Hit Bollywood Movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ Remade As TV Series
Mansoor Khan’s hit Bollywood movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak has been remade as a TV series by BBC Studios India for Viacom 18 network Colors. Starring Karamm Rajpal and Trupti Mishra and launching today, the Romeo and Juliet-esque show chronicles the immortal love story of Rajneesh, a city-bred medical student, and Poornima, a resilient village girl; they fall for each other and unite with an eternal promise, to stay together forever. The show draws inspiration from true events of reincarnation and is based on November Rain by Mrinal and Abhigyan Jha. BBC Studios said the show “marks a new move for the Global Entertainment business into continuing drama internationally.” Global entertainment recently restructured under Matt Forde. “It is often said that there are very few wholly original stories, and, well, this one, Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak, is the mother of them all,” said producer and writer Jha. The story was turned into a 1988 Bollywood movie helmed by Khan.
Jamie Lloyd Company Goes Independent
Jamie Lloyd’s West End and Broadway production outfit has gone independent. The Jamie Lloyd Company has exited a decade-long partnership with Ambassador Theatre Group. Lloyd’s outfit has made numerous West End and Broadway shows during this time including recent reprisals of Sunset Boulevard, The Effect, A Doll’s House, The Seagull, Cyrano de Bergerac, Betrayal, The Maids and Macbeth, with casts including Zawe Ashton, Hayley Atwell and Nicole Scherzinger. The company’s productions of Sunset Boulevard and The Effect are transferring to New York later this year, with further productions to be announced. “It has long been the intention for The Jamie Lloyd Company to become an independent production company and I am delighted to be beginning this new era with some very exciting new projects that will be announced soon,” said Lloyd. “The company will work on a slate of current commissions and new projects created with some of the incredible collaborators I’ve worked alongside throughout my career — and, indeed, those artists I’ve yet to have the chance to work with.”
UK Unscripted Climate Change Fund Launches
A global unscripted TV fund of £100,000 (($126,000) for shows about climate change has been launched by UK screen industry organization Climate Spring. UK indie vet David Leach has been snapped up by Climate Spring to oversee the fund, which will support unscripted formats related to the transition away from polluting fossil fuels, ranging from shows on home renovation, nature-friendly farming, cooking, competitions, pop-docs and splashy factual entertainment. The Fund is looking to develop shows in the English language market globally as well as for European audiences. Climate Spring already funds early-stage development for scripted shows and consults on scripts to help with climate and sustainability elements of projects. “Broadcasters are increasingly asking for ideas in the climate space and I hope to work with production companies to offer innovative and entertaining climate content that reaches under-served audiences,” said Leach. “With this fund I also want to offer indies space to take more creative risks especially in fact-ent.”
ZDF Forging Docu-Drama About British Female Spies
A docu-drama about the fate of British female spies in World War Two is being forged by ZDF Studios and Word Media Rights. The Lost Women Spies has entered production and follows the decision made by Winston Churchill in 1942 to ignore the UK’s laws banning women from combat and send female agents to the front line in France. In the year 2000 boxes containing top secret files were found in a garden shed in Cornwall belonging to the Secret Operations Executive’s Vera Atkins, and they detailed the lives of Britain’s first female agents who were sent to the frontline during the Second World War. “There are very few series about what happened after the war ended and, in many ways, the aftermath was as horrifying as the war itself, particularly for Vera Atkins,” said World Media Rights CEO Alan Griffiths. ZDF, which has a stake in World Media, has previously combined with the sales house on the likes of Greatest Events of World War Two in Colour, The Road to Victory, War Gamers and The Lost Pirate Kingdom.
Martin Moszkowicz Set For Carl Laemmle Producer Award
German producer Martin Moszkowicz will be honored with the Carl Laemmle Producer Award 2024 at a gala ceremony on May 16. The Producer Award, presented by the Alliance of German Producers – Film & Television e.V. (Produzentenallianz) and the city of Laupheim, honors Moszkowicz’s work as a producer. His credits include Fack ju Göhte, Die Päpstin, Der Gott Des Gemetzels, Those About To Die and Monster Hunter. The Producer Award comes with a €40,000 cash award and will be presented in Laupheim, the birthplace of German-Austrian producer Carl Laemmle. Moszkowicz will step down in March as Chairman of Resident Evil producer Constantin Film.
