Sony/Eleventh Hour First-Look Deal; BBC Sets Storyville Slate; ‘Eunuch Maker’ Heads To MIPCOM — Global Briefs
deadline.comSony/Eleventh Hour Signs Deal With Hill 5.14 Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and its UK subsidiary, Eleventh Hour Films, have struck a first-look deal with Hill 5.14, a Black female-led scripted TV label led by Tobi Olujinmi.
Eleventh Hour will get a first-look option to co-develop and co-produce TV projects from the Hill 5.14 slate, with SPT acting as distributor.
Olujinmi launched Hill 5.14 in late 2022, having previously worked as Eleventh Hour, and has gone on to work with writers such as Phoebe Okeowo (The Power), Bella Heesom (Sex Education), Victoria Asare-Archer (Missing You) and Thara Poopla (Sex Education) and on-screen talent such as Weruche Opia (I May Destroy You), Adelayo Adebayo (The Responder) and Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton). “I am beyond thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures and EHF for the next phase of Hill 5.14’s journey,” said Olujinmi. “It’s the dream team.
Their joint expertise, experience and track record of delivering exceptional drama will help in building Hill 5.14 as a global production company, one which houses some of the best global diverse storytellers and takes our stories, which were once hidden, and places them like a light on a hill for the global marketplace.” This comes after Sony increased its shareholding in Moonflower Murders maker Eleventh Hour to a majority stake over the summer. BBC Rolls Out Storyville Slate The BBC’s international documentaries strand Storyville has unveiled its fall slate.
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