{"id":80459,"date":"2025-08-19T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/80459\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:40:09","slug":"leonines-nina-etspuler-joining-bbc-studios-global-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/80459\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonine’s Nina Etspuler Joining BBC Studios \u2013 Global Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLeonine\u2019s Nina Etsp\u00fcler Joining BBC Studios<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tFormats industry veteran Nina Etsp\u00fcler is joining BBC Studios Germany to launch a dedicated comedy and reality genre label. As on January 1, 2026, the Leonine exec will lead the unit as producer and exec producer and aim to make scripted and entertainment programs for the German TV and streaming markets. Etsp\u00fcler will work closely with the BBCS Germany team in Cologne to adapt BBC formats for the local market and develop original IP. Her hire comes after BBCS Germany remade comedy hit Ghosts for local pubcaster WDR and streamer ARD Mediathek. Etsp\u00fcler has worked for Red Arrow Studios, Florida TV and ProSiebenSat.1 during a career in formats. The former Group Creative Director at Red Arrow was most recently at Mediawan-owned Leonine Studios, where we revealed<\/a> back in 2020 she had been hired as Head of Entertainment Development. \u201cMy time at Leonine Studios was exciting and formative,\u201d said Etsp\u00fcler. \u201cI\u2019m proud to have built Madame Zheng Production into an established player in the fields of reality, factual entertainment, and reportage, together with my co-managing director Tina Wagner and a fantastic team. At I&U TV, we were able to produce great comedy formats such as the Grimme Award-winning The Teddy Teclebrhan Show, Heinz Strunk\u2019s Last Exit Schinkenstra\u00dfe and currently Str\u00e4ter\u2019s Problem Zones. Now I\u2019m looking forward to a role with a more international focus at BBC Studios Germany.\u201d Phil Schmid, Managing Director at BBCS Germany called Etsp\u00fcler \u201cone of the most respected and creative leaders in our industry,\u201d adding: \u201cThis is a perfect strategic fit for our ambitions in Germany and an equally strong match on a personal level. With\u00a0Nina\u00a0joining in January 2026, alongside our fantastic Entertainment team led by Markus Templin and our growing Fiction division under Eva Holtmann, we look forward with confidence and excitement to the next chapter of BBC Studios Germany\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPrime Video<\/a> Release \u2018Top End Bub<\/a>\u2018 Trailer<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the trailer for Australian Prime Video original series Top End Bub. The show, a follow up to 2019 local box office hit Top End Wedding, will launch on Amazon\u2019s streaming service in Australia and New Zealand on September 12, with Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee reprising their lead roles as Lauren and Ned, respectively. The trailer sees the couple living their best life in the city until Lauren receives a heartbreaking call telling her that her sister Ronelle has died. Rushing back to Darwin, they become guardians to Ronelle\u2019s daughter, Taya, aka Bub, played by a debuting Gladys-May Kelly. \u00a0<\/a>Ursula Yovich,\u00a0<\/a>Huw Higginson,\u00a0<\/a>Shari Sebbens,\u00a0<\/a>Elaine Crombie,\u00a0<\/a>Rob Collins and\u00a0<\/a>Tracy Mann return from the film, alongside new cast members\u00a0<\/a>Brooke Satchwell,\u00a0<\/a>Guy Simon and Clarence Ryan. Goalpost Pictures is producing, with ZDF Studios handling international distribution. No U.S. home for this one just yet. <\/p>\n

\n\tJames Durie Exits Cineflix Rights<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tJames Durie has left his post as Head of Drama at distributor Cineflix Rights. According to a statement from the transatlantic company, he exited at the end of July to \u201cpursue new opportunities\u201d, as Cineflix pivots to a new strategy \u201cstrategy in response to shifting global demand.\u201d Durie spent five years at Cineflix, having joined from Miramax. During that time, he played a key role in the international financing of shows such as Leonard Cohen drama So Long, Marianne His previous roles include stints at sports marketing agency Pitch International and IMG Media. According to Cineflix, he will continue to work with \u201chigh-end scripted producers and financiers in the wider market.\u201d Broadcast International was first with the news of Durie\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leonine\u2019s Nina Etsp\u00fcler Joining BBC Studios Formats industry veteran Nina Etsp\u00fcler is joining BBC Studios Germany to launch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,61132,61133,134,15230,61134,427],"class_list":["post-80459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbc-studios","tag-cineflix-rights","tag-entertainment","tag-prime-video","tag-top-end-bub","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}