A Slave, Babylon) will help pick the Berlinale winners this year.
Berlin also added Art College 1994, an animated feature set in 1990s China from Chinese director Liu Jian, to the 2023 competition line-up. With the last-minute addition, there are now 19 films in the running for the 2023 Gold and Silver Bears.
In addition to the main jury, the Berlinale named the three-member jury for its Encounters section, with Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning), Greek actor Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth) and Former...
Veteran Hong Kong director Johnnie To (Election, Vengeance), Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Berlinale Golden Bear winners Radu Jude (Bad Luck Banging Or Looney Porn) and Carla Simón (Alcarràs), German director Valeska Grisebach (Western), and U.S. casting director and producer Francine Maisler (12 Years A Slave, Babylon) will help pick the Berlinale winners this year.
Berlin also added Art College 1994, an animated feature set in 1990s China from Chinese director Liu Jian, to the 2023 competition line-up. With the last-minute addition, there are now 19 films in the running for the 2023 Gold and Silver Bears.
In addition to the main jury, the Berlinale named the three-member jury for its Encounters section, with Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning), Greek actor Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth) and Former...
- 2/1/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Turkey’s Ogm Pictures has acquired remake rights to produce a local-language adaptation of Shtisel, the hit Israeli television drama carried on Netflix in the U.S.
The Turkish show, Ömer, will track the same basic plot as the Israeli original, which follows Akiva Shtisel (Michael Aloni), a bachelor living in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood with his aging father, who meets an older widow, Elisheva (Ayelet Zurer), living with her 10-year-old son. But the Turkish version will move the setting to the country’s ultra-Orthodox Muslim community.
“Shtisel is a very unique format that can be adapted to almost every culture and religion,” said Ogm Pictures founder Onur Guvenatam. “So we are very excited to present Ömer in harmony with our culture and traditions.”
Ogm acquired the remake rights from Dori Media Group, which handles international licensing for the show. Ogm plans to produce at least 20 episodes for...
The Turkish show, Ömer, will track the same basic plot as the Israeli original, which follows Akiva Shtisel (Michael Aloni), a bachelor living in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood with his aging father, who meets an older widow, Elisheva (Ayelet Zurer), living with her 10-year-old son. But the Turkish version will move the setting to the country’s ultra-Orthodox Muslim community.
“Shtisel is a very unique format that can be adapted to almost every culture and religion,” said Ogm Pictures founder Onur Guvenatam. “So we are very excited to present Ömer in harmony with our culture and traditions.”
Ogm acquired the remake rights from Dori Media Group, which handles international licensing for the show. Ogm plans to produce at least 20 episodes for...
- 1/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s been another challenging year in the world of content creation and the climate has arguably demanded more gumption and savviness from its leaders than ever before. With the business increasingly looking beyond U.S. shores for revenues and opportunities for growth, Deadline’s International Disruptors column continues to highlight some of the key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. These are the leaders who are thriving in the midst of the tidal changes so take a look back at 2022’s standouts below.
Arik Kneller
Founder of Israeli talent agency The Kneller Agency, Arik Kneller represents more than 250 clients across television, film, theatre and advertising with clients including two-time Oscar nominee and co-creator/director of HBO Series Our Boys Joseph Cedar, Fauda writer and Our Boys co-creator Noah Stollman and Shtisel writers and co-creators Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky. When founding the company more than 25 years ago,...
Arik Kneller
Founder of Israeli talent agency The Kneller Agency, Arik Kneller represents more than 250 clients across television, film, theatre and advertising with clients including two-time Oscar nominee and co-creator/director of HBO Series Our Boys Joseph Cedar, Fauda writer and Our Boys co-creator Noah Stollman and Shtisel writers and co-creators Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky. When founding the company more than 25 years ago,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
From Trigger Point to The Empress to Marie-Antoinette, the past year has been another stellar one in the world of international drama as a wealth of streamers splashed the cash on shows across the globe and public broadcasters joined together to greenlight the best talent in the business. Below, Deadline identifies just a few of the major launches set to light up the world of scripted in 2023. Read on.
The Swarm (Germany)
With numerous co-production partners already in place, this thriller from Game of Thrones EP Frank Doelger is one of the most hotly anticipated European dramas of 2023. Distributed by both Beta Films and Zdf Studios, the high-stakes adaptation of Frank Schätzing’s bestseller is an example of the modern TV drama world at play and has partners including Zdf, France TV, Rai and Hulu Japan, who all want a piece of The Swarm, which also counts Marc Huffam (Saving Private Ryan...
The Swarm (Germany)
With numerous co-production partners already in place, this thriller from Game of Thrones EP Frank Doelger is one of the most hotly anticipated European dramas of 2023. Distributed by both Beta Films and Zdf Studios, the high-stakes adaptation of Frank Schätzing’s bestseller is an example of the modern TV drama world at play and has partners including Zdf, France TV, Rai and Hulu Japan, who all want a piece of The Swarm, which also counts Marc Huffam (Saving Private Ryan...
