Wondrium is bringing a host of new names to its programming lineup including Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, Michelin-starred chef Curtis Stone, NPR host Ari Shapiro and TV producer/host Selema Masekela.
The newest additions joins the streaming provider of nonfiction learning content lineup that also includes Bill Gates, Jonathan Adler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Diana Nyad, Kerry David and Lisa Damour.
Giddens will lead the series “The Banjo: Music, History and Heritage,” with all 10 parts dropping on March 24. The show will depict different evolutions of the instrument, with the banjo expressing changes in American identity and, of course, Giddens playing her own music.
Stone will teach food lessons in the multipart series “Elevate Your Everyday Cooking with Curtis Stone,” which will premiere in April. The chef will help viewers celebrate life through food, whether it be an everyday dinner or a centerpiece creation.
“The Power of Storytelling” (working title), Shapiro’s 12-part instructional series,...
The newest additions joins the streaming provider of nonfiction learning content lineup that also includes Bill Gates, Jonathan Adler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Diana Nyad, Kerry David and Lisa Damour.
Giddens will lead the series “The Banjo: Music, History and Heritage,” with all 10 parts dropping on March 24. The show will depict different evolutions of the instrument, with the banjo expressing changes in American identity and, of course, Giddens playing her own music.
Stone will teach food lessons in the multipart series “Elevate Your Everyday Cooking with Curtis Stone,” which will premiere in April. The chef will help viewers celebrate life through food, whether it be an everyday dinner or a centerpiece creation.
“The Power of Storytelling” (working title), Shapiro’s 12-part instructional series,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
‘Wondrium Insights’ Launches This Summer with Sugar Ray Leonard, Diana Nyad, Mary Lambert and Others
Instructional streamer Wondrium has ordered three seasons of “Wondrium Insights,” a new speaker series featuring guests including world champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard, swimming legend and host Diana Nyad and singer/songwriter Mary Lambert.
The series will be distributed globally on Wondrium later this year. According to the service, “Each speaker will present their personal stories and challenges giving viewers an intimate opportunity to learn and discover tools that can help with perseverance, resilience, and success.”
Besides Leonard, Nyad and Lambert, the speakers also include former NBA player Jay Williams, social entrepreneur Shiza Shahid, astronaut/athlete/author Leland Melvin, former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier, New York Jets defensive tackle Solomon Thomas, Stem education innovator Knatokie Ford, mentor/entrepreneur Ivy McGregor, rock climber Kevin Jorgeson, science and technology journalist David Kushner, Flickr co-founder/venture capitalist Caterina Fake, AI artist/musician/storyteller Taryn Southern and clinical psychologist Dr.
The series will be distributed globally on Wondrium later this year. According to the service, “Each speaker will present their personal stories and challenges giving viewers an intimate opportunity to learn and discover tools that can help with perseverance, resilience, and success.”
Besides Leonard, Nyad and Lambert, the speakers also include former NBA player Jay Williams, social entrepreneur Shiza Shahid, astronaut/athlete/author Leland Melvin, former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier, New York Jets defensive tackle Solomon Thomas, Stem education innovator Knatokie Ford, mentor/entrepreneur Ivy McGregor, rock climber Kevin Jorgeson, science and technology journalist David Kushner, Flickr co-founder/venture capitalist Caterina Fake, AI artist/musician/storyteller Taryn Southern and clinical psychologist Dr.
- 4/4/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Bill Gates’ book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” has led to a 10-episode series for educational streamer Wondrium, the campany is set to announce on Wednesday. Besides the series, a companion documentary also inspired by the book will be produced for the service. Both the series and doc will premiere in 2022.
Gates will appear in the series, which doesn’t yet have a title, and offer insights and commentary on his own climate work. The project aims to also share examples of real world breakthroughs that could mitigate the effects of climate change. Episodes will look at the individuals across the globe who are working to address the crisis and find new sustainable ways to save the world from future catastrophe.
As for the documentary, which has the working title “Solving for Zero,” it will look at technology and innovations that might provide hope. Gates will appear with five...
Gates will appear in the series, which doesn’t yet have a title, and offer insights and commentary on his own climate work. The project aims to also share examples of real world breakthroughs that could mitigate the effects of climate change. Episodes will look at the individuals across the globe who are working to address the crisis and find new sustainable ways to save the world from future catastrophe.
