The BBC has acquired a new K-pop reality series tentatively titled “Made in Korea.”
The show follows a British boyband as they head to a K-pop boot camp in Korea, where the bandmembers will learn from experts behind some of the country’s biggest music exports.
“Featuring incredible performances, television gold and a band set to entertain the world, will these young artists have what it takes to learn from the best and make the jump from ordinary life to new pop sensations?” reads the logline.
Made by producer Nigel Hall (“Britain’s Got Talent”), talent manager Russ Lindsay (former manager of Ant & Dec), broadcast executive Dawn Airey’s Moon&Back Media and Korea’s Sm Entertainment, “Made in Korea” is currently in production.
ITV Studios is distributing the series and format. They are set to present the show at the ITV Studios showcase in London this week, where they will...
The show follows a British boyband as they head to a K-pop boot camp in Korea, where the bandmembers will learn from experts behind some of the country’s biggest music exports.
“Featuring incredible performances, television gold and a band set to entertain the world, will these young artists have what it takes to learn from the best and make the jump from ordinary life to new pop sensations?” reads the logline.
Made by producer Nigel Hall (“Britain’s Got Talent”), talent manager Russ Lindsay (former manager of Ant & Dec), broadcast executive Dawn Airey’s Moon&Back Media and Korea’s Sm Entertainment, “Made in Korea” is currently in production.
ITV Studios is distributing the series and format. They are set to present the show at the ITV Studios showcase in London this week, where they will...
- 2/27/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has greenlit a reality series following a fledgling British boy band as it departs for Korea to attend the ultimate K-Pop boot camp.
The untitled show is the debut commission for BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Hall, talent manager Russ Lindsay (former manager of Ant & Dec and Simon Cowell) and broadcast executive Dawn Airey’s Moon & Back Media, coming from the indie’s partnership with Sm Entertainment. Deadline revealed the company’s launch last year and it is backed Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group.
It follows the as-yet-unnannounced band as it departs for Korea to attend the ultimate K-Pop boot camp, learning from the experts who have created the world’s biggest K-Pop superstars. But will these young artists have what it takes to learn from the best and make the jump from ordinary life to new pop sensations?
Sm Entertainment...
The untitled show is the debut commission for BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Hall, talent manager Russ Lindsay (former manager of Ant & Dec and Simon Cowell) and broadcast executive Dawn Airey’s Moon & Back Media, coming from the indie’s partnership with Sm Entertainment. Deadline revealed the company’s launch last year and it is backed Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group.
It follows the as-yet-unnannounced band as it departs for Korea to attend the ultimate K-Pop boot camp, learning from the experts who have created the world’s biggest K-Pop superstars. But will these young artists have what it takes to learn from the best and make the jump from ordinary life to new pop sensations?
Sm Entertainment...
- 2/27/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Asylum Entertainment Group, the Endeavor-backed production group run by Steve Michaels, has invested in British producer Moon&Back Media, founded by veteran UK execs Dawn Airey, Nigel Hall and Russ Lindsay.
It marks the company’s first investment in an international production company and comes after Endeavor invested in Asylum earlier this year, as revealed by Deadline.
Airey has worked for British broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. She is best known as the inaugural director of programmes for Channel 5, where she coined the term ‘films, football and f*cking’ to describe its content strategy, before becoming CEO of the network, which is now owned by Paramount. She subsequently ran channels at Sky before becoming Director of Global Content at ITV. She has also held senior roles at Rtl, Yahoo and Getty Images.
Hall is best known as Global Head of TV for Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment,...
It marks the company’s first investment in an international production company and comes after Endeavor invested in Asylum earlier this year, as revealed by Deadline.
Airey has worked for British broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. She is best known as the inaugural director of programmes for Channel 5, where she coined the term ‘films, football and f*cking’ to describe its content strategy, before becoming CEO of the network, which is now owned by Paramount. She subsequently ran channels at Sky before becoming Director of Global Content at ITV. She has also held senior roles at Rtl, Yahoo and Getty Images.