- 12/24/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Keshet International and Sixty-Six Media are developing a new limited television series about Leonard Cohen’s 1973 visit and performance in the Sinai desert during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War (also known as the Yom Kippur War). According to Variety, Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai is a dramatized adaptation of Matti Friedman’s book of the same name, which tells the story of Cohen’s legendary concert on the frontlines of war. It is scheduled to shoot in Israel in 2024 and will be written by Yehonatan Indursky (Shtisel) and executive produced by Sixty-Six Media’s Jill Offman, Ki’s Atar Dekel, and Keshet Broadcasting’s Yuval Horowitz. “In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and blood,” reads the show’s official logline. “Moving around the front with a...
- 11/28/2022
- TV Insider
Leonard Cohen’s 1973 visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur war is set to be dramatized in a new limited TV series from Keshet International and Sixty-Six Media.
“Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai” is an adaptation of Matti Friedman’s book of the same name, which tells the story of Cohen’s 1973 concert on the frontlines of war.
“In October 1973 the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and blood of the Yom Kippur War,” reads the logline. “Moving around the front with a guitar and a pick-up team of local musicians, Cohen dived headlong into a global crisis and met hundreds of fighting men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Cohen’s audience knew his songs might be the last thing they heard,...
“Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai” is an adaptation of Matti Friedman’s book of the same name, which tells the story of Cohen’s 1973 concert on the frontlines of war.
“In October 1973 the poet and singer Leonard Cohen – 39 years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end – traveled to the Sinai desert and inserted himself into the chaos and blood of the Yom Kippur War,” reads the logline. “Moving around the front with a guitar and a pick-up team of local musicians, Cohen dived headlong into a global crisis and met hundreds of fighting men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Cohen’s audience knew his songs might be the last thing they heard,...
- 11/28/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Prime Video has added Israeli dramas Kvodo and Just for Today to its service in the U.S.
This follows a deal with Tel Aviv-based Yes Studios, which has previously sent the likes of The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, Fauda and Shtisel stateside.
Kvodo is best know as the inspiration behind Showtime’s Bryan Cranston limited series Your Honor. Created by Ron Ninio and writer Shlomo Mashiach, it was a Series Mania Grand Prix winner in and made Official Selections at several other international festivals. Besides the U.S., format adaptations have followed in several territories including Germany, India, Italy, France, Turkey and Spain.
The drama follows a prominent judge who, through a tragic twist of fate, gets caught up in the mafia underworld. Seasons one and two are now available on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service.
Just for Today will follow on August 23 on Prime Video and Google Play.
This follows a deal with Tel Aviv-based Yes Studios, which has previously sent the likes of The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, Fauda and Shtisel stateside.
Kvodo is best know as the inspiration behind Showtime’s Bryan Cranston limited series Your Honor. Created by Ron Ninio and writer Shlomo Mashiach, it was a Series Mania Grand Prix winner in and made Official Selections at several other international festivals. Besides the U.S., format adaptations have followed in several territories including Germany, India, Italy, France, Turkey and Spain.
The drama follows a prominent judge who, through a tragic twist of fate, gets caught up in the mafia underworld. Seasons one and two are now available on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service.
Just for Today will follow on August 23 on Prime Video and Google Play.
- 8/10/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix led an Israeli charm offensive late last month, with Emea Vice President, Head of Original Series, Larry Tanz, spending five days in the nation speaking to talent, execs and key funders in what is becoming a regulatory battleground.
Alongside a delegation including Anna Nagler, Director of Local Language Originals, Central and Eastern Europe, Deadline understands Tanz, who is based in Netflix’s office in The Netherlands, was in Israel from April 28 to May 3.
The visit was primarily focused on Netflix’s work supporting young Israeli talent but featured some tough conversations around regulation and potential streamer quotas, which Deadline revealed last month is a hot topic in Israel.
Producer trade bodies in the country that made Fauda and Shtisel are working on gamechanging draft legislation that they hope to send to the government shortly, which would include streamer quotas for local programing and the ability for indies to...
Alongside a delegation including Anna Nagler, Director of Local Language Originals, Central and Eastern Europe, Deadline understands Tanz, who is based in Netflix’s office in The Netherlands, was in Israel from April 28 to May 3.
The visit was primarily focused on Netflix’s work supporting young Israeli talent but featured some tough conversations around regulation and potential streamer quotas, which Deadline revealed last month is a hot topic in Israel.
Producer trade bodies in the country that made Fauda and Shtisel are working on gamechanging draft legislation that they hope to send to the government shortly, which would include streamer quotas for local programing and the ability for indies to...
- 5/9/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” Yes Studios’ award-winning historical series, has been picked up by Netflix for multiple territories, including the U.S., U.K., France and Spain.
The multi-language series is represented in international markets by Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv-based producer and distributor behind “Fauda,” “Your Honor,” “Shtisel” and “On the Spectrum.”
Set in the early-mid 20th century, “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” is adapted from Sarit Yishai-Levi’s bestselling novel of the same name and tells the story of a family set against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel’s War of Independence.
