NEW YORK -- Miramax Films has acquired North American distribution rights to the feature-length documentary Deep Blue, from BBC Worldwide and Germany's Greenlight Media. The film is narrated by U.K. thespian Michael Gambon. Inspired by the BBC and Discovery Channel's series The Blue Planet, Deep sets out to explore life "above, below and far beneath the ocean's surface," according to the filmmakers. The project was co-directed by Alastair Fothergill and Andy Byatt and produced by Alix Tidmarsh and Sophokles Tasioulis. Nikolaus Weil, Stefan Beiten, Andre Sikojev and Mike Phillips executive produced. Miramax director of acquisitions Chiara Trento brought Deep into the mini-major.
- 12/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Berlin-based Greenlight Media has signed a co-production and distribution deal with U.K. group Top Notch Prods. that will see the two companies produce 16 hourlong documentaries over the next two years, Greenlight chief operating officer Nikolaus Weil announced Mondayat MIPTV. Under the agreement, which Greenlight valued at $6 million, Top Notch will take all rights to the productions in North America, the United Kingdom, Israel and Singapore, with Greenlight handling remaining distribution worldwide through its distribution arm, peppermint international.
- 3/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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