Spectrum Productions, an Emmy Award-winning entertainment, branding and content studio behind hits like Nat Geo’s special, World’s Biggest Great White?, is evolving its brand identity. Founder, CEO and EP Guy Nickerson announced Spectrum Productions is embarking on the next chapter of its story as Remedy Television + Branded. The new moniker represents the company’s specialized team of television producers, content developers, advertisers, storytellers, digital minds and branding experts who produce and drive effective and engaging content for audiences, networks, brands and agency partners. In particular, the new brand captures the company’s enthusiasm for problem solving and creating compelling content for clients. Producing television series, documentaries, specials, branded television, identity and title design for major networks, Remedy Television + Branded offers capabilities including show conception, talent development, production, postproduction and distribution. The studio’s current and recent production slate includes Nat Geo WILD’s popular series Secrets of the Zoo (Columbus & Tampa), Dr. K’s Exotic Animal ER and Dr. T. Lonestar Vet; ABC’s Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown; the CW and nationally syndicated, seven-time Emmy Award-winning series, Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild; and Science Channel’s Street Science. In addition, the studio works with brand clients on a myriad of marketing solutions by developing meaningful creative, such as social media content, web series, short films, documentaries, brand campaigns, high-end corporate and sales promos, branded television specials and more. Recent branded and marketing content includes a short film and slate of social media assets for Sheraton Hotels, multiple 30-second TV commercials for Herschend Family Entertainment’s Dollywood theme park, and the Warrior Games’ opening ceremony video starring comedian and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart. Remedy Television + Branded, which is represented by ICM Partners, has produced over 1,000 television episodes and content solutions for high-profile networks and brands, including ABC, NBC, BBC, Discovery, Science Channel, Travel Channel, Nat Geo, Nat Geo WILD, Animal Planet, The Weather Channel, Disney, Marriott International, Universal, Busch Gardens, Sheraton, Fox Sports, NHL, Publix Supermarkets, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation…..
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