Stars in Promotion at MIPTV 2012
Cineflix Studios launch their exciting new series Copper
In presence of Franka Potente - German Actress, best known for roles in Run Lola Run and The Bourne Supremacy.- Tom Weston-Jones - British actor (MI5).
Christina Wayne, Cineflix Studios President and executive producer; Tom Fontana, Show runner and executive producer launched new scripted series Copper, being produced for BBC America and Shaw Canada.
Copper, a gripping crime series set in 1860s New York City, centers on Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an intense, rugged Irish-American cop working the city’s notorious Five Points neighborhood. Copper premieres in the summer of 2012 on BBC America, and is the network's first-ever scripted original drama. The series will also air in Canada on Shaw Media's Showcase, premiering fall of 2012.
Canadian Iron Chef Chuck Hughes cooks up Miptv
Beyond Distribution has been bringing celebrity chef and TV personality Chuck Hughes to MIPTV to launch two new titles Chuck’s Week Off: Mexico and Chuckmas. Chuck was introduced to international audiences by Beyond Distribution through his debut series Chuck’s Day Off, which airs on the US Cooking Channel and now in over 20 countries. Now in its third season, Chuck’s Day Off has garnered three Gemini nominations and Chuck received the Best Host Award in the Factual Entertainment Awards. Chuck recently became the youngest Canadian chef to ever win Iron Chef America. All three titles are produced by Whalley-Abbey Media, based in Montreal.
Who would guess they are Femme Fatales ?
In presence of Nikki Griffin (Fast & Furious III, Dukes of Hazard), Christine Donion, Madison Dylan, Catherine Annett, Shani Pride and Tiffany Brouwer. Femme Fatales is a sexy, thrilling anthology series about powerful, sexy and dangerous women inspired by and styled in the tradition of pulp stories, film noir and graphic novels.
Femme Fatales TV series is inspired by the bestselling magazine of the same name that launched in 1987 and is devoted to the sexy sirens of film, television, music and the web.
Entertainment One (eOne) handles the broadcast, digital and DVD distribution outside of North America for the series.
Jean Reno is Le Grand
Atlantique Productions (Lagardère Entertainment Company) presents Jean Reno in his television debut as the lead of an international series shot in Paris
In presence of Jean Reno, René Balcer (Showrunner), Takis Candilis (CEO Lagardère Entertainment), Klaus Zimmermann (CEO Atlantique Productions) & Jens Richter (Managing Director of SevenOne International).
Jersey Shore huge success
In presence of Deena Nicole Cortese & Vinny Guadagnino
Since its launch in 2009, MTV’s hit series Jersey Shore has enjoyed huge success and has become the network’s most iconic series, thanks to record audience figures in the US and around the world. Executive produced by SallyAnn Salsano of 495 Productions and Jacquelyn French for MTV, Jersey Shore is broadcast worldwide on MTV and follows the lives of eight housemates (four men and four women) as they navigate their friendships, relationships and everyday adventures with trademark hilarity, first-pumping and family dysfunction. The fifth
season of the show will premiere internationally in March 2012.
Inspector Barnaby investigates Midsomer Murders
In presence of Neil Dudgeon (Chief Inspector John Barnaby), Fiona Dolman (John Barnaby’s wife), Jason Hughes (Inspector Barnaby’s assistant), Jo Wright (Producer of series 15).
Chief Inspector Barnaby of the hit series Midsomer Murders is a best-seller around the world and a ratings hit on ITV1 in the UK (over 5 years as the best-selling drama out of the UK and a favourite with audiences around the globe). New deals have just been signed which see the latest series 14 going on air in Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Africa, etc – the show is still licensed into over 230 territories…
Heston Blumenthal
Three Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal, one of the world’s most exciting and innovative culinary experts, was at MIPTV to promote the international launch of his new show How to Cook Like Heston, distributed by leading UK independent DRG. The 6 x 30-minute series is produced by Renegade Pictures for Channel 4 in the UK.
After years of passionately seeking culinary perfection, Michelin-starred chef, Heston Blumenthal demonstrates not just how to cook, but why certain things do or don't work, as he dispels some of the myths inherited from our mother's kitchen. Britain's most visionary chef delivers meticulously tested tips and techniques to help viewers transform their dinners from bog standard to reliably brilliant without even breaking a sweat.
The series is packed with straightforward advice, as well as some of Heston’s world-renowned gastronomic magic, while special cameras show what actually happens to food as it hits the pan or roasts in the oven.
DRG also represents two other Heston Blumenthal titles: Heston’s Mission Impossible (4 x 60’) also produced by Renegade Pictures and Big Chef takes on Little Chef (4 x 60’), produced by Twofour Broadcast Ltd. These titles gave sold around the world throughout Europe, in Australia and New Zealand and across Asia.