Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Chew Tee Pao, Senior Archivist, AFA, and Yeo Min Hui, curator of Comic Relief: Film Retrospective and Exhibition on Wang Sha and Ye Feng. There are Original posters, handbills, memorabilia, props and costumes from the films of Singapore’s answer to comedy duo Laurel & Hardy. They
| 11 April 2021
Positioning the company to launch additional networks and accelerate its international television production and distribution strategy, streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) network Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the film and TV assets of Sonar Entertainment.
A leading independent television studio headquartered in Los Angeles with operations in Toronto and London, Sonar has developed, produced, financed and distributed shows such as The Shannara Chronicles (MTV/Netflix), Taboo(BBC/FX), The Son (AMC), Mr. Mercedes (DirecTV), Das Boot (Sky Europe), Hunters (Amazon Prime), Alien Xmas (Netflix) and Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+).
Sonar’s film and television library comprises over 1,000 titles, over 4,000 hours of programming, ranging from classic shorts of Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy and Blondie (produced by Hal Roach Studios) to event mini-series such as Lonesome Dove and