FilmRise has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to John Keating’s Gamechangers: Dreams of Blizzcon, a feature-length documentary film about professional eSports. The company will release the feature starting June 12 on the film festival circuit, at gamer events/tournaments, and various linear, TVOD, OTT, and SVOD platforms around the world. The documentary explores the high pressure, high-stakes lifestyle of … Continue reading "FilmRise Acquires eSports Documentary"| Media Play News
Amazon Studios has acquired the global television rights to the first novel from the space opera “Culture” series by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. Consider Phlebas features Banks’ fictional interstellar utopian society the Culture, in which a highly advanced and progressive society ends up at war with the Idirans, a deeply religious, warlike race intent … Continue reading "Amazon Acquires Rights to Produce Space Opera TV Series From Writer Iain Banks"| Media Play News
Fox Nation Oct. 3 announced it has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to “Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar,” the three-part docuseries produced by reality TV star Kim Kardashian with Passion Pictures, and distributed internationally by Fremantle. The series will now make its U.S. streaming debut on Monday, Oct. 6.| Media Play News
