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  • ‘Olive Kitteridge’ to premiere on Star World Premiere HD

    ‘Olive Kitteridge’ to premiere on Star World Premiere HD

    MUMBAI: In a bid to introduce some of the finest stories ever told, coupled with memorable, award-winning characters to audiences in India, Star World Premiere HD has introduced an internationally renowned television viewing format in India through its property Mini Series of the Month. As part of the property, the channel showcases a highly acclaimed, award-winning and star studded miniseries and this month, it will premiere the four-part mini-series Olive Kitteridge.

    The series will air on 4 and 5 February at 7 pm.

    Based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Olive Kitteridge paints a portrait of the titular character, a middle-school Math teacher in the coastal town of Crosby, Maine and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years. It takes the form of 13 short stories put together in the 4-part miniseries that are interrelated and follow Olive’s life as she goes about her daily routine and experiences problems of depression, bereavement, jealousy, and friction with family members and friends.

    The mini-series stars Oscar winner Frances McDormand as the misanthropic, strict, but well-meaning, retired schoolteacher along with Richard Jenkins of The Visitor, Dear John fame; Ken Cheeseman of Shutter Island fame, John Gallagher of The West Wing, Law & Order, The Newsroom fame, Peter Mullan of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows fame, Zoe Kazan of What If, Ruby Sparks fame, Bill Murray of The Jungle Book’s Baloo fame and many more.

    At the time of its release, the mini-series bagged a whopping eight awards at the 67th Primetime Emmys 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series.

  • ‘Olive Kitteridge’ to premiere on Star World Premiere HD

    ‘Olive Kitteridge’ to premiere on Star World Premiere HD

    MUMBAI: In a bid to introduce some of the finest stories ever told, coupled with memorable, award-winning characters to audiences in India, Star World Premiere HD has introduced an internationally renowned television viewing format in India through its property Mini Series of the Month. As part of the property, the channel showcases a highly acclaimed, award-winning and star studded miniseries and this month, it will premiere the four-part mini-series Olive Kitteridge.

    The series will air on 4 and 5 February at 7 pm.

    Based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Olive Kitteridge paints a portrait of the titular character, a middle-school Math teacher in the coastal town of Crosby, Maine and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years. It takes the form of 13 short stories put together in the 4-part miniseries that are interrelated and follow Olive’s life as she goes about her daily routine and experiences problems of depression, bereavement, jealousy, and friction with family members and friends.

    The mini-series stars Oscar winner Frances McDormand as the misanthropic, strict, but well-meaning, retired schoolteacher along with Richard Jenkins of The Visitor, Dear John fame; Ken Cheeseman of Shutter Island fame, John Gallagher of The West Wing, Law & Order, The Newsroom fame, Peter Mullan of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows fame, Zoe Kazan of What If, Ruby Sparks fame, Bill Murray of The Jungle Book’s Baloo fame and many more.

    At the time of its release, the mini-series bagged a whopping eight awards at the 67th Primetime Emmys 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series.

  • Fox International Channels & Keshet strike global rights deal for ‘False Flag’

    Fox International Channels & Keshet strike global rights deal for ‘False Flag’

    MUMBAI: Fox International Channels (FIC) has inked a deal with Keshet International (KI) for the exclusive first window rights to the drama False Flag (8 x 45’).

     

    This follows from the existing format rights deal the two groups have on False Flag, whose US-adaptation is in development at FIC’s Fox International Studios in partnership with Keshet International. The acquisition of the Hebrew language series firms up FIC’s stake in the franchise and positions the group as exclusive broadcaster across its 127 country strong footprint.

     

    The sale of the original Hebrew language series is unprecedented both in the respect of it being the first ever Israeli series to be acquired by FIC and the company’s first non-English series to be acquired on a global scale. 

     

    The gripping espionage thriller, which sees five ordinary citizens implicated in a high profile kidnapping, has been much talked about internationally following its world premiere as part of a special selection at Berlinale 2015 and its award of the Grand Prize at Series Mania 2015 (The Public Prize) jointly with HBO’s Olive Kitteridge.

     

    FIC EVP scripted programming & original development Sharon Tal said, “We couldn’t be more committed to this exciting TV series. We identified this project at an early stage of development and are thrilled be in partnership with KI and own the rights of both the Israeli version and the US remake. Looking forward to bringing both to the world very soon.”

     

    Keshet International managing director – distribution Keren Shahar added, “We’re very proud of False Flag and are delighted it has found a global home on the FIC network. It’s great to see this world-class Israeli drama travelling worldwide.”

     

    The deal for the original language version was negotiated by KI sales director Cynthia Kennedy and FIC EVP global acquisitions Jason Simms.

     

    False Flag was created by Amit Cohen and Maria Feldman, directed by Oded Ruskin and produced by Liat Benasuly and Maria Feldman at Tender Productions for Keshet Broadcasting.

  • Frances McDormand honoured in Venice

    Frances McDormand honoured in Venice

    MUMBAI: Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand has been honoured with the visionary talent award at the Venice Film Festival, ahead of the premier of her new HBO mini-series, Olive Kitteridge which she called the culmination of her life’s work.

     

    McDormand, who is married to director Joel Coen and has starred in several Coen brothers films including Fargo and Burn After Reading, was presented with the Visionary Talent Award for a career that began on Broadway in 1984.

     

    Talking about her new project, McDormand said that she was gratified to be at a film festival with Olive Kitteridge.

     

    In Olive Kitteridge, McDormand plays a witty, acerbic maths teacher in a New England town in a story that spans 25 years, based on a Pulitzer prize-winning collection of short stories by Elizabeth Strout, and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. It is set to air in the US in November.

     

    The actress made her feature film debut 30 years ago in Coen’s Blood Simple. Talking about working in television she said, “Television has allowed all of us to reinvent on our own terms what we want our professional lives to be. For a female elder, action roles in films are limited, but television opens up new possibilities.”

     

    McDormand won the Best Actress Oscar for Fargo and has also been nominated three more times for Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), and North Country (2005).