Warner Bros. Unscripted TV Moves Into Feature Doc Acquisitions With True-Con Film ‘The Talented Mr. Rosenberg’, Will Shop To Broadcasters & Streamers
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, the division run by Mike Darnell, is entering the feature documentary acquisitions market with its first big purchase – rights to Canadian true-con doc The Talented Mr.
Rosenberg.While the unit has produced documentaries such as HBO Max’s LGBTQ series Equal and Epix’s Charles Manson series Helter Skelter as well as an upcoming DC Comics doc, this marks the first time that it has picked up the global rights, outside of Canada, to a doc coming out of a market.The Talented Mr.
Rosenberg, which tells the story of Canadian jet-setting con artist Albert Rosenberg, who is described as a cross between Bernie Madoff and The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev, recently premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.Warner Bros.
Unscripted Television, in association with its sibling Warner Horizon, will now shop it to broadcasters and streamers in the U.S.
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