The documentary capturing comedian Louis C.K.’s #MeToo scandal has been shelved at Showtime.
Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.
Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but did not provide additional reasons as to why. Variety first reported the news.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” then-Showtime CEO Nevins said at the time. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
Nevins added, “I don’t think the social change that #MeToo has brought about is resolved at all. There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who has to go away and who’s allowed to come back.”
The documentary was set to chart C.K.’s exit from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.
Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but did not provide additional reasons as to why. Variety first reported the news.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” then-Showtime CEO Nevins said at the time. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
Nevins added, “I don’t think the social change that #MeToo has brought about is resolved at all. There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who has to go away and who’s allowed to come back.”
The documentary was set to chart C.K.’s exit from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
- 6/5/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Showtime is not moving forward with Caroline Suh’s documentary on disgraced comedian Louis C.K., Variety has learned.
The feature-length doc was announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins at the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland last summer. Nevins stepped down in October following internal restructuring.
Suh, who previously directed Netflix documentary “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” about K-Pop superstars Blackpink, was set to helm the project about C.K., which was billed as examining the comedian and his downfall as well as the wider #MeToo movement over the past six years.
At the time the project was unveiled, Nevins said the New York Times reporters who broke the story of C.K.’s sexual misconduct were involved in the doc.
“I don’t think the social change that #MetToo has brought about is resolved at all,” Nevins said last summer. “There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who...
The feature-length doc was announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins at the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland last summer. Nevins stepped down in October following internal restructuring.
Suh, who previously directed Netflix documentary “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” about K-Pop superstars Blackpink, was set to helm the project about C.K., which was billed as examining the comedian and his downfall as well as the wider #MeToo movement over the past six years.
At the time the project was unveiled, Nevins said the New York Times reporters who broke the story of C.K.’s sexual misconduct were involved in the doc.
“I don’t think the social change that #MetToo has brought about is resolved at all,” Nevins said last summer. “There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who...
- 6/5/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: London-based Dogwoof has locked a series of international deals for Jason Kohn’s diamond industry documentary Nothing Lasts Forever and Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s debut feature Midwives on the first day of the 2022 IDFA Forum.
Produced by Kilo Films for Showtime and directed by Kohn (Love Means Zero), Nothing Lasts Forever was sold to Vpro (Netherlands), Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway), Dr (Denmark), Movistar/Telefonica (Spain and Andorra), Vrt (Belgium), and Madman (Australia and New Zealand).
Further deals include Nos Lusomundo (Portugal and Palop), HOT8 and Yesdocu (Israel), Rtbf (Belgium – French speaking), Pts (Taiwan), Pccw (Hong Kong and Macau), and Ruv (Iceland). Showtime holds North American rights.
Producers on the doc include Amanda Branson Gill, Jared Ian Goldman, and Jason Kohn. Executive producers are Vinnie Malhotra for Showtime, and co-producers are Kimberley Hassett, Jonathan Gribetz, and Heloisa Passos.
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s Midwives has sold to Nhk (Japan...
Produced by Kilo Films for Showtime and directed by Kohn (Love Means Zero), Nothing Lasts Forever was sold to Vpro (Netherlands), Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway), Dr (Denmark), Movistar/Telefonica (Spain and Andorra), Vrt (Belgium), and Madman (Australia and New Zealand).
Further deals include Nos Lusomundo (Portugal and Palop), HOT8 and Yesdocu (Israel), Rtbf (Belgium – French speaking), Pts (Taiwan), Pccw (Hong Kong and Macau), and Ruv (Iceland). Showtime holds North American rights.
Producers on the doc include Amanda Branson Gill, Jared Ian Goldman, and Jason Kohn. Executive producers are Vinnie Malhotra for Showtime, and co-producers are Kimberley Hassett, Jonathan Gribetz, and Heloisa Passos.
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s Midwives has sold to Nhk (Japan...
- 11/14/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Louis C.K.’s fall from grace will now be at the center of a #MeToo documentary for Showtime.
