Mike Fenton, Famed Casting Director on ‘Back to the Future,’ ‘E.T.’ and Many Other Movies, Dies at 85 The acquisition covers 372 TV series and more than 700 Films. Those offerings include Hal Roach Studios shorts like Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy and Blondie and miniseries like Lonesome Dove and Dinotopia. Screen Media, a division of Csse, will distribute Sonar’s library of more than 1,000 titles. Among the company’s current series are Hunters on Amazon Prime Video and the soon-to-premiere Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+.
About $1 billion has been invested into film and TV projects controlled by Sonar, according to the official deal announcement. The initial payment is considered an advance, which will be recouped by Chicken Soup upon the sale or licensing of certain TV rights. The up-front cost is just $19.5 million, but the ultimate valuation will likely grow over time, as future licensing proceeds will also be split with Sonar. New sports docuseriesĬhicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Acquires Assets Of ‘Hunters’ Producer Sonar EntertainmentĬhicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has bought the assets of Sonar Entertainment, the well-established production entity built by Robert Halmi Sr. Newer entries include Riding Phat, about the electric-power-focused company Phat Scooter invention series The Uncommon History of Very Common Things and Inside the Black Box, which features Black entertainment figures and discussions of race.
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Crackle Plus said new series in the works include a second season of personal finance/college debt show Going from Broke, which is executive produced by Ashton Kutcher.
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Owned and operated for more than a decade by Sony, Crackle has been under the full control of Chicken Soup for the Soul since December 2020. The newest member of the streaming portfolio will launch this fall and join Popcornflix and Crackle under the Crackle Plus umbrella, the company said. Crackle Plus, the streaming outfit run by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, unveiled new series and a feel-good streaming service named after the parent company during a virtual NewFronts presentation.