Opening in 1917, the show sheds light on Judeo-Spanish traditions and the history of a fledgling country. It was produced by Yes TV and Dafna Prenner and Shai Eines at Artza Productions with a cast headlined by Michael Aloni (“Shtisel”), Hila Saada (“Beauty and the Baker”), Itzik Cohen (“Fauda”), Yuval Scharf...
The multi-language series is represented in international markets by Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv-based producer and distributor behind “Fauda,” “Your Honor,” “Shtisel” and “On the Spectrum.”
Set in the early-mid 20th century, “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” is adapted from Sarit Yishai-Levi’s bestselling novel of the same name and tells the story of a family set against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel’s War of Independence.
Opening in 1917, the show sheds light on Judeo-Spanish traditions and the history of a fledgling country. It was produced by Yes TV and Dafna Prenner and Shai Eines at Artza Productions with a cast headlined by Michael Aloni (“Shtisel”), Hila Saada (“Beauty and the Baker”), Itzik Cohen (“Fauda”), Yuval Scharf...
- 4/25/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Israel, the nation that brought the likes of Fauda and Shtisel to the world, has become the latest regulatory battleground as producers push for streamer quotas and greater ownership of IP.
A wealth of independent production companies under the guidance of the Israeli Producers Association (Ipa) are working on potentially gamechanging draft legislation that they hope to send to the government in two months, although delays are anticipated as the incumbent government is on the brink of collapse. Once agreed, the hope is the legislation can be moved through Israel’s Knesset (parliament).
Amongst a number of recommendations, Israeli producers desire an arrangement with broadcasters whereby they would retain 50 of the rights to their programs, which they could then sell around the world for profit, along with streamer quotas to ensure Netflix and other deep-pocketed West Coast giants are commissioning local content.
As it stands, local broadcasters keep the...
A wealth of independent production companies under the guidance of the Israeli Producers Association (Ipa) are working on potentially gamechanging draft legislation that they hope to send to the government in two months, although delays are anticipated as the incumbent government is on the brink of collapse. Once agreed, the hope is the legislation can be moved through Israel’s Knesset (parliament).
Amongst a number of recommendations, Israeli producers desire an arrangement with broadcasters whereby they would retain 50 of the rights to their programs, which they could then sell around the world for profit, along with streamer quotas to ensure Netflix and other deep-pocketed West Coast giants are commissioning local content.
As it stands, local broadcasters keep the...
- 4/19/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
French hip-hop series Le Monde de Demain has scooped the Grand Prize at the Series Mania International Competition.
Announced at a ceremony tonight and presided over by Jury President Julia Sinkevych, Arte/Netflix’s TV series about the birth of the French rap movement beat off stiff competition from the likes of Michael Hirst’s Billy the Kid and Israel’s Fire Dance.
Based on an original idea by Katell Quillévéré and Hélier Cisterne, the show, which translates in English as World of Tomorrow, features the likes of JoeyStarr and DJ Détonateur S, who created a rebellious and euphoric form of expression and brought rap to France.
Yehuda Levi, lead in Fire Dance, won Best Actor and Michelle De Swarte won Best Actress for her performance in Sky/HBO’s The Baby.
Meanwhile, Discovery+ Sweden’s The Dark Heart won Best Series in the International Panorama, the Special Jury Prize...
Announced at a ceremony tonight and presided over by Jury President Julia Sinkevych, Arte/Netflix’s TV series about the birth of the French rap movement beat off stiff competition from the likes of Michael Hirst’s Billy the Kid and Israel’s Fire Dance.
Based on an original idea by Katell Quillévéré and Hélier Cisterne, the show, which translates in English as World of Tomorrow, features the likes of JoeyStarr and DJ Détonateur S, who created a rebellious and euphoric form of expression and brought rap to France.
Yehuda Levi, lead in Fire Dance, won Best Actor and Michelle De Swarte won Best Actress for her performance in Sky/HBO’s The Baby.
Meanwhile, Discovery+ Sweden’s The Dark Heart won Best Series in the International Panorama, the Special Jury Prize...
- 3/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re speaking to Arik Kneller, founder of Israeli talent agency The Kneller Agency. The company, which was the first agency in Israel to focus solely on representation of writers and creative professionals, has an extensive list of clients that are behind series such as Fauda, In Treatment and Shtisel.
As Israeli content continues to be a growing force in the drama world, Arik Kneller is one man behind the scenes who is driving the charge.
The Tel Aviv native is the founder of The Kneller Agency, an Israeli talent and artist agency that represents more than 250 clients across television, film, theatre, literature, music and advertising. The company was the first agency in Israel to focus its representation on writers and directors.
As Israeli content continues to be a growing force in the drama world, Arik Kneller is one man behind the scenes who is driving the charge.
The Tel Aviv native is the founder of The Kneller Agency, an Israeli talent and artist agency that represents more than 250 clients across television, film, theatre, literature, music and advertising. The company was the first agency in Israel to focus its representation on writers and directors.
- 1/13/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Memento International (“Call Me By Your Name”) has boarded “Legend of Destruction,” a thought-provoking animated feature by Israeli filmmaker Gidi Dar (“Ushpizin”), produced by Lama Films.
