Amazon Prime Video has partnered with the UK’s National Theatre to bring four productions filmed by the art institution to the streamer in the UK and Ireland. The productions, all of which will be made available on June 11, include Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Nick Dear, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller; a performance of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, also starring Cumberbatch; Ian McKellen On Stage.
Indie distributor TVF International has closed a raft of sales for factual content with broadcasters and platforms across Asia.
Discovery Asia has meanwhile closed a package for south-east Asia including 4K aerial show UAE From Above (1 x 60-minutes) from Navigation Films and Frontier Sumatra (1 x 60-minutes), a one-off from Beach House Pictures that showcases the work of conservationists saving one of the last great peat forests in SouthEast Asia. National Geographic in Asia secured two underwater series for National Geographic WILD – the Russell Crowe narrated series Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure (4 x 45-minutes) from RJ Media and TVF-Tokyovision co-production Ocean Wild (4 x 50-minutes).
“The National Theatre has brought us some of the most memorable theatrical productions of the past decade, and we are delighted to give our customers across the UK and Ireland an opportunity to experience them,” commented Martin Backlund, head of content, UK, Ireland and Nordics at Prime Video.