Hall is best known as Global Head of TV for Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO and Sky’s nuclear drama “Chernobyl” has emerged as the frontrunner at this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards with 14 nominations.
“Chernobyl’s” impressive haul matches “Killing Eve’s” record 14 BAFTA nods last year, making it the most nominated show in the history of the awards.
“Chernobyl’s” nominations span multiple categories in the TV and craft awards: costume design, director fiction, editing fiction, make-up and hair design, original music, photography and lighting fiction, production design, scripted casting, sound fiction, special, visual and graphic effects, writer (drama), leading actor (for Jared Harris), mini-series and supporting actor (for Stellan Skarsgard).
Meanwhile, Netflix hit “The Crown” follows with seven BAFTA nods, while Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC and Amazon-backed comedy “Fleabag” and BBC and Netflix thriller “Giri/Haji” have six each.
BBC and HBO’s Philip Pullman adaptation “His Dark Materials” and Channel 4...
“Chernobyl’s” impressive haul matches “Killing Eve’s” record 14 BAFTA nods last year, making it the most nominated show in the history of the awards.
“Chernobyl’s” nominations span multiple categories in the TV and craft awards: costume design, director fiction, editing fiction, make-up and hair design, original music, photography and lighting fiction, production design, scripted casting, sound fiction, special, visual and graphic effects, writer (drama), leading actor (for Jared Harris), mini-series and supporting actor (for Stellan Skarsgard).
Meanwhile, Netflix hit “The Crown” follows with seven BAFTA nods, while Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC and Amazon-backed comedy “Fleabag” and BBC and Netflix thriller “Giri/Haji” have six each.
BBC and HBO’s Philip Pullman adaptation “His Dark Materials” and Channel 4...
- 6/4/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier this month, 11E1even Group hosted an all-star livestream in tribute to Bill Withers, who died on March 30th. The entire one-hour livestream, featuring performances from Finneas, Stephen Marley and more, is now available to view on YouTube.
Other performers who paid their respects to Withers included Nicki Bluhm, Marc Broussard, Oteil Burbridge, Alecia Chakor, Nigel Hall, Marcus King, Eric Krasno, Lawrence, Son Little, Ivan Neville, Suzanne Santo, David Shaw and Allen Stone, performing some of Withers’ most recognizable hits, including “Just the Two of Us,” “Lovely Day,” “Make a Smile for Me,...
Other performers who paid their respects to Withers included Nicki Bluhm, Marc Broussard, Oteil Burbridge, Alecia Chakor, Nigel Hall, Marcus King, Eric Krasno, Lawrence, Son Little, Ivan Neville, Suzanne Santo, David Shaw and Allen Stone, performing some of Withers’ most recognizable hits, including “Just the Two of Us,” “Lovely Day,” “Make a Smile for Me,...
- 4/20/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is developing a royal drama based on the Queen’s art collection with The X Factor producer Syco.
Fellowes, who has written the forthcoming movie based on the ITV period drama, is working on a series about The Royal Collection, which is the art collection of the British Royal Family and is the largest collection in the world.
It marks Syco’s first move into scripted drama in the UK, having had huge success with entertainment formats such as The X Factor and Got Talent.
Nigel Hall, Syco’s Global Head of TV, told Deadline that it had struck a development deal with Fellowes, who is also working on The Gilded Age for NBC. “We’re doing story behind portraits in the royal collection. This came out of conversations about every great film like The Duchess. The portraits hang in the royal collection and...
Fellowes, who has written the forthcoming movie based on the ITV period drama, is working on a series about The Royal Collection, which is the art collection of the British Royal Family and is the largest collection in the world.
It marks Syco’s first move into scripted drama in the UK, having had huge success with entertainment formats such as The X Factor and Got Talent.
