Former Sky Exec Kylie Munnich Named Goalpost Pictures CEO
The Invisible Man, Five Blind DatesAndBlack SnowGoalpost Pictures has chosen Kylie Munnich, a TV industry veteran and film producer, to be its CEO. On November 1, the Sydney-based producer will be welcoming her. The former Sky Studios and Sonar Entertainment exec is leaving a role as head of Screen Queensland, a post she held for three years, overseeing the state’s biggest ever spike in production against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, she was a Scripted Sales and Co-Production Executive for Seven Studios and Senior Vice President for Distribution, Asia Pacific for Sonar Entertainment. Before that, she’d worked in the UK as Director of Drama and Comedy for Sky Vision (now Sky Studios) and worked on in-house scripted commissions for Sky. She held senior positions at Sony Pictures Television. Goalpost is currently in in post-production on Stan and Sundance Now’s seriesBlack SnowStarring Travis Fimmel. Five Blind Datesfor Prime Video Australia, directed by Shawn Seet. A feature film is also in the works. Carmen, a co-production with France’s Chapter 2, starring Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal and Rossy de Palma and directed by Benjamin Millepied. It was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time.
France TV Distribution Bags ‘Mother Valley’Market Ahead of MIA
France TV Distribution has international rightsMother ValleyCarlos Chahine, Lebanese director, has created a feature called “The Lebanese Director Carlos Chahine”.Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest) starring Nathalie Baye and Pierre Rochefort. France Televisions’ sales division will be at MIA Market in Rome next week to sell the film. It is set in Lebanon in 1958 during civil war. It is about Layla, a young mother who lives in remote Christian mountains with her model husband. Her younger sisters have no desire to follow her footsteps and accept arranged marriages, while an encounter with a French man opens Layla’s eyes to her condition as a woman living in a patriarchal society. MIA will be held between 11 and 15 October in Rome.
Cineflix Readies CNN’s ‘History Of The Sitcom’ For Cannes
Cineflix Rights has acquired sales rights to CNN and Cream Productions’ seriesThe History of the SitcomMipcom Cannes will premiere the show, entitled. The show reunites audiences with beloved sitcom characters and introduces them to comedies they’re yet to discover. The show features interviews with Tina Fey (Norman Lear), Tracy Morgan (Tina Fey), Kelsey Grammer and Tim Allen among others. Cineflix’s sales arm has previously sold CNN shows such asThe Story of Late NightThe History of Comedy. “The shows featured in this series have travelled all over the world, giving History of the Sitcom enormous global appeal,”Felicia Litovotz, Cineflix Rights VP of Acquisitions North America, said. Mipcom Cannes will take place in France between 17-20 October.
BBC Studios Unveils Writers’ Academy Line-up
BBC Studios has unveiled the latest cohort of aspiring TV scribes for its Writers’ Academy, a paid training program led by former veteran British drama exec John Yorke. They include Lauren Redding, writer-actor and Igor Memic (Bosnian playwright/screenwriter); Pavan Patel (British-Indian scribe), whose pilotThe Empires Jewels was shortlisted for the Bisha K Ali Sky x Netflix Screenwriters’ Fellowship; Sky Arts producer-director Daniel Bougourd; Bea Roberts, whose debut playThe Nightjars are nextFinite Pictures is adapting it into a feature movie; Chloe Myerson who is working with Roughcut TV, Caryn Mandabach Productions & Island Pictures and has two scripts available at Wall to Wall Television; British actress, writer, and producer Joan Iyiola whose Apatan Productions won BAFTA-nominated shortDọlápọ̀ is Fine, which Netflix and HBO bought; and Gary Sewell.HollyoaksAuthor who also worked as a series producers on the Channel 4 soap.