The film’s unique visual style is being created from 1,500 original paintings which are edited and animated together. The paintings and art direction are being handled by David Polonsky and Michael Faust, the artists behind the Oscar-nominated “Waltz With Bashir.”
Dar co-wrote the script with Shuli Rand, a veteran Israeli actor with whom he also collaborated on “Ushpizin” which competed at Tribeca in 2004. On top of having co-written “Legend of Destruction,” Rand is also leading the voice cast.
Set in Jerusalem during the first Jewish–Roman War, “Legend of Destruction” follows an oppressive Roman governor who is driven out of the city by the people. Due to rampant social inequalities, corruption and injustice, secret groups of religious fanatics appear and seek to rebel in the name of God.
The film’s unique visual style is being created from 1,500 original paintings which are edited and animated together. The paintings and art direction are being handled by David Polonsky and Michael Faust, the artists behind the Oscar-nominated “Waltz With Bashir.”
Dar co-wrote the script with Shuli Rand, a veteran Israeli actor with whom he also collaborated on “Ushpizin” which competed at Tribeca in 2004. On top of having co-written “Legend of Destruction,” Rand is also leading the voice cast.
Set in Jerusalem during the first Jewish–Roman War, “Legend of Destruction” follows an oppressive Roman governor who is driven out of the city by the people. Due to rampant social inequalities, corruption and injustice, secret groups of religious fanatics appear and seek to rebel in the name of God.
- 6/14/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Rama Burshtein, the critically acclaimed New York-born Israeli filmmaker of “Fill The Void,” has teamed with Yes Studios on her TV drama debut, “Fire Dance.” Now in post, the show will be a Yes Studios original series and will be launching at the end of 2021 or early 2022.
“Fire Dance,” written and directed by Burshtein, is a vivid tale of impossible love set in a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox religious sect. Laced with fantasy, the seven-part series tells the coming-of-age story of a troubled young woman, Faigie, who’s grown up in a broken home and falls passionately in love with Nathan, the 35-year-old married son of the leader of the ultra-orthodox community in which they both live. Nathan is also the owner of a workshop which employs seamstresses who live with mental illness, run by Faigie’s mother, Rayzee.
Following a failed suicide attempt, Faigie becomes part of Nathan’s household, helping...
“Fire Dance,” written and directed by Burshtein, is a vivid tale of impossible love set in a tight-knit ultra-Orthodox religious sect. Laced with fantasy, the seven-part series tells the coming-of-age story of a troubled young woman, Faigie, who’s grown up in a broken home and falls passionately in love with Nathan, the 35-year-old married son of the leader of the ultra-orthodox community in which they both live. Nathan is also the owner of a workshop which employs seamstresses who live with mental illness, run by Faigie’s mother, Rayzee.
Following a failed suicide attempt, Faigie becomes part of Nathan’s household, helping...
- 5/21/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Keshet International has boarded “The Women’s Balcony,” a warm drama series based on the hit Israeli film starring Tshai Halevi (“Line in the Sand”).
“The Women’s Balcony” recently bowed on commercial TV channel Keshet 12 and garnered strong ratings, taking a 26.1% market share and becoming the second highest rated drama in Israel since 2015, after “Line in the Sand.”
The plot unfolds in a close-knit neighborhood of Jersualem which is under threat as ultra-orthodox sects try to impose their rules and restrict women in public spaces. Meanwhile, five women at the heart of the community each find themselves at a personal crossroads, as health, finance, political principles and grief mark the start of the next chapters of their lives. Yafit Asulin and Orna Banai, Assaf Ben-Shimon star in the series, along with Halevi.
The show is produced by Pie Films, whose credits include the original movie and their current...
“The Women’s Balcony” recently bowed on commercial TV channel Keshet 12 and garnered strong ratings, taking a 26.1% market share and becoming the second highest rated drama in Israel since 2015, after “Line in the Sand.”
The plot unfolds in a close-knit neighborhood of Jersualem which is under threat as ultra-orthodox sects try to impose their rules and restrict women in public spaces. Meanwhile, five women at the heart of the community each find themselves at a personal crossroads, as health, finance, political principles and grief mark the start of the next chapters of their lives. Yafit Asulin and Orna Banai, Assaf Ben-Shimon star in the series, along with Halevi.
The show is produced by Pie Films, whose credits include the original movie and their current...
- 5/12/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has released the first official trailer for “Oslo,” a film adaptation of the Tony-winning play of the same name starring Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott. Playwright J.T. Rogers wrote and executive-produced the movie, which is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher. “Oslo” centers around a Norwegian couple who find themselves in the middle of negotiations for the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, a pivotal agreement between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (Plo).
Here’s more from the official synopsis: “‘Oslo’ follows the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis and Palestinians, plus one Norwegian couple, that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. ‘Oslo’ stars Ruth Wilson as Mona Juul, a Norwegian foreign minister, and Andrew Scott as Terje Rod-Larsen, a Norwegian sociologist and Mona’s husband.”
Premiering Off Broadway in 2016, “Oslo” transferred to Broadway the following year, eventually...