Nigel Hall, Syco’s Global Head of TV, told Deadline that it had struck a development deal with Fellowes, who is also working on The Gilded Age for NBC. “We’re doing story behind portraits in the royal collection. This came out of conversations about every great film like The Duchess. The portraits hang in the royal collection and...
- 10/15/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Got Talent and The X Factor producer Syco and superindie Fremantle are rolling out Matthew Morrison-fronted format The Greatest Dancer and are looking to replica the global success of its previous entertainment behemoths.
Nigel Hall, Global Head of TV at Simon Cowell’s company, tells Deadline that he is showing the BBC show, which also stars pop star Cheryl Tweedy, to key buyers this week at Mipcom and that he has a “good feeling” about its international success.
The series features a host of talent from across the world of dance as they give the performances of their lives in the search for the UK’s best dancer. From ballet to jazz; hip hop to Bollywood; the show will feature a number of genres as well as “dramatic” auditions, challenges and live performances.
“The joy of this show is you go from great dancers to the boppers,” Halls tells Deadline.
Nigel Hall, Global Head of TV at Simon Cowell’s company, tells Deadline that he is showing the BBC show, which also stars pop star Cheryl Tweedy, to key buyers this week at Mipcom and that he has a “good feeling” about its international success.
The series features a host of talent from across the world of dance as they give the performances of their lives in the search for the UK’s best dancer. From ballet to jazz; hip hop to Bollywood; the show will feature a number of genres as well as “dramatic” auditions, challenges and live performances.
“The joy of this show is you go from great dancers to the boppers,” Halls tells Deadline.
- 10/15/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Glee’s Matthew Morrison is to star in Simon Cowell’s British entertainment format The Greatest Dancer.
The American actor, who has starred in a number of Broadway hits including Finding Neverland, will present the series alongside former Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy and Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse. The trio will make up the panel of Dance Captains in the BBC One show, which is hosted by Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo.
Auditions for The Greatest Dancer, a co-production between creator Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia’s Thames, are taking place in Birmingham ahead of its launch in 2019.
The show marks Cowell’s first co-pro for the BBC, having launched a number of shows on rival ITV. The broadcaster has ordered eight episodes of the entertainment format for Saturday night. The series will feature a host of talent from across the world of dance as they give the performances...
The American actor, who has starred in a number of Broadway hits including Finding Neverland, will present the series alongside former Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy and Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse. The trio will make up the panel of Dance Captains in the BBC One show, which is hosted by Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo.
Auditions for The Greatest Dancer, a co-production between creator Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia’s Thames, are taking place in Birmingham ahead of its launch in 2019.
The show marks Cowell’s first co-pro for the BBC, having launched a number of shows on rival ITV. The broadcaster has ordered eight episodes of the entertainment format for Saturday night. The series will feature a host of talent from across the world of dance as they give the performances...
- 8/10/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The X Factor isn't messing around - we've got our new hosts, our new judges, and now our new presenters on The Xtra Factor.
Rochelle Humes and DJ Melvin Odoom were today announced as the new faces of the ITV2 spinoff show, replacing former host Sarah-Jane Crawford.
So excited to land my dream job & with one of my best boys @Melvinodoom! Can't wait to start #XtraFactor @TheXFactor pic.twitter.com/VYToEyY3sC
— Rochelle Humes (@RochelleHumes) June 18, 2015
"I have watched The Xtra Factor for years so I am beyond excited about joining such a brilliant team, and getting to work with my old friend Melvin makes it even better," Humes said. "I also can't wait to meet the contestants and be a part of their X Factor experience."
Meanwhile, Odoom - who co-hosts the Kiss FM breakfast show with Rickie Haywood Williams - revealed that he has always been a "massive fan" of The X Factor.
Rochelle Humes and DJ Melvin Odoom were today announced as the new faces of the ITV2 spinoff show, replacing former host Sarah-Jane Crawford.