As for the documentary, which has the working title “Solving for Zero,” it will look at technology and innovations that might provide hope. Gates will appear with five...
- 12/1/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
David’s documentary about women on the front lines of the poaching war launches this summer on rebranded streamer
Kerry David’s “Breaking Their Silence,” a documentary about the women on the front lines of poaching in Africa, has been picked up by the educational subscription streaming service Wondrium, formerly known as The Great Courses Plus.
The newly rebranded Wondrium will be available across moblie, web and connected TV platforms including Apple Tc, Roku, Fire Tc and others with three pricing options: A monthly plan ($20 per month), a quarterly plan and an annual plan, at $12.50 a month. Under the new name, the price will remain the same but the service will offer substantially more content, according to the streamer.
Wondrium offers over 7,500 hours of nonfiction learning content. Its first incarnation, The Great Courses Plus, launched in 2015 as an offshoot of The Teaching Company, a 30-year-old publisher of nonfiction education content.
Kerry David’s “Breaking Their Silence,” a documentary about the women on the front lines of poaching in Africa, has been picked up by the educational subscription streaming service Wondrium, formerly known as The Great Courses Plus.
The newly rebranded Wondrium will be available across moblie, web and connected TV platforms including Apple Tc, Roku, Fire Tc and others with three pricing options: A monthly plan ($20 per month), a quarterly plan and an annual plan, at $12.50 a month. Under the new name, the price will remain the same but the service will offer substantially more content, according to the streamer.
Wondrium offers over 7,500 hours of nonfiction learning content. Its first incarnation, The Great Courses Plus, launched in 2015 as an offshoot of The Teaching Company, a 30-year-old publisher of nonfiction education content.
- 5/6/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Now celebrating a landmark 20th year, the Newport Beach Film Festival, which runs April 25-May 2, has become a major fixture on the crowded festival circuit and is increasingly recognized internationally as one of the leading lifestyle film fests in the U.S. This year it will spotlight more than 350 films from some 55 countries, bringing to Orange County the highlights of classic and contemporary filmmaking and showcasing a diverse collection of studio and independent films from around the world.
“The theme this year is the Power of Ideas,” says Nbff CEO and executive director Gregg Schwenk, who has helped spearhead the festival’s impressive growth and broadened its horizons over the years. “We’ve always focused on diverse, strong filmmaking, and we’re most proud of how we’ve been embraced, not just by our audience, but by the filmmaking community. This year we have an exceptionally strong lineup of features,...
“The theme this year is the Power of Ideas,” says Nbff CEO and executive director Gregg Schwenk, who has helped spearhead the festival’s impressive growth and broadened its horizons over the years. “We’ve always focused on diverse, strong filmmaking, and we’re most proud of how we’ve been embraced, not just by our audience, but by the filmmaking community. This year we have an exceptionally strong lineup of features,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Iain Blair
- Variety Film + TV
Opens
Friday March 12
Agent Cody Banks, the teen secret agent who last year helped MGM bide a bit of boxoffice time while awaiting the arrival of the next real James Bond installment, crosses over the pond to again save the world in Agent Cody Banks: Destination London.
In terms of inspiration or even the slightest shred of ingenuity, Banks ranks more like an 000 than an 007.
Even more than the so-called original, the sequel's content to trot out the flimsiest of heavily worn spy-movie cliches without bothering to give star Frankie Muniz an opportunity to pull off anything truly heroic or at the very least quick-witted.
That probably won't bother its not-so-demanding junior demo, but even that segment seemed a little restless at a preview screening, which could portend OK but at less-than-stellar numbers.
While the first Cody Banks was able to have some fun with its young protagonist trying to maintain a "normal" teenage life while undergoing all that extensive spy training, the second quickly dispenses with a similar summer camp scenario before sending Muniz's Banks off to England, where a rogue CIA agent is planning to implement a stolen, top-secret mind-control device for his own diabolical purposes.
With Hilary Duff, his previous partner in crime-fighting, now busy with her own film career, Banks is paired up with Derek (the ubiquitous Anthony Anderson), a CIA reject who's recruited to protect Cody Cover's as a clarinet prodigy at an elite music boarding school.
When he's not faking practicing, Cody runs around London on the trail of the bad guys with a little help from a fellow student (Hannah Spearritt) who just happens to be Cody's British secret service counterpart.
