Tag: non-fiction

  • Deadly Science – The 2022 MIPCOM Shopper’s Guide

    Deadly Science – The 2022 MIPCOM Shopper’s Guide

    Before MIPCOM kicks off in Cannes next Monday (October 17), Realscreen is presenting an all-week round-up of new non-fiction and unscripted titles that distributors will present at the French Riviera.

    Deadly Science spotlights inventors, scientists and explorers throughout history who put their own lives on the line to advance human knowledge and achievement, and in some cases paid the ultimate price. Using archive, CGI, historical reenactments and expert interviews, the series profiles such “martyrs of the mind” as the 16th-century Spanish physician Michael Servetus, mountaineer George Mallory, physicist Marie Curie and ape researcher Dian Fossey.

    Go Button Media and Autentic are production partners on the series, which is available in both German and English. Pre-sales have already been made to Curiosity, Superchannel and Spiegel Geschichte.

    By Andrew Tracy, Realscreen

    Read more on realscreen.com

  • Dragula winner Landon Cider joins Call Me Mother season 2 as permanent judge

    Dragula winner Landon Cider joins Call Me Mother season 2 as permanent judge

    The drag king boards the OutTV competition’s panel alongside season 1 mentor Farra N Hyte, the mother of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Brooke Lynn Hytes.

    Daddy is headed to Call Me Mother.

    EW can exclusively reveal that The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula season 3 winner and world-renowned drag king Landon Cider will join the cast of the show as a permanent mentor for season 2.

    Cider will advise the contestants — the full roster of which EW exclusively revealed earlier this month — alongside returning mentor Farra N Hyte, the leader of the House of Hytes and drag mother to RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 runner-up and Canada’s Drag Race host Brooke Lynn Hytes.

    Landon and Farra will oversee the drag kings, queens, and nonbinary artists as they navigate weekly challenges and performances among the houses of the show’s resident mothers: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Crystal, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9 star Miss Peppermint, and drag legend Barbada de Barbades.

    “As a fan of Call Me Mother season 1, I’m incredibly honored to bring a kingly perspective to the judging panel this season, and to share this experience with the beautifully talented Farra N Hyte,” Landon said in a statement. “I can’t wait for you all to see these creative artists grow on and off the competitive stage.”

    Read more on Entertainment Weekly.

  • EW – Call Me Mother season 2 cast of drag queens, kings, and nonbinary artists is here to serve

    EW – Call Me Mother season 2 cast of drag queens, kings, and nonbinary artists is here to serve

    EW exclusively reveals the new cast set to compete for RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Miss Peppermint, Crystal, and legendary performer Barbada.

    A new generation of legendary children is ready to shake what their mamas gave them on Call Me Mother season 2.

    EW can exclusively reveal the 15-strong cast of Canadian drag queens, kings, and nonbinary performers set to appear on the second season of OutTV’s reality competition series, which also welcomes back returning house mothers Miss Peppermint (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Crystal (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK), and legendary performer Barbada de Barbades to oversee the contest.

    The roster includes a queen who hilariously describes herself as the “fashion slut princess of Toronto,” while another participant works as a television weather reporter by day.

    Read more on Entertainment Weekly.

  • Realscreen: German distributor Autentic orders new factual series from Go Button Media

    German distributor and prodco Autentic has commissioned four factual series from Toronto’s Go Button Media, expanding their existing partnership.

    The Munich-based company will help finance the series and trigger additional funding as the commissioner. Autentic will, in turn, hold exclusive territory rights and worldwide distribution rights.

    The four titles are Deadly Science (6 x 52 min.; pictured), about scientists who have died in the pursuit of knowledge, such as Marie Curie; Mapping Disaster (6 x 52 min.), which explores how catastrophes might be avoided in the future; Spies that Mapped the World (4 x 47 min.), about conspiracies around the Cold War; and a second season of Colossal Machines (6 x 45 min.), which looks at the inner workings of large-scale machinery. All four series will be produced this year.

    The first season of Colossal Machines was acquired by Super Channel for broadcast in Canada. The channel has also served as a commissioner for Go Button Media, ordering original series such as Secret Nazi Expeditions and Forgotten Frontlines.

    “The cooperation with Go Button is one of the best examples for our content strategy, as it confirms how valuable it is for us to build long-term partnerships for our channel business as well as our production and distribution activities,” said Alexandra Böhm, Autentic’s head of international coproduction, in a statement.

    “Our continued expanding relationship with Autentic not only strengthens our global business, it also fuels our creative output by challenging us to develop and produce exciting new angles on high demand genres,” added Go Button Media executive producer Daniel Oron.

    By Kelly Townsend, Playback Media

    Read more on realscreen.com

  • Colossal Machines Pre-Bought by National Geographic

    Colossal Machines Pre-Bought by National Geographic

    National Geographic, France’s RMC Découverte and SRF Switzerland are among the broadcasters to pick up new factual content following deals with Germany’s Autentic Distribution.

    The 6 x 45-minute Colossal Machines has been pre-bought by National Geographic. The science series, about some of the world’s largest machines, which is produced by Go Button Media and Autentic, will be available on the service worldwide, except for German-speaking territories and the US.

    In the German-speaking territories, the show will be available on SPIEGEL Geschichte and ServusTV.

    Read more on TBIVision.com.

  • Go Button Media Doubles 2022 Production Slate and Promotes Key Execs

    Go Button Media Doubles 2022 Production Slate and Promotes Key Execs

    Toronto-based prodco Go Button Media has promoted four team members amid plans to double its production slate to record numbers for this year.

    Key promotions announced Monday (Jan. 10) include Robin Webster from director of development to VP of development and casting, and Sarah Hewitt from manager of development to director of development.

    Webster and Hewitt will drive the development of new IP and talent for the business, including the recently announced series Forgotten Frontlines (Super Channel Fuse), Colossal Machines (Super Channel Fuse), Mysteries of The Ancient Dead (Super Channel Fuse), Call Me Mother season two (OUTtv), and Secret Societies: In The Shadows (Super Channel Fuse).

    Stephanie Baird – who has worked on Go Button’s Secret Nazi Bases (UKTV, CBC’s documentary Channel), The Animal Within (Autentic, Spiegel TV Wissen, NTV), Phantom Signals (Science Channel, Super Channel), A World Without NASA (CBC’s documentary Channel, CuriosityStream) and Call Me Mother – is being bumped up from line producer to director of production. She’ll oversee the company’s production slate both in Canada and internationally.

    Previous post supervisor Rebecca Costa has been promoted to director of post-production and will supervise the expansion of the company’s edit team, post schedules, network deliveries and systems.

    Go Button says its slate of confirmed  factual and entertainment productions for 2022 is its largest and most varied yet for domestic and international clients — and more than double the number of hours produced in 2021 — with returning series including Call Me Mother and new titles including Mysteries of The Ancient Dead.

    Last month Edmonton-headquartered Super Channel extended its partnership with Go Button for four new factual series.

    “As Go Button continues to find international success and growth, we are thrilled that this outstanding team of production professionals, who have been with us since our earliest projects, will continue to drive the company into a thriving 2022 and a dynamic new chapter of production and partnerships,”

    Go Button founders and executive producers Daniel Oron and Natasha Ryan said in a statement.

    Read more on Playback Magazine and Realscreen.com.