Eagle Eye Hires Drama Director; CAA Sports Hires Senior Duo; Roblox Kids Competition Movie At Vue — Global Briefs
Eagle Eye Hires Drama Director
The Couple Next Door producer Eagle Eye has hired a drama director. Carolina Giammetta, who is currently completing production on Bookish with Mark Gatiss, will develop and direct new dramas for Eagle Eye while coming aboard as EP on the growing slate. Eagle Eye was recently bought by ITV Studios and counts Channel 4’s The Couple Next Door, ITV’s Professor T and UKTV’s Hotel Portofino among its roster. It recently launched Patience, a crime drama starring Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis. “Our 100% success rate for winning re-commissions on all our new dramas has meant the Eagle Eye slate has grown very rapidly,” said Chief Creative Officer Jo McGrath. “Carolina is a brilliant team player, a superb director with a visual eye and strong editorial instincts.”
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CAA Sports Hires Senior Duo In London
CAA Sports has hired senior sponsorship exec Lucy Englander and veteran media and entertainment exec Jonathan Davies in its Property Sales and Executive Search divisions, respectively. Based in CAA’s London office, Englander will focus on creating sponsorship opportunities for the agency’s long-standing clients such as Formula 1, Oracle Red Bull Racing, and Riot Games, as well as global football rightsholders. In his new role, Davies will help guide the agency’s search efforts spanning media and entertainment globally. The pair join the growing London-headquartered division as Tom Brooke and Oliver Acutt are promoted in London and Lianne Adampoulos in Singapore. The CAA sports team reps the likes of presenter Laura Woods, along with former soccer stars Gareth Bale and Frank Lampard. “With 2025 off to an incredibly strong start, we are entering the year with great momentum, strengthened by exceptional new talent joining our business and the quality of our teams across our offices in London, Munich, and Singapore,” said Matthew O’Donohoe, President, CAA Sports International.
Roblox Kids Competition Movie Set At Vue
EXCLUSIVE: One for the Roblox fans. Vue Cinemas has teamed with New York’s Kartoon Studios to debut “the world’s first feature-length game show movie,” based around the gaming universe. Titled Kartoon Channel’s Gaming Challenge UK, the 85-minute pic will feature “high-energy, family-friendly competitions featuring British children aged nine to 11” who play custom-built levels of Roblox. The movie event will hit Vue Cinema locations in London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Dublin from April 19. The movie will be hosted by Frankie Vu (NFL Show For Kids), who introduces six child gamers who compete in challenges such as Rumble Raceway and Cock-a-Doodle Dash created by the Kartoon Studios team. “Our goal was to create a fun, positive, and safe experience — reimagining the Saturday morning cinema tradition with a modern twist centered around Roblox, a platform kids absolutely adore,” said Paul Robinson, President of Kartoon Channel Worldwide. “At Vue, we’re big fans of innovation when it comes to unique ways for customers to enjoy the big screen experience,” said Rob Lea, Head of Screen Content at Vue UK and Ireland. The film has no official affiliation with the Roblox Corporation.
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