Channel 4 and Sbs have kicked off their Mip TVs by acquiring a three-part true crime doc on the murder of model Reeva Steenkamp.
The pair have licensed linear and SVoD rights to My Name is Reeva: I Was Murdered by Oscar Pistorius, with UK network Channel 4 already offering the doc on its streaming service and Sbs also launching it today. Keshet International sells the show internationally, and remains in talks with other networks over sales.
The doc made by WB Productions in partnership with Cactus Tree Entertainment, Bloodrose Productions, and Australia’s Global City Group, and tells an intimate story of Steenkamp’s life and her murder at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic sprinter known as the Blade Runner, – on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
It features an in-depth look at what happened on the night of the killing, with new evidence and theories presented,...
The pair have licensed linear and SVoD rights to My Name is Reeva: I Was Murdered by Oscar Pistorius, with UK network Channel 4 already offering the doc on its streaming service and Sbs also launching it today. Keshet International sells the show internationally, and remains in talks with other networks over sales.
The doc made by WB Productions in partnership with Cactus Tree Entertainment, Bloodrose Productions, and Australia’s Global City Group, and tells an intimate story of Steenkamp’s life and her murder at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic sprinter known as the Blade Runner, – on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
It features an in-depth look at what happened on the night of the killing, with new evidence and theories presented,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Keshet International has scored a pair of high profile deals on its true crime documentary series, “My Name is Reeva: I Was Murdered by Oscar Pistorius.”
Directed by Warren Batchelor (“204: Getting Away With Murder”), the three-part docu series tells the intimate story of Reeva Steenkamp who was allegedly murdered by her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
“My Name is Reeva” has been sold by Keshet International to Channel 4 in the U.K. and Sbs in Australia. Channel 4 has licensed the linear and SVOD rights for its streaming service All 4, while Sbs has picked up broadcast and streaming rights and will premiere it on April 17. Discussions are ongoing with other potential broadcast partners.
The title’s launch marks the 10th anniversary of Reeva Steenkamp’s death and Oscar Pistorius’ return to court to request early parole.
“’My Name is Reeva’ is a sensitively told three-part...
Directed by Warren Batchelor (“204: Getting Away With Murder”), the three-part docu series tells the intimate story of Reeva Steenkamp who was allegedly murdered by her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
“My Name is Reeva” has been sold by Keshet International to Channel 4 in the U.K. and Sbs in Australia. Channel 4 has licensed the linear and SVOD rights for its streaming service All 4, while Sbs has picked up broadcast and streaming rights and will premiere it on April 17. Discussions are ongoing with other potential broadcast partners.
The title’s launch marks the 10th anniversary of Reeva Steenkamp’s death and Oscar Pistorius’ return to court to request early parole.
“’My Name is Reeva’ is a sensitively told three-part...
- 4/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Keshet International (Ki) has boarded the three-part true crime documentary “My Name Is Reeva: And I Was Murdered by Oscar Pistorius” in the run-up to Mipcom.
Directed by Warren Batchelor (“204: Getting Away With Murder”), the documentary series tells the intimate story of Reeva Steenkamp’s life and her murder at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius – Aka the Blade Runner – on Valentine’s Day in 2013. It’s penned by Justin Strydom, and is produced by WB Productions, in partnership with Cactus Tree Entertainment, Bloodrose Productions and Australia’s Global City Group.
Reeva’s parents, Barry and June Steenkamp, said they “fully endorsed the truth in this documentary and show the world who Reeva really was.” The film follows them on an emotional journey as they endure a victim offender dialogue with their daughter’s murderer.
“My Name Is Reeva” world premiered on the South African pay TV channel M-Net on Aug.
Directed by Warren Batchelor (“204: Getting Away With Murder”), the documentary series tells the intimate story of Reeva Steenkamp’s life and her murder at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius – Aka the Blade Runner – on Valentine’s Day in 2013. It’s penned by Justin Strydom, and is produced by WB Productions, in partnership with Cactus Tree Entertainment, Bloodrose Productions and Australia’s Global City Group.
Reeva’s parents, Barry and June Steenkamp, said they “fully endorsed the truth in this documentary and show the world who Reeva really was.” The film follows them on an emotional journey as they endure a victim offender dialogue with their daughter’s murderer.
“My Name Is Reeva” world premiered on the South African pay TV channel M-Net on Aug.
- 9/13/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cliches and contrivances relegate a key incident in South African history to routine Tinseltown-style fodder
Some silly cliches and tiresomely obvious liberal-balance contrivances have been pumped into this action-thriller for Netflix from South African director Mandla Dube, which is inspired by one of the most sensational events in anti-apartheid history: the Silverton siege in 1980. Three armed activists of the Anc’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (“spear of the nation”) wing – Humphrey Makhubo, Fanie Mafoko, and Wilfred Madela – occupied a bank in Silverton, Pretoria, after the chaotic abandonment of another operation to sabotage an oil plant, taking 25 people hostage and demanded the release of Nelson Mandela. Meanwhile armed officers grimly surrounded the building.
The movie version turns these three men into two men and a woman, with different fictional names: Calvin (Thabo Rametsi), Aldo (Stefan Erasmus) and Terra (Noxolo Dlamini). In accordance with time-honoured Hollywood practice, the film invents a “good” white...
Some silly cliches and tiresomely obvious liberal-balance contrivances have been pumped into this action-thriller for Netflix from South African director Mandla Dube, which is inspired by one of the most sensational events in anti-apartheid history: the Silverton siege in 1980. Three armed activists of the Anc’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (“spear of the nation”) wing – Humphrey Makhubo, Fanie Mafoko, and Wilfred Madela – occupied a bank in Silverton, Pretoria, after the chaotic abandonment of another operation to sabotage an oil plant, taking 25 people hostage and demanded the release of Nelson Mandela. Meanwhile armed officers grimly surrounded the building.
The movie version turns these three men into two men and a woman, with different fictional names: Calvin (Thabo Rametsi), Aldo (Stefan Erasmus) and Terra (Noxolo Dlamini). In accordance with time-honoured Hollywood practice, the film invents a “good” white...
- 4/25/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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