Country songs sure can tell stories. Now TV production company Granada America wants to make some of those stories into a series of one-hour TV dramas.
The film-producing duo of Mark Roberts and Lorena David ("Strangers With Candy," "Extreme Dating") pitched the project to Granada and will executive produce it with veteran music supervisor Joel C. High of Creative Control Entertainment. Dubbed "American Storytellers," the series will have access to least seven songs from Sony/Atv Music Publishing as well as works by other publishers to be named.
"We have worked with them for upwards of two years to find the right songs for the project," Sony/Atv Nashville president Troy Tomlinson said. "The music was to be the driving force behind the series."
The music publisher boasts a formidable country catalog that includes classics by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Roger Miller as well as recent hits by Taylor Swift,...
The film-producing duo of Mark Roberts and Lorena David ("Strangers With Candy," "Extreme Dating") pitched the project to Granada and will executive produce it with veteran music supervisor Joel C. High of Creative Control Entertainment. Dubbed "American Storytellers," the series will have access to least seven songs from Sony/Atv Music Publishing as well as works by other publishers to be named.
"We have worked with them for upwards of two years to find the right songs for the project," Sony/Atv Nashville president Troy Tomlinson said. "The music was to be the driving force behind the series."
The music publisher boasts a formidable country catalog that includes classics by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Roger Miller as well as recent hits by Taylor Swift,...
- 3/13/2009
- by By Ed Christman, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MILAN -- Franchise Pictures said Sunday that it has acquired worldwide rights to the action comedy Extreme Dating in a deal brokered by John Sloss and Paul Brennan of Cinetic Media. Directed by Lorena David, the ensemble cast features Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Jamie-Lynn DiScala (The Sopranos), Amanda Detmer (The Majestic), Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You) and rocker-actor Meat Loaf. The film tells the story of four friends who believe that the key to winning over their true loves is to place themselves in extreme situations. They plot a fake kidnapping, but the plan goes awry when the kidnappers turn out to be ex-cons with plans of their own. Extreme Dating is produced by Mark A. Roberts. " 'Extreme Dating' is a hilarious film with a broad appeal to all ages," Franchise chairman and CEO Elie Samaha said.
- 11/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elaine Bauer-Brooks has been named senior vp programming and development at Twentieth Television. She will be responsible for the development of all first-run programming to be aired on the Fox Television Stations and in the national TV marketplace, including broadcast syndication. Announcing the appointment Wednesday, president of programming and production Robb Dalton said, "Elaine's hands-on producing experiences on some of the longest-running syndicated hits, coupled with her extensive development background, make her the perfect person to lead our aggressive development slate." Bauer-Brooks, who will report to Dalton, also will oversee programming activities for all of Twentieth Television's first-run product, including Divorce Court, Texas Justice, Good Day Live, The Rob Nelson Show and Ex-Treme Dating.
- 10/10/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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