Exclusive: Netflix has ordered a third season of true-crime series I Am a Killer, the show that interviews murderers on Death Row or those who are spending the majority of their lives behind bars.
Sky Studios-backed Transistor Films has gained access to maximum-security prisons across the U.S. for Season 3, exploring the crimes in question through exclusive interviews with the men and women who committed them.
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Coupled with contributor interviews, the subjects again will recount the events that led them to murder, exploring their motivations and, ultimately, how they now view their crimes after time spent in some of the toughest prisons in the U.S. The six-parter will launch in late August.
Netflix has shown a penchant for true-crime shows in recent months, and the streamer said the first two seasons of I Am a Killer, which...
Sky Studios-backed Transistor Films has gained access to maximum-security prisons across the U.S. for Season 3, exploring the crimes in question through exclusive interviews with the men and women who committed them.
Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season
Coupled with contributor interviews, the subjects again will recount the events that led them to murder, exploring their motivations and, ultimately, how they now view their crimes after time spent in some of the toughest prisons in the U.S. The six-parter will launch in late August.
Netflix has shown a penchant for true-crime shows in recent months, and the streamer said the first two seasons of I Am a Killer, which...
- 7/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Natalka Znak, who recently produced Fox competition series Ultimate Tag, is setting up a new venture.
She has set up Znak TV after leaving her previous Sky-backed production company Znak & Co.
Deadline understands she is in the early stages of putting together the company, which will have boots on the ground in LA, where she is based, and London, where she has produced a number of series.
It comes after she parted ways with the Comcast-backed Sky Studios, which last week, launched Transistor Films with Danny Tipping, who was previously head of factual at Znak & Co.
Znak, who separately continues to serve as showrunner for Fox entertainment series MasterChef and MasterChef Jr., has also retained her Znak & Co. IP following the move. She is currently working on an unannounced series with YouTube.
Under Znak & Co., she produced three series for Fox including Ultimate Tag, which launched last May,...
She has set up Znak TV after leaving her previous Sky-backed production company Znak & Co.
Deadline understands she is in the early stages of putting together the company, which will have boots on the ground in LA, where she is based, and London, where she has produced a number of series.
It comes after she parted ways with the Comcast-backed Sky Studios, which last week, launched Transistor Films with Danny Tipping, who was previously head of factual at Znak & Co.
Znak, who separately continues to serve as showrunner for Fox entertainment series MasterChef and MasterChef Jr., has also retained her Znak & Co. IP following the move. She is currently working on an unannounced series with YouTube.
Under Znak & Co., she produced three series for Fox including Ultimate Tag, which launched last May,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky Studios has launched wholly-owned production outfit Transistor Films with the team behind Crime+Investigation UK and Netflix series I Am A Killer.
The company will be headed by Danny Tipping, who was most recently head of factual at Znak & Co, which houses I Am A Killer, and is behind shows including Fox’s Ultimate Tag. Tipping will be joined by executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines, and development executive Jason Oates.
Transistor Films has already secured an order from U.S. broadcaster Oxygen to make three-part series Living With A Serial Killer, while Sky Studios said it is in active development on a range of projects for U.S. and UK broadcasters, including Sky Crime and Sky Documentaries.
Caroline Cooper, Sky Studios’ chief operating officer, said: “The market for unscripted content has never been stronger. With a remit to produce premium factual content for broadcasters around the world,...
The company will be headed by Danny Tipping, who was most recently head of factual at Znak & Co, which houses I Am A Killer, and is behind shows including Fox’s Ultimate Tag. Tipping will be joined by executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines, and development executive Jason Oates.
Transistor Films has already secured an order from U.S. broadcaster Oxygen to make three-part series Living With A Serial Killer, while Sky Studios said it is in active development on a range of projects for U.S. and UK broadcasters, including Sky Crime and Sky Documentaries.
Caroline Cooper, Sky Studios’ chief operating officer, said: “The market for unscripted content has never been stronger. With a remit to produce premium factual content for broadcasters around the world,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Comcast-backed Sky Studios has launched a new production outfit. Transistor Films, a wholly-owned factual and unscripted shingle, will be headed by producer Danny Tipping (pictured).
The company, based in London, launches under the new label this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining the company.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films delivered Sky Original documentary series “The Murderer & Me” for Sky Crime, along with two seasons of the series “I Am a Killer” for Netflix.
Tipping was most recently head of factual for Znak & Co, where he oversaw the production and delivery of factual and factual entertainment programs for broadcasters including PBS, Discovery Networks, National Geographic, A+E, Sky, UKTV, Foxtel and Netflix.
Prior to joining Znak & Co., Danny was the director of programming and development at now-shuttered distributor Sky Vision. He previously worked at...
The company, based in London, launches under the new label this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining the company.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films delivered Sky Original documentary series “The Murderer & Me” for Sky Crime, along with two seasons of the series “I Am a Killer” for Netflix.
Tipping was most recently head of factual for Znak & Co, where he oversaw the production and delivery of factual and factual entertainment programs for broadcasters including PBS, Discovery Networks, National Geographic, A+E, Sky, UKTV, Foxtel and Netflix.
Prior to joining Znak & Co., Danny was the director of programming and development at now-shuttered distributor Sky Vision. He previously worked at...
- 3/18/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Sky Studios has launched Transistor Films, a factual and unscripted content production company headed by award-winning producer Danny Tipping.
