{"id":33516,"date":"2021-01-16T00:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=33516"},"modified":"2021-01-16T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:29:36","slug":"new-alexander-the-great-series-to-be-filmed-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=33516","title":{"rendered":"New Alexander the Great Series to Be Filmed in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Patricia Claus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new promising Hollywood production, an Alexander the Great<\/a> series tracing the life of the greatest Greek warrior, has been announced by the creators of \u201cVikings\u201d to be filmed in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new series on the life of the ultimate Greek hero, who lived in the third century BC, will be shot in the land where he lived, just two years after the launch of the US\u2019 Starlings Television, which is Starlings Entertainment\u2019s TV division, led by Chris Philip.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The first two series produced by the group, \u201cPandora\u201d and \u201cDeparture,\u201d were successful enough that they were picked up for a second year in the US, on The CW and Peacock channels in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlings TV announced that it will go forward with two high-profile series projects, which are in what they termed advanced stages of development, including \u201cAlexander the Great,\u201d which is a collaboration between Ben Silverman and Propagate. The pilot show for this series is now being written by Michael Hurst, who penned \u201cVikings\u201d and\u201dThe Tudors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group just finished filming \u201cThe Admirer\u201d in Bulgaria, during the worst of the pandemic, with strict coronavirus protocols and rigorous testing the order of the day. The projects were wrapped without having one single shutdown, according to Starlings TV president and executive producer Philip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formerly an executive in the distribution realm of filmmaking and television, Philip spoke about how his independent company has made its way through the extremely challenging realm of television, including selling his projects to channels al over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe strategy is to, of course, do what everyone else is doing by packaging the best possible package and trying to sell to the US networks, and whatever the deals looks like depends on who we go with, whether it\u2019s a global deal with a streamer or if it\u2019s the U.S. and then distribution takes it,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut there is another model that I\u2019ve always stuck to it, and it\u2019s piecing together everything and making (the project) anyway, not relying on any one voice or company to decide our fate on something we worked so hard on over the development process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have several others where distributors are coming at the development stage to secure their position as a partner and guarantee their right to sell,\u201d Philip said. \u201cThey co-invest with us in the development process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexander the Great Series will be shot where Alexander was born<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The series on the life of Alexander the Great will be shot in Greece itself, with Greece\u2019s Antenna Group as co-producer. G5 Fiction and ZDF Enterprises also are involved in the project, which reunites Silverman and Hirst following their collaboration on \u201cThe Tudors.\u201d The Greek firms G5 and ZDF Enterprises will also be involved in the shooting of the historical series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distributor Mediawan is also Starlings\u2019 partner on the slate of TV movies, starting with The Admirer, which tells the story of a woman searching for answers when her smart house and social media are hacked by a mysterious person with a dangerous obsession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are making them just a little bit bigger budged and better quality than some of the typical thrillers for television,\u201d Philip said of his most recent projects, adding that the company would like to produce 6-12 films a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some will most likely be shot in Bulgaria with others in settings such as California and Canada. Of course, all of these locations are contingent upon what Covid-19 conditions are prevalent at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The  parent company of Starlings TV, Starlings entertainment, which is a media group launched almost three years ago by Mediabiz and DMH Holdings, co-financed the recent Elton John biopic \u201cRocketman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starlings also invested in \u201cCountryline\u201d the UK-based country music fan app which is backed by Elton John, and they have expanded their partnership to a deal involving the development of film and television projects with talent from Countryline talent. Four television projects are already going ahead, even in this challenging atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStarlings Television is part of a company that is forward thinking, that is financially solid, that is agile that is led by highly experienced executives,\u201d Martin said. \u201cI hope the next few years will be as great as the first three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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