New York-headquartered prodco Atlas Media Corp has expanded its LA-based development team with the promotion of Andrew Jacobs (pictured) to VP of development for the West Coast, as well as two additional hires. In his new role, Jacobs – who most recently served as the company’s director of development – is to oversee West Coast development, casting, sizzle […]

Gotham’s Atlas Media Corp. has started production of a new docusoap for E! based in New York, the latest offering from an indie producer ramping up amid an explosive demand for reality television, said founder and president Bruce David Klein.

“Brainwashed,” airing Sunday, Oct. 28 at 9 PM E/P on Discovery Channel’s CURIOSITY series, follows a group of individuals who agree to participate in a televised study about hypnosis. However, what they don’t know is that over the next few days, each will be asked to complete a series of increasingly demanding tasks, designed to whittle down the most susceptible to hypnosis and commanded to kill.

Atlas Media Corp., one of the world’s leading independent producers of non-fiction television series and specials – and a range of theatrical documentaries, branded content and digital entertainment — has entered into an agency representation agreement with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

CHEVY CHASE, MD (June 28, 2012) – Following the success of the premiere seasons of Travel Channel’s original series “Hotel Impossible” and “Baggage Battles,” the Network has greenlit production for second seasons of both hit shows. “Baggage Battles” will begin filming 14 half-hour episodes in July, and “Hotel Impossible” will begin filming 13 one-hour episodes next month as well. Additionally, a third […]