Big Light Options T.M. Logan Thriller ’29 Seconds’ Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions, the company behind such hits as “The Man in the High Castle” and RAI’s “Leonardo,” has snagged the rights to L.M. Logan crime thriller novel “29 Seconds.”
Constantin Film & Big Light Team Up for Nuremberg Trials Drama Series German powerhouse Constantin Film and Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions have teamed to make a high-end drama series about the events surrounding the Nuremberg Trials.
Big Light Strikes First Look Deal “Snowpiercer” producer Tomorrow Studios has struck a first-look deal with Frank Spotnitz’s London-based production company Big Light Prods.
Radioman premieres on Audible Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has made his first move into the podcast space with “Radioman,” a ten-part Audible Original crime drama.
Leonardo Lands at The CW in the US The CW is continuing to look abroad to solidify its schedule. The youth-skewing network has picked up Italian drama series Leonardo, starring Poldark’s Aidan Turner, and Australian comedy drama Bump.
Leonardo: The Story of a Genius in his Prime It’s a brave film-maker who takes on the story of the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. Can their treatment hope to measure up to the real figure who – for starters – painted the world’s most famous canvas, designed flying machines and was a ground-breaking anatomist and scientist.
Amazon Takes on Leonardo The eight-part biopic drama — created by Frank Spotnitz and distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures TV — will launch in the U.K. and Ireland on April 16.
Big Light Hires Third Writing Apprentice Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has continued its writing apprenticeship scheme into its third year, providing a two-month paid placement for Macedonian writer and director Eleonora Veninova.
Spotnitz Urges Freedom and Cooperation Leonardo creator Frank Spotnitz has said the formation of European commissioning club The Alliance is a sign that broadcasters understand the threat they face from streamers and has urged them to offer more freedom to creatives.
‘Leonardo’ – Sony Boards Production Sony Pictures Television has joined Italy’s Lux Vide and RAI Fiction as co-producer and international distributor of Frank Spotnitz’s high-end TV series about Leonardo da Vinci.
Spotnitz speaks with BBC Writers Frank Spotnitz is an award-winning American TV writer and producer. He is the CEO of Big Light Productions, which is based in London and Paris.
Aidan Turner Joins ‘Leonardo’ The Hobbit and Poldark star Aidan Turner has been cast as Leonardo da Vinci in the drama series about the celebrated Renaissance artist’s life and work.
Variety: Dan Percival to direct Leonardo Dan Percival (“The Man in the High Castle”) will direct showrunner Frank Spotnitz’s high-end TV series about Leonardo da Vinci,
Games Workshop and Frank Spotnitz to Create Live-Action WARHAMMER 40,000 Series Games Workshop and Big Light Productions announce development of a live-action Warhammer 40,000 TV Series, Eisenhorn.
‘The Indian Detective’ Wins Golden Screen Award The Canadian Screen Academy awarded The Indian Detective with the Golden Screen Award in its 2018 edition.
‘The Indian Detective’ Nominated as Best Limited Series The Indian Detective has been nominated for the 2019 edition of the Canadian Screen Awards to be held in March of 2019.
A First Look into ‘Medici: The Magnificent’ “Medici blood must be spilled,” says a sinister Sean Bean in the Netflix trailer for the second season of “Medici,” which drops on the streaming service in the U.S. and U.K. next month. Bean plays scheming aristocrat Jacopo Pazzi and joins Daniel Sharman, who stars as Lorenzo, in “Medici: The Magnificent.”
Variety: Spotnitz and Thompson on ‘Leonardo’ U.S. showrunner Frank Spotnitz and British writer Steve Thompson were recruited by Italy’s Lux Vide to write English-language TV series “Leonardo.”
Variety: Sneak Into Medici Variety had the pleasure to not only announce a few exciting casting news about Medici: The Magnificent – Part II, but also it gave exclusive information about the plot of…
‘Ransom’ Renewed for a Third Season As announced by multiple outlets, our show Ransom has been picked up for a third season by Global TV (Canada) and CBS (US). Read more about it at Deadline.
Frank Spotnitz on Ransom’s New Season Frank Spotnitz talks to “The PC Principle” about our second season of Ransom.
Variety: “Medici” Aims to Rescue Italy’s TV Biz “Medici: Masters of Florence. The Magnificent” premieres this year. Variety addresses how it could change Italian landscape.
