Nutopia has reached 20th position in the Production 100 rankings, Televisuals annual survey of the UK’s independent sector!
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The Telegraph previews Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (Channel 4), a poignant documentary charting the operation that led to the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
It took 10 years, two wars, billions of dollars—and thousands of American lives. But finally, on May 1, 2011, the United States extracted sweet revenge for the deadly attacks on its soil. Cornered in the middle of the night in his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by a commando team of U.S. Navy SEALs, Osama bin Laden was finally brought down by bullets to the chest and head.
The U.S. effort to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden will be featured in a two-hour television program, including interviews with President Barack Obama and senior counter-terrorism officials…
Read this great review of ‘Targeting Bin Laden’ by the New York Post. Premiering TONIGHT on History US at 8pm!
US President Barack Obama considered halting the daring special forces mission following an intelligence review that concluded there was less than a 50% chance that the al Qaeda leader was in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, identified by the CIA.
A new documentary about the plan to hunt down Osama Bin Laden, which includes an interview with US President Barack Obama, has been picked up by broadcasters around the world.
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Nutopia’s Bin Laden film goes global by Michael Rosser, 31 August 2011
A HISTORY® EXCLUSIVE
TARGETING BIN LADEN
TO PREMIERE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 at 8 PM ET
New York, NY, August 31, 2011 – HISTORY will take viewers inside the dedicated effort to hunt and kill Osama Bin Laden in TARGETING BIN LADEN. This two-hour special event premieres on Tuesday, September 6 at 8pm ET featuring exclusive interviews with President Barack Obama and other senior aides. The announcement was made today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager, HISTORY.
In addition to President Obama, interviewees include National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon; White House Chief Counter-Terrorism Advisor, John O. Brennan; Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; former CIA Director, Gen. Michael Vincent Hayden; former CIA Deputy Director of Counter-Terrorism, Philip Mudd; members of Congress; policy experts and others.
Rigorously researched, TARGETING BIN LADEN will take you inside this critical effort and examine the historical ramifications for President Obama’s administration as well as look at the role of the dedicated men and women who worked for many years over several administrations to make this possible. TARGETING BIN LADEN uses historical footage, photographs and dramatic re-enactments to illustrate one of the most important missions in our nation’s history.
TARGETING BIN LADEN is produced for HISTORY by Nutopia, producers of History’s Emmy®-Award winning AMERICA THE STORY OF US. Nutopia’s CEO Jane Root is executive producer. The special is produced by Phil Craig (producer of six films about America’s secret war with Al Qaeda, including the Emmy-nominated docudrama about United Flight 93, The Flight that Fought Back, Attack on the Pentagon and 911 State of Emergency) and directed by Bruce Goodison, who worked with Craig on The Flight That Fought Back. Julian P. Hobbs and Susan Werbe are executive producers for HISTORY.
About HISTORY®
HISTORY® and HISTORY® HD are the leading destinations for revealing, award-winning original non-fiction series and event specials that connect history with viewers in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. Programming covers a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archaeology and pop culture. Among the network’s program offerings are hit series such as American Pickers, Ax Men, American Restoration, Ice Road Truckers, Top Gear, Pawn Stars and Top Shot, as well as acclaimed specials including Gettysburg, America the Story of Us, WWII in HD, 102 Minutes That Changed America and Life After People. HISTORY has earned four Peabody Awards, seven Primetime Emmy® Awards, 12 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network’s Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. Take a Veteran to School Day is the network’s signature initiative connecting America’s schools and communities with veterans from all wars. The HISTORY website, located at www.history.com, is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20,000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into a broad range of thousands of historical topics. For more information go to www.historypressroom.com.
Press Contacts:
Vicky Kahn, History: vicky.kahn@aetn.com
Heather DiRubba, History: heather.dirubba@aetn.com
Kevin Goldman, Nutopia: kgoldman@hstrategies.com
While it has been little more than a year since Nutopia brought its first production, the big-budget History series America: The Story Of Us, to MIPTV, the factual production company has quickly made its mark, producing a string of memorable programs and unveiling a headline-grabbing partnership with fellow transatlantic prodco Studio Lambert, who are also in the Real Screen Global Top 100 list.
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