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Fox Television Studios has entered into a first-look deal with Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami. Per the agreement, Fox gets a first look at concepts and content developed by CP+B that could spawn potential TV series. In addition to series, the relationship could result in branded entertainment, as well as program content across different platforms such as the Web and cell phones….Swedish director Henrik Hallgren has come aboard Compulsive Pictures, New York, for spot representation in the U.S. ….London-based M-A-D-E has inked a representation deal with Manifesto Films, which maintains shops in Zurich, Switzerland, and Vancouver B.C. Per the arrangement, director Reto Salimbeni, Manifesto’s founder, will be handled in the U.K. by M-A-D-E. In turn, Manifesto will platform M-A-D-E’s directors in Switzerland and Canada, including the New York-based helming team Suk & Koch….. New York-based animation studio Noodlesoup Productions has signed 3-D director/animator Doug Johnson and 2-D director/animator Chris Siemasko……The Cannes International Advertising Festival will honor Sony PlayStation as its Advertiser of the Year. The award will be presented on June 25….The Art Directors Club (ADC) is honoring Apple and TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, with the Vision Award, to be presented on June 2 at the ADC gala….Apple, Avid and Omneon scored top honors at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) third annual Awards for Innovation in Media (AIM) Editor’s Choice honors. Editors from leading industry publications, including SHOOT‘s sr. editor/technology & postproduction Carolyn Giardina, participated in the judging. In the content creation category, Apple’s Final Cut Pro 5 came up a winner. In the content management category, Omneon’s Spectrum Media Server won. And receiving the 2005 AIM Editor’s Choice Award within the content delivery category was Avid’s Dnxchange…..Category:Street Talk
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More
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