In today’s Global Bulletin, Telepool finds its new CEO in Jan Frouman, Edinburgh TV Festival recognizes freelance advocate Adeel Amini, Fantasia announces its winners, Spain’s Weird Market goes hybrid and Noah Media Group provides a first look at its upcoming documentary “Finding Jack Charlton.”
Hiring
German licensing, distribution and production company Telepool has appointed Jan Frouman as the company’s new CEO and managing director effective immediately, replacing André Druskeit, who stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Working out of the company’s Munich offices, Frouman will head development, financing and production activities for the company, as well as overseeing Telepool’s subsidiary companies including Global Screen, video game publisher Wild River Games, EuroVideo Medien and Netleih.
In 2018, Telepool was acquired by Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields. In 2019, Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and partners Miguel Melendez and Ko Yada launched Westbrook Studios, where Frouman...
Hiring
German licensing, distribution and production company Telepool has appointed Jan Frouman as the company’s new CEO and managing director effective immediately, replacing André Druskeit, who stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Working out of the company’s Munich offices, Frouman will head development, financing and production activities for the company, as well as overseeing Telepool’s subsidiary companies including Global Screen, video game publisher Wild River Games, EuroVideo Medien and Netleih.
In 2018, Telepool was acquired by Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields. In 2019, Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and partners Miguel Melendez and Ko Yada launched Westbrook Studios, where Frouman...
- 9/4/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
As every true fan of The Office knows, Creed Bratton had a long and interesting life long before he joined up with the crew at Dunder Mifflin. Back in the Sixties, before some of his Office castmates were even born, Bratton was scoring big radio hits as a member of the folk-rock band the Grass Roots, who played gigs alongside Buffalo Springfield and the Beach Boys.
He left the band in 1969 and spent many years on the fringes of the entertainment business, but the huge success of The Office helped...
He left the band in 1969 and spent many years on the fringes of the entertainment business, but the huge success of The Office helped...
- 6/11/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Football player and manager to get doc treatment from Noah Media Group.
A feature documentary about the World Cup-winning football player and manager Jack Charlton is in production from London-based outfit Noah Media Group, which has credits including Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans.
Gabriel Clarke and Pete Thomas are directing the project, which will tell the story of how Charlton guided the Republic of Ireland national football team to their first World Cup in 1990. It is being lined up for a UK theatrical release next summer, to mark 20 years since the tournament,...
A feature documentary about the World Cup-winning football player and manager Jack Charlton is in production from London-based outfit Noah Media Group, which has credits including Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans.
Gabriel Clarke and Pete Thomas are directing the project, which will tell the story of how Charlton guided the Republic of Ireland national football team to their first World Cup in 1990. It is being lined up for a UK theatrical release next summer, to mark 20 years since the tournament,...
- 7/8/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Noah Media Group, producers of docs Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, are in production on a feature-length documentary about iconic Brit soccer player and manager Jack Charlton.
The London-based outfit have partnered with Charlton and his family on the project, with a theatrical release planned for the summer of 2020 – thirty years on from Italia 90, when Charlton led the Republic of Ireland in their first ever World Cup.
The film will explore the story and legacy of that team but it will also look at Charlton’s playing career. He won the World Cup as a player with England in 1966, alongside brother Bobby Charlton, always the more revered player. However, the more outspoken Jack was a household name as pundit and TV celebrity by the early 1970s before turning his hand to coaching.
Pic will be directed by Gabriel Clarke (Bobby...
The London-based outfit have partnered with Charlton and his family on the project, with a theatrical release planned for the summer of 2020 – thirty years on from Italia 90, when Charlton led the Republic of Ireland in their first ever World Cup.
The film will explore the story and legacy of that team but it will also look at Charlton’s playing career. He won the World Cup as a player with England in 1966, alongside brother Bobby Charlton, always the more revered player. However, the more outspoken Jack was a household name as pundit and TV celebrity by the early 1970s before turning his hand to coaching.
Pic will be directed by Gabriel Clarke (Bobby...
- 7/8/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Charlton is the subject of a new feature documentary from the producers of “Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager.” Charlton was part of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team and is also hugely popular in Ireland after a stint managing its national team.
Noah Media has teamed with Charlton and his family on the project, which has just entered production. It will be released theatrically in summer 2020, 30 years on from Italia 90, where Charlton led the Republic of Ireland in its first ever World Cup.
The producers said there will be rarely seen archive and the film will explore the story of the Englishman who became an Irish hero.
Jack Charlton won the 1966 World Cup alongside brother Bobby, who was always the more revered player. Jack was the more outspoken of the pair and a household name as pundit and TV celebrity by the early 1970s, before turning his hand to coaching.
Noah Media has teamed with Charlton and his family on the project, which has just entered production. It will be released theatrically in summer 2020, 30 years on from Italia 90, where Charlton led the Republic of Ireland in its first ever World Cup.
The producers said there will be rarely seen archive and the film will explore the story of the Englishman who became an Irish hero.
Jack Charlton won the 1966 World Cup alongside brother Bobby, who was always the more revered player. Jack was the more outspoken of the pair and a household name as pundit and TV celebrity by the early 1970s, before turning his hand to coaching.
- 7/8/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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