The Fremantle Corporation

Featured Programs

Welcome to The Fremantle Corporation! Below are some featured programs from our product catalogue.

Rise Up

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On an island where Reggae is considered the voice of the people and an outlet for survival, RiseUp follows three aspiring artists who seek to "rise up" from obscurity for their chance at success. This documentary is unlike any documentary about Jamaica as it takes the viewer off the beaten path far from any tourist attraction and sandy beaches yet still able to capture the beauty and magic that the Irie has to offer. From the deep countryside to the whirlwind ghettos of the Kingston, no matter where you are, the film makes it evident that Reggae music is the heartbeat of the culture.

 

Movin On

Time: 
44 x 60 minutes

A Nielsen favorite from the 1970’s, Movin' On stars Claude Akins as old-time independent "big-rig" trucker Sunny Pruitt, and Frank Converse as his college-educated co-driver Will Chandler. The theme song, "Movin' On", was written and performed by Merle Haggard, and was a No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in July 1975.

 

The Right Hand

Time: 
12 x 30 minutes

The Right Hand follows recent film school graduate Brandon Macintosh from his first day on the job at Immoral Production as Production Assistant for adult film producer Porno Dan. When asked why he was working there, Brandon simply responded, “Dude, I just need a job.” The series goes with Brandon, Dan and company from Chicago to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, to Las Vegas for the annual Adult Film Industry Awards (AVN), to the studio in Chatsworth, California and back home to a small town near Hamilton, Ontario.

 

Bhutto

As beloved by the people of her native Pakistan as she was reviled by the nation’s military establishment and male-dominated ruling class, Benazir Bhutto remains a symbolic metaphor for the fight between terrorism and moderation that is being played out on the world stage today. Benazir remains a polarizing force in the Muslim world almost four years after her death from a suicide bomber’s attack on December 27, 2007.

 

Women: War and Peace

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Time: 
4 x 60 minutes

A bold new four-part PBS mini-series, Women, War & Peace is the definitive global media initiative on the roles of women in peace and conflict. It challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard, Women, War & Peace is a co-production of THIRTEEN and Fork Films. Women, War & Peace places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes our understanding of modern warfare.

 

MEMPHIS COMES TO CANNES THE FREMANTLE CORP’S NEW 120-MINUTE MUSICAL ROCKS WITH SONGS FROM BON JOVI’S DAVID BRYAN

MEMPHIS COMES TO CANNES THE FREMANTLE CORP’S NEW 120-MINUTE MUSICAL ROCKS WITH SONGS FROM BON JOVI’S DAVID BRYAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

TORONTO (March 11, 2011) – The Fremantle Corporation announced today that it has acquired the international distribution rights to Memphis, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical that features songs written by Bon Jovi’s David Bryan. The 2-hour musical special event, produced by Broadway Worldwide, will be presented to the international marketplace for the first time at MIP-TV 2011 in high definition, Dolby E Surround.

 

Memphis

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Time: 
120 minutes

Memphis - the Tony award winner for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Music and Best Orchestrations. From the underground dance clubs of the 50’s, Memphis is about a revolutionary white DJ and a breakout black club singer and their incredible journey filled with laughs, raw emotion and rock ‘n’ roll!

 

Full Throttle with Funk Master Flex

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Time: 
16x30 minutes

Funk Flex Full Throttle is a high-adrenaline tour of music and car culture-the ultimate ride for fans who love to live in the fast lane. And who better in the driver’s seat than Funk Flex--a hip-hop icon and the king of hip-hop car culture?

 

Zorro

Time: 
88x30min

ZORRO! The sword-wielding, black-clad avenger is one of the most influential fictional characters of twentieth century. By day he was Don Diego, a respected nobleman of nineteenth century California. By night, however, he cut a much more dashing figure as "The Fox," El Zorro. This contemporary adaptation of the Disney Zorro legend begins with Zorro saving Victoria from hanging for a murder that she did not commit. The first season, appropriately titled "The Legend Begins," Zorro has been injured and recalls how he became Zorro through a series of flashbacks.

 

Bathroom Divas

Time: 
12x60min
Producer: 
Kaleidoscope Entertainment

following neophyte opera singers from across the country and from all walks of life as they face the challenges of training as an opera singer. After a comprehensive selection and elimination process a select few enter a training phase, created and taught by opera professionals, from which only one makes the cut and is chosen to perform live on-stage at Vancouver’s Orpheum Theater with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra before an audience of thousands .