The company, based in London, launches this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining it. The name is inspired by the company’s focus on finding and amplifying new stories for a global audience.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films produced original documentary series The Murderer & Me for Sky Crime, plus two seasons of the global hit series I Am a Killer, which became a top 10 series for Netflix upon launch....
The company, based in London, launches this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining it. The name is inspired by the company’s focus on finding and amplifying new stories for a global audience.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films produced original documentary series The Murderer & Me for Sky Crime, plus two seasons of the global hit series I Am a Killer, which became a top 10 series for Netflix upon launch....
- 3/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sky Studios has launched Transistor Films, a factual and unscripted content production company headed by award-winning producer Danny Tipping.
The company, based in London, launches this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining it. The name is inspired by the company’s focus on finding and amplifying new stories for a global audience.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films produced original documentary series The Murderer & Me for Sky Crime, plus two seasons of the global hit series I Am a Killer, which became a top 10 series for Netflix upon launch....
The company, based in London, launches this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining it. The name is inspired by the company’s focus on finding and amplifying new stories for a global audience.
Most recently, Tipping and the team that forms Transistor Films produced original documentary series The Murderer & Me for Sky Crime, plus two seasons of the global hit series I Am a Killer, which became a top 10 series for Netflix upon launch....
- 3/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Ultimate Tag producer Znak & Co is making a three-part true-crime documentary series for Netflix and Sky.
The streamer and the British pay-tv service have teamed up for a series about the story of Dale Wayne Sigler who was sentenced to death thirty years ago for a cold-blooded murder he admitted to committing.
Shot on location in Texas and produced over a three-year period, the series will follow Sigler, after spending more than half of his life behind bars, as he released back into the world. It will tell his story as he is released into the custody of Carole, the 70-year-old prison pen pal he barely knows. As Sigler begins to adjust on the outside, he addresses the life he took as well as the one he lost and reveals his true motive for committing the brutal crime, which is shockingly different to the reason the world always believed.
The streamer and the British pay-tv service have teamed up for a series about the story of Dale Wayne Sigler who was sentenced to death thirty years ago for a cold-blooded murder he admitted to committing.
Shot on location in Texas and produced over a three-year period, the series will follow Sigler, after spending more than half of his life behind bars, as he released back into the world. It will tell his story as he is released into the custody of Carole, the 70-year-old prison pen pal he barely knows. As Sigler begins to adjust on the outside, he addresses the life he took as well as the one he lost and reveals his true motive for committing the brutal crime, which is shockingly different to the reason the world always believed.
- 5/13/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Znak & Co is the latest TV production company to launch a podcast division and its Westworld fan show spin-off is its first project in the medium.
The production company, run by Natalka Znak, is moving West: Word, its weekly talk show based on the HBO drama, from television, where it airs on British broadcaster Sky Atlantic, to a podcast.
The show is hosted by Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 Music host and former lead singer of indie rock band Kenickie, and Jamie East. The podcast will feature a slew of guests including the show’s cast, crew and creators. The drama returns later this month.
Separately, the company, which is producing Fox’s upcoming reality series Ultimate Tag and season two of true-crime doc series I Am A Killer for Netflix, has struck a partnership with UK-based podcast production company Coex Studios. The two companies will create, develop and produce nonfiction audio programming.
The production company, run by Natalka Znak, is moving West: Word, its weekly talk show based on the HBO drama, from television, where it airs on British broadcaster Sky Atlantic, to a podcast.
The show is hosted by Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 Music host and former lead singer of indie rock band Kenickie, and Jamie East. The podcast will feature a slew of guests including the show’s cast, crew and creators. The drama returns later this month.
Separately, the company, which is producing Fox’s upcoming reality series Ultimate Tag and season two of true-crime doc series I Am A Killer for Netflix, has struck a partnership with UK-based podcast production company Coex Studios. The two companies will create, develop and produce nonfiction audio programming.
- 3/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix and A+E Networks’ Crime & Investigation have renewed Znak & Co’s true crime doc series I Am A Killer for a second season.
The show has been picked up for another ten-part run. It features in-depth interviews with some of the longest serving death row prisoners in America. It looks at how these death row prisoners are treated in the prison system as well as the impact of their crimes on their communities and families. The first season opened the debate over rehabilitation and restitution in America’s criminal justice system. The second will feature female lifers for the first time and will also explore themes of repentance and redemption.
The show launched on C+I in the UK and on Netflix around the world in 2018 with the Svod service recently launching a second window in the UK.
It is exec produced by Danny Tipping, Ned Parker and...
The show has been picked up for another ten-part run. It features in-depth interviews with some of the longest serving death row prisoners in America. It looks at how these death row prisoners are treated in the prison system as well as the impact of their crimes on their communities and families. The first season opened the debate over rehabilitation and restitution in America’s criminal justice system. The second will feature female lifers for the first time and will also explore themes of repentance and redemption.
The show launched on C+I in the UK and on Netflix around the world in 2018 with the Svod service recently launching a second window in the UK.
It is exec produced by Danny Tipping, Ned Parker and...
- 8/13/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky is to close its in-house production division and its programming boss Danny Tipping will join Sky-backed U.S./UK producer Znak & Co. to become its factual chief. The British pay-tv broadcaster will close Sky Vision Productions, which produces series such as CBC and Foxtel's Death Row Doctors and Discovery-owned Quest's Inventions That Rocked The World (above), as well as its Chorleywood production facility. The company's distribution post-production facility will move…...
- 3/8/2018
- Deadline TV
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