Here’s more from the official synopsis: “‘Oslo’ follows the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis and Palestinians, plus one Norwegian couple, that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. ‘Oslo’ stars Ruth Wilson as Mona Juul, a Norwegian foreign minister, and Andrew Scott as Terje Rod-Larsen, a Norwegian sociologist and Mona’s husband.”
Premiering Off Broadway in 2016, “Oslo” transferred to Broadway the following year, eventually...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health short “Why Wouldn’t I Be?”; and biopic “Banking on Mr. Toad” shifts to Rebellion Film Studios.
Talent
South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
Talent
South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jamie Lang and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv-based producer and distributor behind “Fauda” and “Shtisel,” is unveiling a first-look trailer for “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” a sprawling family saga which marks its biggest investment to date.
The multi-generational costume melodrama was adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name, written by author Sarit Yishai-Levi. The series was produced by Dafna Prenner and Shai Eines from Artza Productions and is represented in international markets by Yes Studios.
Scheduled to launch on Yes TV in Israel in early summer, the series unravels, recreates, and brings to life the story of a family set against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate, and Israel’s War of Independence in the the early-mid 20th century.
Filming took place throughout the country, including historical locations in Jerusalem and Safed, during the pandemic with production closely following Covid-19 protocols.
“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” was created by Shlomo Mashiach,...
The multi-generational costume melodrama was adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name, written by author Sarit Yishai-Levi. The series was produced by Dafna Prenner and Shai Eines from Artza Productions and is represented in international markets by Yes Studios.
Scheduled to launch on Yes TV in Israel in early summer, the series unravels, recreates, and brings to life the story of a family set against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate, and Israel’s War of Independence in the the early-mid 20th century.
Filming took place throughout the country, including historical locations in Jerusalem and Safed, during the pandemic with production closely following Covid-19 protocols.
“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” was created by Shlomo Mashiach,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fauda and Shtisel outfit Yes Studios has sold its hit Israeli series On The Spectrum to HBO Max for North American streaming.
The first five eps of the comedy-drama will be available on April 2 to coincide with Autism Awareness Day. Episodes 6-10 will go up from April 9.
The Hebrew-language drama follows three roommates in their mid-20s, all on the autism spectrum, who share a sheltered apartment while learning to cope with the world around them. Amazon last year set Parenthood and Friday Night Lights writer and exec producer Jason Katims to shepherd a U.S. remake.
The original series, which first aired in Israel in 2018, was created by Dana Idisis and Yuval Shafferman and produced by yes TV and Sumayoko Productions’ Udi Segal, Shlomit Arviv, and Amit Gitelzon, with yes Studios handling worldwide distribution.
The series stars Niv Majar, Naomi Levov, and Ben Yosipovic, and was inspired by creator Dana Idisis’s brother,...
The first five eps of the comedy-drama will be available on April 2 to coincide with Autism Awareness Day. Episodes 6-10 will go up from April 9.
The Hebrew-language drama follows three roommates in their mid-20s, all on the autism spectrum, who share a sheltered apartment while learning to cope with the world around them. Amazon last year set Parenthood and Friday Night Lights writer and exec producer Jason Katims to shepherd a U.S. remake.
The original series, which first aired in Israel in 2018, was created by Dana Idisis and Yuval Shafferman and produced by yes TV and Sumayoko Productions’ Udi Segal, Shlomit Arviv, and Amit Gitelzon, with yes Studios handling worldwide distribution.
The series stars Niv Majar, Naomi Levov, and Ben Yosipovic, and was inspired by creator Dana Idisis’s brother,...
- 4/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
An animated reboot of Chris Rock’s sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris” is in the works at CBS Studios, TheWrap has learned.
Based on Rock’s teenage years, “Everybody Hates Chris” ran for four seasons, first on Upn from 2005-2006, and then for its final three years on The CW. Rock is expected to lend his voice as narrator for the animated reboot. Also attached to the project are Ali LeRoi, who co-created the original series with Rock, and Michael Rotenberg, who was an executive producer on the sitcom.
Also in development at CBS Studios are a “Panther Baby” TV adaptation from Gina Prince-Bythewood, which is set up at Starz, and a remake of the Israeli series “Shtisel” from “Insatiable” creator Lauren Gussis, which is being taken out to market.
Created by Jamal Joseph and based on his own memoir, “Panther Baby” tells the “story of a young, sheltered Black boy...
Based on Rock’s teenage years, “Everybody Hates Chris” ran for four seasons, first on Upn from 2005-2006, and then for its final three years on The CW. Rock is expected to lend his voice as narrator for the animated reboot. Also attached to the project are Ali LeRoi, who co-created the original series with Rock, and Michael Rotenberg, who was an executive producer on the sitcom.
Also in development at CBS Studios are a “Panther Baby” TV adaptation from Gina Prince-Bythewood, which is set up at Starz, and a remake of the Israeli series “Shtisel” from “Insatiable” creator Lauren Gussis, which is being taken out to market.
Created by Jamal Joseph and based on his own memoir, “Panther Baby” tells the “story of a young, sheltered Black boy...
