MipTV News Roundup: Planete Plus Sets ‘Munich,’ NBCU’s ‘The Ark’ Goes to Electric Entertainment
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Planete Plus Orders Munich Hostage Thriller DocFrench broadcaster Planete Plus has commissioned factual political thriller “Munich: Of Games and Blood” from Pernel Media to mark the 50th anniversary of the hostage crisis that rocked the Munich Olympic Games on September 5, 1972.
Written by Philippe Saada, Yossi Melman and cinematographer Marc Dugain, the doc is narrated by three protagonists present at the original event where Israeli athletes were taken hostage by Palestinian Black September terrorists: an ex-terrorist, a member of the German police, and a Mossad agent.
Doc combines this 360° point of view with archives of exclusive testimonies and revelations from declassified documents. Executive producers for Pernel Media are Fabrice Frank and Samuel Kissous.
Feature doc was commissioned by Planete Plus’s Christine Cauquelin, head of documentaries, Canal Plus Group.NBCU’s SYFY Series “The Ark” Sold to Electric EntertainmentLos Angeles-based Electric Entertainment has signed a multi-territory deal with NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer for its SYFY U.S.
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