The network announced plans for a documentary about C.K. after he stepped away from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The “Louie” creator recently won his third Grammy for a 2020 self-released comedy special “Sincerely, Louis C.K.” and debuted the film “Fourth of July” earlier this summer.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” Showtime CEo, Paramount+ chief content officer, and Paramount TV head of scripted originals David Nevins said during the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland, as reported by Variety. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
The documentary will involve the New York Times reporters who broke the story that C.K. had been accused of masturbating in front of five women. The documentary, which is directed by Caroline Sun...
The network announced plans for a documentary about C.K. after he stepped away from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The “Louie” creator recently won his third Grammy for a 2020 self-released comedy special “Sincerely, Louis C.K.” and debuted the film “Fourth of July” earlier this summer.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” Showtime CEo, Paramount+ chief content officer, and Paramount TV head of scripted originals David Nevins said during the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland, as reported by Variety. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
The documentary will involve the New York Times reporters who broke the story that C.K. had been accused of masturbating in front of five women. The documentary, which is directed by Caroline Sun...
- 8/25/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Penny Lane is to direct Mrs. America, exploring the changing role of American womanhood through the Mrs. America Beauty Pageant’s half-century history.
Anonymous Content, Fremantle and Spinning Nancy are behind the premium doc, which will move through the history of an event started by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel that focused on celebrating the role of married women in society.
The doc is one of the first to be produced by Fremeantle’s Global Head of Documentaries Mandy Chang, who used to run BBC Storyville. Other producers are Nick Shumaker, Jessica Grimshaw, Gabriel Sedgwick, Amanda Branson-Gill, Whitney Sudler-Smith, Dawn Olmstead and David Levine.
Lane, who has been behind the likes of Hail Satan? and Listening to Kenny G, is a celebrated director known for her humor and unconventional approach.
She described the show as an “incredible opportunity to learn and think deeply about womanhood, marriage and American values.
Anonymous Content, Fremantle and Spinning Nancy are behind the premium doc, which will move through the history of an event started by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel that focused on celebrating the role of married women in society.
The doc is one of the first to be produced by Fremeantle’s Global Head of Documentaries Mandy Chang, who used to run BBC Storyville. Other producers are Nick Shumaker, Jessica Grimshaw, Gabriel Sedgwick, Amanda Branson-Gill, Whitney Sudler-Smith, Dawn Olmstead and David Levine.
Lane, who has been behind the likes of Hail Satan? and Listening to Kenny G, is a celebrated director known for her humor and unconventional approach.
She described the show as an “incredible opportunity to learn and think deeply about womanhood, marriage and American values.
- 6/29/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Penny Lane (“Listening to Kenny G”) will direct “Mrs. America,” a documentary which will explore the changing role of American womanhood through the Mrs. America beauty pageant’s 45-year history.
The pageant, established by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel, focused on celebrating the role of married women in society.
Nick Shumaker (“Nothing Lasts Forever”) and Jessica Grimshaw (“A Wilderness of Error”) will produce the project for Anonymous Content alongside Fremantle’s global head of documentaries, Mandy Chang and Gabriel Sedgwick (“Hail Satan?”) for Spinning Nancy. Amanda Branson-Gill and Whitney Sudler-Smith (“Southern Charm”) will also produce. Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead and Cco David Levine will executive produce the project which is co-financed by Anonymous Content and Fremantle.
Shumaker and Grimshaw said: “The Mrs. America beauty pageant has long represented a certain perspective on what it means to be a woman in the United States, which over the years has...
The pageant, established by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel, focused on celebrating the role of married women in society.
Nick Shumaker (“Nothing Lasts Forever”) and Jessica Grimshaw (“A Wilderness of Error”) will produce the project for Anonymous Content alongside Fremantle’s global head of documentaries, Mandy Chang and Gabriel Sedgwick (“Hail Satan?”) for Spinning Nancy. Amanda Branson-Gill and Whitney Sudler-Smith (“Southern Charm”) will also produce. Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead and Cco David Levine will executive produce the project which is co-financed by Anonymous Content and Fremantle.