So excited to land my dream job & with one of my best boys @Melvinodoom! Can't wait to start #XtraFactor @TheXFactor pic.twitter.com/VYToEyY3sC
— Rochelle Humes (@RochelleHumes) June 18, 2015
"I have watched The Xtra Factor for years so I am beyond excited about joining such a brilliant team, and getting to work with my old friend Melvin makes it even better," Humes said. "I also can't wait to meet the contestants and be a part of their X Factor experience."
Meanwhile, Odoom - who co-hosts the Kiss FM breakfast show with Rickie Haywood Williams - revealed that he has always been a "massive fan" of The X Factor.
- 6/18/2015
- Digital Spy
John Craven will present the new BBC Two game show Beat the Brain.
Beat the Brain, which will air in the BBC's daytime programming block, tests the way its contestants think by pitting teams of four in challenges that involve different centres of the brain.
Contestants will be given logical problems, visual puzzles and memory challenges, rather than trivia questions.
The series comes from Objective Productions and Over The Top Productions.
Nigel Hall of Over The Top Productions announced the series, saying: "I am really excited to be working with the legend that is John Craven, who has starred in so many landmark TV shows in his career.
"We were absolutely thrilled he chose Beat the Brain to be his next TV project. These brain games are addictive and we are confident that this will be a show that the whole family can enjoy together."
Beat the Brain is scheduled...
Beat the Brain, which will air in the BBC's daytime programming block, tests the way its contestants think by pitting teams of four in challenges that involve different centres of the brain.
Contestants will be given logical problems, visual puzzles and memory challenges, rather than trivia questions.
The series comes from Objective Productions and Over The Top Productions.
Nigel Hall of Over The Top Productions announced the series, saying: "I am really excited to be working with the legend that is John Craven, who has starred in so many landmark TV shows in his career.
"We were absolutely thrilled he chose Beat the Brain to be his next TV project. These brain games are addictive and we are confident that this will be a show that the whole family can enjoy together."
Beat the Brain is scheduled...
- 1/21/2015
- Digital Spy
'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' was devised by an intern. Top TV producer Nigel Hall has revealed the format for the hit primetime show, which sees audience members vie to win the contents of ad breaks, was actually thought up by a ''work experience kid'' after he, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly had arduously tried to think up a hit show for the duo to front. Nigel recalled: ''We're always thinking about the next big talent show, but who knows where the next great idea is coming from? We once sat in a room trying to come up with a big...
- 3/6/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
London – Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment is launching a startup production banner named Over The Top Productions. Set up as a joint venture with Syco's global head of television Nigel Hall running the division, the company will focus on the development of "niche TV productions." Syco said it is in "advanced talks with broadcasters over new formats and will be looking to hire a London-based development team." Story: 'X Factor' U.S. Boosts Earnings at TV Arm of Simon Cowell, Sony Venture The move will put it direct competition with FremantleMedia, which produces Syco TV shows The X
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- 1/11/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What if you went on a holiday and you found an undead apocalypse waiting? Would this be the best vacation ever, or something more mundane? If you like to imagine the unthinkable, then you might like the latest release from Wild Wolf Publishing titled Holiday of the Dead.
This latest, and possibly biggest, zombie anthology contains thirty-eight "holiday themed zombie stories" (Wolf). Several notable authors are taking part in this collection, including: John Russo, Tony Burgess, Shaun Jeffrey, Rod Glenn, Iain McKinnon, Matt Hilton, David Dunwoody, Wayne Simmons, Bowie V Ibarra, Joe McKinney, Remy Porter, A P Fuchs, Thomas Emson and Eric S Brown. At over 500 pages, this novel could keep you engrossed in rotting Santas for some time to come. All the thrilling short stories included in this paperback are listed below.
The tagline:
"The zombie apocalypse can really put a downer on your holiday…"
An overview of themes and settings:
"Theme parks,...