- 3/16/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family sitcom Everybody Hates Chris is coming back as an animated series, with Rock expected to return as the narrator. Global hit Israeli drama Shtisel is getting an American remake, written by Insatiable creator Lauren Gussis and directed by Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan. And Jamal Joseph’s gripping memoir Panther Baby is being adapted as a TV series with Gina Prince-Bythewood directing and The Queen’s Gambit‘s Scott Frank, Timberman/Beverly and Reggie Bythewood producing.
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel, which are being taken to the marketplace, and Panther Baby, which has been set up at Starz, are part of the development slate at CBS Studios, illustrating some of the areas of expansion for the studio: mining its deep library of IP, ramping up animation to complement its comedy slate of traditional sitcoms like The Neighborhood and premium “dramcoms” like Dead To Me, finding...
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel, which are being taken to the marketplace, and Panther Baby, which has been set up at Starz, are part of the development slate at CBS Studios, illustrating some of the areas of expansion for the studio: mining its deep library of IP, ramping up animation to complement its comedy slate of traditional sitcoms like The Neighborhood and premium “dramcoms” like Dead To Me, finding...
- 3/16/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Everybody Hates Chris is getting a potential new life — as an animated series.
CBS Studios is developing a reboot of the critically acclaimed Upn/CW comedy about comedian Chris Rock’s childhood. The studio is also developing an American version of Israeli drama Shtisel and a show based on Jamal Joseph’s memoir Panther Baby.
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel will soon be taken out to potential buyers, while Panther Baby is set up at Starz.
The original Everybody Hates Chris ran from 2005-09 on Upn and The CW and focused on Rock’s teenage years in Brooklyn. Co-creators Rock and Ali LeRoi are also behind the ...
CBS Studios is developing a reboot of the critically acclaimed Upn/CW comedy about comedian Chris Rock’s childhood. The studio is also developing an American version of Israeli drama Shtisel and a show based on Jamal Joseph’s memoir Panther Baby.
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel will soon be taken out to potential buyers, while Panther Baby is set up at Starz.
The original Everybody Hates Chris ran from 2005-09 on Upn and The CW and focused on Rock’s teenage years in Brooklyn. Co-creators Rock and Ali LeRoi are also behind the ...
- 3/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Everybody Hates Chris is getting a potential new life — as an animated series.
CBS Studios is developing a reboot of the critically acclaimed Upn/CW comedy about comedian Chris Rock’s childhood. The studio is also developing an American version of Israeli drama Shtisel and a show based on Jamal Joseph’s memoir Panther Baby.
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel will soon be taken out to potential buyers, while Panther Baby is set up at Starz.
The original Everybody Hates Chris ran from 2005-09 on Upn and The CW and focused on Rock’s teenage years in Brooklyn. Co-creators Rock and Ali LeRoi are also behind the ...
CBS Studios is developing a reboot of the critically acclaimed Upn/CW comedy about comedian Chris Rock’s childhood. The studio is also developing an American version of Israeli drama Shtisel and a show based on Jamal Joseph’s memoir Panther Baby.
Everybody Hates Chris and Shtisel will soon be taken out to potential buyers, while Panther Baby is set up at Starz.
The original Everybody Hates Chris ran from 2005-09 on Upn and The CW and focused on Rock’s teenage years in Brooklyn. Co-creators Rock and Ali LeRoi are also behind the ...
- 3/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: On the heels of the just-aired finale of its well-received new drama series The Chef, Fauda and Shtisel outfit Yes Studios is ordering a second course, officially giving the green light for a second season of the Israeli drama.
Created by Erez Kavel and Orit Dabush, the nine-episode drama launched in Israel last November and was the second most-watched drama on yesTV this year, following season three of crime-thriller hit Fauda.
The series comes from Yes Studios and Kastina Communications and follows an unemployed high-tech worker who starts working in the kitchen of a prestigious restaurant run by a brilliant chef, who is struggling to stay relevant and keep his place at the top of Tel Aviv’s ultra-competitive gastronomic world.
The drama explores toxic masculinity and the fragility of the male ego through the juxtaposition of the two male characters. The new cook is a family man collapsing...
Created by Erez Kavel and Orit Dabush, the nine-episode drama launched in Israel last November and was the second most-watched drama on yesTV this year, following season three of crime-thriller hit Fauda.
The series comes from Yes Studios and Kastina Communications and follows an unemployed high-tech worker who starts working in the kitchen of a prestigious restaurant run by a brilliant chef, who is struggling to stay relevant and keep his place at the top of Tel Aviv’s ultra-competitive gastronomic world.
The drama explores toxic masculinity and the fragility of the male ego through the juxtaposition of the two male characters. The new cook is a family man collapsing...
- 2/3/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has struck a deal for world rights to Valley Of Tears, Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever made, in a major deal for London-based sales and production org WestEnd Films.
The show marks WestEnd’s first foray into TV, through its banner WeSeries. It is producing and co-financing the project, which debuted in official competition at Series Mania earlier this year.
Valley Of Tears was created and co-written by Israeli-American TV and film writer Ron Leshem (HBO’s Euphoria), Amit Cohen (False Flag), Daniel Amsel and Yaron Zilberman (A Late Quartet); the latter also directed the entire series.