Shumaker and Grimshaw said: “The Mrs. America beauty pageant has long represented a certain perspective on what it means to be a woman in the United States, which over the years has...
- 6/29/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Kohn’s documentary was produced for US cable network Showtime.
Dogwoof is to handle international sales on Jason Kohn’s documentary Nothing Lasts Forever, which received its world premiere at the Berlinale last week.
The London-based documentary specialist will present the feature to buyers at MipTV in April, after securing a deal with premium US cable network Showtime, which holds worldwide rights and will broadcast the film in the US and Canada. A North America premiere is set to take place at SXSW in March.
Filmed over a decade, Kohn infiltrated the secretive diamond industry to uncover a black market in synthetic diamonds,...
Dogwoof is to handle international sales on Jason Kohn’s documentary Nothing Lasts Forever, which received its world premiere at the Berlinale last week.
The London-based documentary specialist will present the feature to buyers at MipTV in April, after securing a deal with premium US cable network Showtime, which holds worldwide rights and will broadcast the film in the US and Canada. A North America premiere is set to take place at SXSW in March.
Filmed over a decade, Kohn infiltrated the secretive diamond industry to uncover a black market in synthetic diamonds,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Dogwoof will handle international sales for Jason Kohn’s “Nothing Lasts Forever” following its world premiere in Berlin.
Kohn spent ten years on the project, traversing across the world and speaking to industry insiders including Dusan Simic, Aja Raden, Martin Rappaport, Stephen Lussier and Chandu Sheta.
“Infiltrating the highly secretive diamond industry, Kohn uncovers a threat to the lucrative trade that could devalue every diamond ever mined, effectively destroying the universal symbol of love and commitment,” reads the logline.
Variety‘s Peter Debruge described “Nothing Lasts Forever” as “a solid, investigative documentary, shot and scored like a tight art-house thriller” in his review. “Kohn has created the rare documentary that transforms the way we understand the world, questioning so many of our core beliefs, including the very notion of what is ‘real.'”
Dogwoof will present “Nothing Lasts Forever” at MipTV in April.
Showtime has the worldwide rights to the doc,...
Kohn spent ten years on the project, traversing across the world and speaking to industry insiders including Dusan Simic, Aja Raden, Martin Rappaport, Stephen Lussier and Chandu Sheta.
“Infiltrating the highly secretive diamond industry, Kohn uncovers a threat to the lucrative trade that could devalue every diamond ever mined, effectively destroying the universal symbol of love and commitment,” reads the logline.
Variety‘s Peter Debruge described “Nothing Lasts Forever” as “a solid, investigative documentary, shot and scored like a tight art-house thriller” in his review. “Kohn has created the rare documentary that transforms the way we understand the world, questioning so many of our core beliefs, including the very notion of what is ‘real.'”
Dogwoof will present “Nothing Lasts Forever” at MipTV in April.
Showtime has the worldwide rights to the doc,...
- 2/15/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Film premiered in Toronto last year.
With less than a week before the start of Wimbledon, Cinetic has announced a raft of international deals on tennis documentary Love Means Zero.
The film, which screened recently on the Showtime premium cable network in the Us and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, has gone to Yes-Docu for Israel, Vpro for the Netherlands, NonStop for Scandinavia and Movistar for Spain, with deals in France and Germany pending, according to Cinetic. Airline rights have gone to Terry Steiner International.
Directed by Jason Kohn, Love Means Zero profiles 85-year-old Nick Bollettieri, who coached tennis champions including Jim Courier,...
With less than a week before the start of Wimbledon, Cinetic has announced a raft of international deals on tennis documentary Love Means Zero.
The film, which screened recently on the Showtime premium cable network in the Us and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, has gone to Yes-Docu for Israel, Vpro for the Netherlands, NonStop for Scandinavia and Movistar for Spain, with deals in France and Germany pending, according to Cinetic. Airline rights have gone to Terry Steiner International.
Directed by Jason Kohn, Love Means Zero profiles 85-year-old Nick Bollettieri, who coached tennis champions including Jim Courier,...
- 6/26/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
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