As directed by Kevin Allen and written by Don Rhymer, there's a whole lot of running around going on without pausing to get maximum mileage out of such potential goodies as dental retainer listening devices, exploding Mentos and piano-playing pooches.
Rather than give much in the way of day-saving to do, Muniz and company have to settle for taking in the local scenery (actually provided by London, not Vancouver), which has been colorfully captured by cinematographer Denis Crossan.
Agent Cody Banks: Destination London
MGM MGM Pictures presentsa Bob Yari/Maverick Films/Dylan Sellers production
Credits:
Director: Kevin Allen
Screenwriter: Don Rhymer
Story: Harald Zwart, Dylan Sellers, Don Rhymer
Based on the characters created by: Jeffrey Jurgensen
Producers: Dylan Sellers, Guy Oseary, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, David Nicksay
Executive producers: Madonna, Jason Alexander, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, Kerry David, Danny Gold, Michael Jackman, Andreas Klein, Mark Morgan
Director of photography: Denis Crossan
Production designer: Richard Holland
Editor: Andrew MacRitchie
Costume designer: Steven Noble
Music: Mark Thomas
Cast:
Agent Cody Banks: Frankie Muniz
Derek: Anthony Anderson
Mrs. Banks: Cynthia Stevenson
Mr. Banks: Daniel Roebuck
Emily: Hannah Spearritt
CIA director: Keith David
Jo Kenworth: Anna Chancellor
Diaz: Keith Allen
Kenworth: James Faulkner
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Friday March 12
Agent Cody Banks, the teen secret agent who last year helped MGM bide a bit of boxoffice time while awaiting the arrival of the next real James Bond installment, crosses over the pond to again save the world in Agent Cody Banks: Destination London.
In terms of inspiration or even the slightest shred of ingenuity, Banks ranks more like an 000 than an 007.
Even more than the so-called original, the sequel's content to trot out the flimsiest of heavily worn spy-movie cliches without bothering to give star Frankie Muniz an opportunity to pull off anything truly heroic or at the very least quick-witted.
That probably won't bother its not-so-demanding junior demo, but even that segment seemed a little restless at a preview screening, which could portend OK but at less-than-stellar numbers.
While the first Cody Banks was able to have some fun with its young protagonist trying to maintain a "normal" teenage life while undergoing all that extensive spy training, the second quickly dispenses with a similar summer camp scenario before sending Muniz's Banks off to England, where a rogue CIA agent is planning to implement a stolen, top-secret mind-control device for his own diabolical purposes.
With Hilary Duff, his previous partner in crime-fighting, now busy with her own film career, Banks is paired up with Derek (the ubiquitous Anthony Anderson), a CIA reject who's recruited to protect Cody Cover's as a clarinet prodigy at an elite music boarding school.
When he's not faking practicing, Cody runs around London on the trail of the bad guys with a little help from a fellow student (Hannah Spearritt) who just happens to be Cody's British secret service counterpart.
As directed by Kevin Allen and written by Don Rhymer, there's a whole lot of running around going on without pausing to get maximum mileage out of such potential goodies as dental retainer listening devices, exploding Mentos and piano-playing pooches.
Rather than give much in the way of day-saving to do, Muniz and company have to settle for taking in the local scenery (actually provided by London, not Vancouver), which has been colorfully captured by cinematographer Denis Crossan.
Agent Cody Banks: Destination London
MGM MGM Pictures presentsa Bob Yari/Maverick Films/Dylan Sellers production
Credits:
Director: Kevin Allen
Screenwriter: Don Rhymer
Story: Harald Zwart, Dylan Sellers, Don Rhymer
Based on the characters created by: Jeffrey Jurgensen
Producers: Dylan Sellers, Guy Oseary, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, David Nicksay
Executive producers: Madonna, Jason Alexander, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, Kerry David, Danny Gold, Michael Jackman, Andreas Klein, Mark Morgan
Director of photography: Denis Crossan
Production designer: Richard Holland
Editor: Andrew MacRitchie
Costume designer: Steven Noble
Music: Mark Thomas
Cast:
Agent Cody Banks: Frankie Muniz
Derek: Anthony Anderson
Mrs. Banks: Cynthia Stevenson
Mr. Banks: Daniel Roebuck
Emily: Hannah Spearritt
CIA director: Keith David
Jo Kenworth: Anna Chancellor
Diaz: Keith Allen
Kenworth: James Faulkner
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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