The series will be branded a HBO Max original when it launches on an as-yet unspecified date. Inspired by true events, the ten-part show depicts the 1973 Yom Kippur War through the eyes of young combatants. It tells four emotional and highly personal stories of individuals swept away from their...
The show marks WestEnd’s first foray into TV, through its banner WeSeries. It is producing and co-financing the project, which debuted in official competition at Series Mania earlier this year.
Valley Of Tears was created and co-written by Israeli-American TV and film writer Ron Leshem (HBO’s Euphoria), Amit Cohen (False Flag), Daniel Amsel and Yaron Zilberman (A Late Quartet); the latter also directed the entire series.
The series will be branded a HBO Max original when it launches on an as-yet unspecified date. Inspired by true events, the ten-part show depicts the 1973 Yom Kippur War through the eyes of young combatants. It tells four emotional and highly personal stories of individuals swept away from their...
- 10/13/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
A version of this story about Shira Haas first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Shira Haas is one of the discoveries of this year’s Emmy season. The petite 25-year-old Israeli was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “Unorthodox,” a Netflix limited series loosely based on the Deborah Feldman memoir about a young woman who runs away from her husband and family in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in New York. To play the role, Haas had to learn to speak Yiddish and shave her head, among other challenges. She spoke to Sharon Waxman from her home in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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You’ve played an ultra-Orthodox character before — Ruchami on the Israeli series “Shtisel,” and now Esty in “Unorthodox.” How much did you know about the Hasidic community before taking on these characters?...
Shira Haas is one of the discoveries of this year’s Emmy season. The petite 25-year-old Israeli was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for “Unorthodox,” a Netflix limited series loosely based on the Deborah Feldman memoir about a young woman who runs away from her husband and family in the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in New York. To play the role, Haas had to learn to speak Yiddish and shave her head, among other challenges. She spoke to Sharon Waxman from her home in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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You’ve played an ultra-Orthodox character before — Ruchami on the Israeli series “Shtisel,” and now Esty in “Unorthodox.” How much did you know about the Hasidic community before taking on these characters?...
- 8/21/2020
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Fauda and Shtisel producer-distributor Yes Studios has quietly begun production in Israel on big-canvas drama The Beauty Queen Of Jerusalem, which marks its biggest investment to date.
Set in the early-mid 20th century, the ambitious series will chart the passionate and tragic history of a family living through the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel’s War of Independence. The multi-generational historical melodrama will shoot across the country in Hebrew, English, Ladino and Arabic.
Adapted from Sarit Yishai-Levy’s bestselling novel of the same name, the drama will be among the most expensive series to come out of Israel. Yes TV has commissioned an initial two seasons with the first set to air in early 2021. Among shooting destinations will be the cities of Jerusalem, Safed and Acre. Today, we can also reveal two first-look images of the production.
The series will feature a starry cast, including Michael Aloni...
Set in the early-mid 20th century, the ambitious series will chart the passionate and tragic history of a family living through the Ottoman Empire, The British Mandate and Israel’s War of Independence. The multi-generational historical melodrama will shoot across the country in Hebrew, English, Ladino and Arabic.
Adapted from Sarit Yishai-Levy’s bestselling novel of the same name, the drama will be among the most expensive series to come out of Israel. Yes TV has commissioned an initial two seasons with the first set to air in early 2021. Among shooting destinations will be the cities of Jerusalem, Safed and Acre. Today, we can also reveal two first-look images of the production.
The series will feature a starry cast, including Michael Aloni...
- 8/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Production on scripted television has only recently started again internationally, having been shut down since March when the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe. Now that it’s beginning again, crew members are clad in PPE, and common wisdom has dictated that actors are safest if they are socially distant even as they film — posing a challenge for fight scenes and love scenes.
But the television show “Shtisel” — the hit Israeli drama about an ultra Orthodox family in Jerusalem, which began shooting a nine-episode third season earlier this summer — doesn’t have to change any of its already modest material. “It’s ‘Shtisel,’ you know?” said the show’s breakout star Shira Haas. “There are not a lot of scenes of touching and stuff like that.”
Haas, 25, was recently nominated for an Emmy for actress in a limited series for Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” which received eight nominations in total. But...
But the television show “Shtisel” — the hit Israeli drama about an ultra Orthodox family in Jerusalem, which began shooting a nine-episode third season earlier this summer — doesn’t have to change any of its already modest material. “It’s ‘Shtisel,’ you know?” said the show’s breakout star Shira Haas. “There are not a lot of scenes of touching and stuff like that.”
Haas, 25, was recently nominated for an Emmy for actress in a limited series for Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” which received eight nominations in total. But...
- 8/7/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
For the 2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue, Variety profiled three young stars making an impact in the entertainment industry. For more, click here.
Long before Shira Haas drew universal acclaim and an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of the daring Esty Shapiro in Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” she co-starred in the Israeli drama “Shtisel,” about a sprawling Orthodox family in Jerusalem. As Ruchami Weiss, the oldest daughter in a family of six kids, Haas plays the character as steadfast and kind, with an undercurrent of anger that can ripen into rebelliousness. In December 2018, Netflix started streaming the two seasons of “Shtisel” that ran on Israeli television in 2013 and 2015-16, making the show an international phenomenon. As a consequence of that popularity, “Shtisel” began filming its long-delayed third season this summer.
