Hallmark Entertainment is going back in time to offer a new take on the discovery of King Tut's tomb in a miniseries starring Malcolm McDowell and Casper Van Dien. The company recently wrapped shooting in India on the four-hour miniseries The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, a co-production with Larry Levinson Prods. that's said to be a fact-based fantasy adventure. It's set mostly in the 1920s but includes flashbacks to ancient Egypt. Van Dien plays an archaeologist in the 1920s, while McDowell portrays Van Dien's nemesis, the head of an organization named Hellfire Club.
- 10/4/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hallmark Entertainment has switched key broadcast outlets in two major European territories, signing sales deals with Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 and Spain's Antena 3 for Hallmark's 2004-05 slate of upcoming miniseries, Hallmark distribution president Joel Denton said Monday. Hallmark previously had long-term distribution agreements with RTL Television in Germany and Telecinco in Spain. The deals will give ProSiebenSat.1 and Antena 3 exclusive free-TV rights in their respective territories for upcoming Hallmark event miniseries of the 2004-05 season, including Hercules, King Tut, The Poseidon Adventure and Supernova. They mark a new, more aggressive, acquisition policy on the part of the Spanish and German stations after management shuffles that have seen Haim Saban take majority control at ProSiebenSat.1 and Maurizio Carlotti take over the helm as CEO of Antena 3.
- 9/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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