Realscreen

Oxygen to premiere “Brooklyn 11223″

Kevin Ritchie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:59:45 +0000

The Ish Entertainment-produced reality series (pictured) promises to bring drama to a Brooklyn zip code best known as the setting for the film Saturday Night Fever.

Weinstein Company to appeal “R” rating of “Bully”

Kelly Anderson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:48:31 +0000

The MPAA has assigned an "R" rating to the documentary Bully (pictured), a decision which will be appealed by the film's backers The Weinstein Company prior to its scheduled theatrical release in March.

Former CBC, NFB head Pierre Juneau passes away

Danielle Ng-See-Quan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:35:54 +0000

Pierre Juneau (pictured), former head of the National Film Board of Canada and the CBC, and the first chair of the CRTC, has passed away at the age of 89.

Logo greenlights Go Go Luckey, DiGa series

Kelly Anderson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:24:36 +0000

Viacom-owned U.S. network Logo is expanding its programming focus to offer a more varied slate and has greenlit shows from Ken Mok, Go Go Luckey and DiGa. (Pictured: the returning RuPaul's Drag U)

Discovery, Amazon and Rovio to discuss digital at MIPTV

Barry Walsh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:14:10 +0000

MIPTV's "Super Sunday" program will feature Media Mastermind keynote addresses from Discovery Communications' chief digital officer JB Perrette, Amazon.com's vice president Anthony Bay, and Rovio chief marketing officer Peter Vesterbacka.

Southern Star names Janeen Faithfull as CEO

Kevin Ritchie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:59:31 +0000

The veteran Australian TV exec, most recently the head of content and rights management at Australian broadcaster Seven Network, will replace outgoing Southern Star CEO Rory Callaghan, who unexpectedly resigned from the role last month.

Indomina to uncover “The Imposter”

Adam Benzine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:26:46 +0000

U.S. distributor The Indomina Group has acquired North American rights to Bart Layton's hit Sundance documentary The Imposter (pictured) from A&E IndieFilms.

Sundance Selects picks up Ai Weiwei documentary

Kelly Anderson — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:39:24 +0000

Sundance Selects has picked up Alison Klayman's Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, a doc about the famous Chinese artist and dissident (pictured), which recently screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Oscars 2012: Marshall Curry on “If A Tree Falls”

Kevin Ritchie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:56 +0000

Second-time Oscar nominee Marshall Curry talks to realscreen about his eco-terrorism doc, If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front (pictured), a film he calls his most challenging to date.

BBC, OLN, C5 get “Wild” with Dominic Monaghan

Adam Benzine — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000

U.S. net BBC America, Canadian broadcaster OLN and UK net Channel 5 are teaming up to coproduce Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, a travel series fronted by the LOST actor (pictured).