“To be Ruchami again is amazing,” Haas says during a recent conversation from her home in Tel Aviv. “I...
Long before Shira Haas drew universal acclaim and an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of the daring Esty Shapiro in Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” she co-starred in the Israeli drama “Shtisel,” about a sprawling Orthodox family in Jerusalem. As Ruchami Weiss, the oldest daughter in a family of six kids, Haas plays the character as steadfast and kind, with an undercurrent of anger that can ripen into rebelliousness. In December 2018, Netflix started streaming the two seasons of “Shtisel” that ran on Israeli television in 2013 and 2015-16, making the show an international phenomenon. As a consequence of that popularity, “Shtisel” began filming its long-delayed third season this summer.
“To be Ruchami again is amazing,” Haas says during a recent conversation from her home in Tel Aviv. “I...
- 8/5/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
‘Happy Times’ will be released by Artsploitation Films in Q1 2020.
M-Appeal has closed North American deals on two of the most prominent titles on its virtual Marché slate.
The Berlin-based sales outfit confirmed that Artsploitation Films has acquired Michael Mayer’s Happy Times, a horror comedy set over the course of a Shabbat dinner in a luxurious Hollywood mansion. Mixing satire and genre elements, the film stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Shtisel) and Stéfi Celma.
Happy Times is produced by Mayer, Paola Porrini Bisson and Tomer Almagor. Executive producers are Gabrielle Almagor, Richard Bisson and Erri De Luca. Artsploitation plans...
M-Appeal has closed North American deals on two of the most prominent titles on its virtual Marché slate.
The Berlin-based sales outfit confirmed that Artsploitation Films has acquired Michael Mayer’s Happy Times, a horror comedy set over the course of a Shabbat dinner in a luxurious Hollywood mansion. Mixing satire and genre elements, the film stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Shtisel) and Stéfi Celma.
Happy Times is produced by Mayer, Paola Porrini Bisson and Tomer Almagor. Executive producers are Gabrielle Almagor, Richard Bisson and Erri De Luca. Artsploitation plans...
- 6/23/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
For Berlin-based American writer-producer Anna Winger, creating the Netflix series “Unorthodox” offered a unique opportunity to tell a Jewish story in Germany.
The show, which premiered March 26 on Netflix, is inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir, “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots,” and follows a young woman who leaves her husband and her insular ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Satmar community in Williamsburg, New York, for a new life in Berlin.
Winger, whose credits include the hit Amazon series franchise “Deutschland 83″ and its two follow-ups, “Deutschland 86” and “Deutschland 89,” co-created with husband Jörg Winger, produced “Unorthodox” via her Berlin-based Studio Airlift shingle.
The series stars Israeli actress Shira Haas as Esty, who leaves an unhappy arranged marriage and travels to Berlin, home to her estranged mother and where she hopes to study music. As she begins to navigate her new life, her husband, portrayed by fellow Israeli actor Amit Rahav,...
The show, which premiered March 26 on Netflix, is inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir, “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots,” and follows a young woman who leaves her husband and her insular ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Satmar community in Williamsburg, New York, for a new life in Berlin.
Winger, whose credits include the hit Amazon series franchise “Deutschland 83″ and its two follow-ups, “Deutschland 86” and “Deutschland 89,” co-created with husband Jörg Winger, produced “Unorthodox” via her Berlin-based Studio Airlift shingle.
The series stars Israeli actress Shira Haas as Esty, who leaves an unhappy arranged marriage and travels to Berlin, home to her estranged mother and where she hopes to study music. As she begins to navigate her new life, her husband, portrayed by fellow Israeli actor Amit Rahav,...
- 4/1/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Adaptations of such international shows as “BeTipul” and “Prisoners of War” introduced American audiences to Israeli formats. Now a batch of popular Israeli series are thrusting up-and-coming actors into the spotlight, poised to take Hollywood by storm.
Tomer Capon, who was cast by Natalie Portman in her directorial debut, “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” and has starred in two hit series overseas, “Fauda” and “When Heroes Fly,” is one such actor making headway in the States.
“Everything happened really fast for me,” Capon says. “When I got the call that Natalie [Portman] wanted to meet with me, I thought it was a joke. I was so naive and green, I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t know anything.”
Although Capon says he “wasn’t that well-known and my career was not that stable” at the time, while shooting with Portman he got an audition for “Fauda,” which...
Tomer Capon, who was cast by Natalie Portman in her directorial debut, “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” and has starred in two hit series overseas, “Fauda” and “When Heroes Fly,” is one such actor making headway in the States.
“Everything happened really fast for me,” Capon says. “When I got the call that Natalie [Portman] wanted to meet with me, I thought it was a joke. I was so naive and green, I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t know anything.”
Although Capon says he “wasn’t that well-known and my career was not that stable” at the time, while shooting with Portman he got an audition for “Fauda,” which...
- 6/10/2019
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
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