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IFC Unveils Series Development Slate

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010 @ 7:12am PSTTags: David Wain, IFC Films, Reveille Productions, Thom Beers, TV, TV Development
Nellie Andreeva

IFC just announced a development slate featuring eight original series – scripted and non-fiction from such auspices as Thom Beers (Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch); Reveille Prods. (The Biggest Loser); Alan Spencer (Sledge Hammer!) and David Wain (Role Models), among others. “This development slate represents our long-term commitment to comedy programming that is sharp, cool and twisted,” said Debbie DeMontreux, IFC’s SVP of original programming. “Originals like these live alongside current series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, the upcoming Onion News Network and Portlandia in 2011, and acquired series Arrested Development and Freaks and Geek.” Here are descriptions of IFC’s series in development: READ MORE »

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Major Management Shakeup At Reveille

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 23, 2010 @ 6:13pm PDTTags: Ben Silverman, Emiliano Calemzuk, Reveille Productions, Shine, Shine International
Nellie Andreeva

It didn’t take long for new Shine Group Americas CEO Emiliano Calemzuk to put his stamp on Reveille with a major executive move. Calemzuk, who joined Shine last month, has reshuffled the top management at the Shine-owned company: co-managing director Howard T. Owens will now run the company solo as managing director, while  co-managing director Mark Koops is leaving. Additionally, executive producer Robin Ashbrook has been promoted to the newly created role of Head of Non-Scripted Entertainment. Koops is pursuing a new venture, which will be announced shortly, Shine said. “This is a re-structure that will equip Reveille for the next period of its growth,” Calemzuk said. In a similar fashion, 3 weeks after taking over Fox TV Studios as president in 2007, Calemzuk shook up the company’s top management by axing 3 department heads. Read More »

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Fox TV Studios Prez Emiliano Calemzuk Named CEO Of Shine Group Americas

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 5, 2010 @ 10:45am PDTTags: Big Media, Burn Notice, David Madden, Emiliano Calemzuk, Fox TV Studios, News Corp, Reveille Productions, Shine Group, White Collar
Nellie Andreeva

Fox TV Studios president Emiliano Calemzuk is leaving the company after 3 years to head Shine Group’s operations in North and South America, including Reveille. He is being named to the newly created position of CEO Shine Group Americas. I hear EVP David Madden, who runs FtvS’s successful cable business and is well liked within News Corp., is in line to succeed him as head of the company. He shepherded the development of such hit FtvS series as USA’s Burn Notice and White Collar.  Read More »

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Reveille & Jack Black To Turn A.J. Jacobs’ Book ‘My Life As An Experiment’ Into Sitcom

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 12, 2010 @ 4:24pm PDTTags: Books, Electric Dynamite Productions, Jack Black, My Life as an Experiment, Reveille Productions, Simon & Schuster, TV, TV Rights
Nellie Andreeva

MyLifeasanExperimentJacketEXCLUSIVE: Reveille and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobs’ best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. This marks one of the first projects under Black’s two-year … Read More »

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