Leonine Re-Brands Odeon Entertainment As Madame Zheng; Producer Tina Wagner Joins In Re-Structure

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EXCLUSIVE: German major Leonine has rebranded its TV subsidiary Odeon Entertainment as Madame Zheng Production and appointed producer Tina Wagner as Managing Director as part of a restructure.Odeon Entertainment, which will continue to specialize in factual and reality TV productions, documentaries and live broadcasts, will be led by Wagner with Leonine’s Co-Head Of Entertainment Nina Etspüler also joining the management alongside Martin Schneider, Odeon Entertainment’s long-standing managing director.Wagner was previously producer and executive producer of docutainment formats at German outfit RedSeven Entertainment.

Her productions include Moms Make Porn, Kiss Bang Love, Five Senses For Love, which was nominated for the German Television Award, as well as Old People’s Home For Four Year-Olds and Married At First Sight, which won the German Television Award.Nina Etspüler is Co-Head of Entertainment at Leonine Studios and Managing Director of i&u TV and Madame Zheng Production.

Previously, she was Group Creative Director of Red Arrow Studios, responsible for global format and content development as well as acquisitions and international market launches.

She also spent more than a decade at ProSieben and Sat.1, where she was responsible for multiple formats.Schneider, who will also be Managing Director of Madame Zheng Production, previously headed Odeon Entertainment and has been responsible for the development and production of various non-fiction productions.Fred Kogel, CEO and Co-Head of Entertainment at Leonine Studios, explained: “Ever since Nina Etspüler joined Leonine in January 2021, we have jointly pursued the goal of establishing a production brand that advocates for equality and diversity in front of and behind