Exclusive: The Commune, a buzzy Israeli Kibbutz drama series, is set for a U.S. remake with Orange Is The New Black writer Hilary Weisman Graham penning an adaptation.
Weisman Graham, who created Netflix’s lockdown drama Social Distance, has teamed up with Untitled Entertainment and Israeli companies Hot, Sumayoko and Add Content Agency to adapt the series.
It will be known as Idyllwild in the U.S. and is currently being packaged with Jennifer Levine and Stephanie Simon of Untitled Entertainment and Hadas Mozes, co-founder of Add, shopping the projects to networks and streamers.
The Israeli series, which is produced by Sumayoko, is comedic family relationship drama about a group of friends who come together to face the breakdown of their former home and tight-knit community.
It follows Yair, who is rushed back to Israel from his life in Germany, where he currently lives with his girlfriend and has a promising career.
Weisman Graham, who created Netflix’s lockdown drama Social Distance, has teamed up with Untitled Entertainment and Israeli companies Hot, Sumayoko and Add Content Agency to adapt the series.
It will be known as Idyllwild in the U.S. and is currently being packaged with Jennifer Levine and Stephanie Simon of Untitled Entertainment and Hadas Mozes, co-founder of Add, shopping the projects to networks and streamers.
The Israeli series, which is produced by Sumayoko, is comedic family relationship drama about a group of friends who come together to face the breakdown of their former home and tight-knit community.
It follows Yair, who is rushed back to Israel from his life in Germany, where he currently lives with his girlfriend and has a promising career.
- 5/6/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Boat Rocker Media has made a significant financial investment in talent management/production company Untitled Entertainment. With the cash infusion, Untitled, in collaboration with Boat Rocker, plans to expand all aspects of its business with a focus on television, film and digital production. That includes new hires and development funding.
No financial details are being disclosed about the deal, which also provides Untitled with access to Boat Rocker’s full-service global studio infrastructure. Untitled will continue to operate under its current senior leadership team.
Canadian media company Boat Rocker Media has been expanding aggressively its global footprint with three major acquisitions in 2018, of unscripted production company Matador Content, which is behind Paramount Network’s Lip Sync Battle, Fremantle’s Kids & Family division as well as a majority stake in Insight Productions, a leading Canadian unscripted production company.
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No financial details are being disclosed about the deal, which also provides Untitled with access to Boat Rocker’s full-service global studio infrastructure. Untitled will continue to operate under its current senior leadership team.
Canadian media company Boat Rocker Media has been expanding aggressively its global footprint with three major acquisitions in 2018, of unscripted production company Matador Content, which is behind Paramount Network’s Lip Sync Battle, Fremantle’s Kids & Family division as well as a majority stake in Insight Productions, a leading Canadian unscripted production company.
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- 3/4/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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