This latest, and possibly biggest, zombie anthology contains thirty-eight "holiday themed zombie stories" (Wolf). Several notable authors are taking part in this collection, including: John Russo, Tony Burgess, Shaun Jeffrey, Rod Glenn, Iain McKinnon, Matt Hilton, David Dunwoody, Wayne Simmons, Bowie V Ibarra, Joe McKinney, Remy Porter, A P Fuchs, Thomas Emson and Eric S Brown. At over 500 pages, this novel could keep you engrossed in rotting Santas for some time to come. All the thrilling short stories included in this paperback are listed below.
The tagline:
"The zombie apocalypse can really put a downer on your holiday…"
An overview of themes and settings:
"Theme parks,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The baby of the Baldwin acting clan was a 'badly behaved dumb jock' until he found the Lord. Now, days after his eviction from Celebrity Big Brother, he tells Miranda Sawyer about his 18 tattoos and how he saw the devil in two of his housemates
Stephen Baldwin, 43, has 18 tattoos. "They represent various moments in my life," he says. "Whether it be showing my love for my woman in a very macho way – there are three of those – to the ones which express my commitment to sobriety. I have one for my children. The 3.30 one on the back of my neck is the time I'm supposed to be home! No, it's a scripture in the Bible that I feel compelled to remind myself of: John 3.30. "I must decrease so that he may increase." It's about consciousness of humility. I'm walking this walk and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world.
Stephen Baldwin, 43, has 18 tattoos. "They represent various moments in my life," he says. "Whether it be showing my love for my woman in a very macho way – there are three of those – to the ones which express my commitment to sobriety. I have one for my children. The 3.30 one on the back of my neck is the time I'm supposed to be home! No, it's a scripture in the Bible that I feel compelled to remind myself of: John 3.30. "I must decrease so that he may increase." It's about consciousness of humility. I'm walking this walk and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world.
- 2/1/2010
- by Miranda Sawyer
- The Guardian - Film News
Susan Boyle took time to draw a wee breath with People magazine in an interview ahead of her TV special, which goes to air on Sunday night. Asked about having her own one-hour TV show, she said: 'It's a very humbling experience. I loved every second of it. I finally feel like the dream is a reality. When the show was made I can honestly say that it was the best two days of my life. The producer, Nigel Hall, made me a beautiful show.' Boyle said despite her overnight fame and record CD sales, she had clung to some parts of her past as the Scottish village spinster who spent much of life caring for her...
- 12/15/2009
- by Philippa Bourke
- Monsters and Critics
What a year it's been for Susan Boyle! The Scottish singing sensation's debut album I Dreamed a Dream is at the top the Billboard charts for the second week in a row. On Sunday (8 p.m. Est), the TV Guide Network will air I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story. The one-hour special features performances with Boyle and the West End cast of Les Miserables and singer Elaine Paige. People caught up with Boyle to talk about her life-changing year, her upcoming TV special and how fame has affected her cat Pebbles! What's it like having your own television special?...
- 12/13/2009
- by Monica Rizzo
- PEOPLE.com
LONDON -- Granada TV's rising star Duncan Gray is set for a trans-Atlantic transfer to ABC to play a key role in the network's alternative programming efforts, sources in London and Los Angeles confirmed Tuesday. Gray has been considered to be on the fast track at Granada, where he serves as controller of entertainment and has worked on some of ITV's biggest family entertainment shows, including Popstars: The Rivals and Stars in Their Eyes. He was promoted to head of entertainment at the beginning of the year. Granada insiders say he will be replaced by deputy controller of entertainment Nigel Hall. At ABC, Gray will report to senior vp alternative series and specials Andrea Wong, who is in charge of developing all reality programming for ABC. Although it is not clear what Gray's title at ABC will be, it is understood that he will be filling the role of vp alternative series and specials John Saade, who is understood to be working out a producing deal with the network.
- 11/13/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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