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The first deal is for the 10-episode reality series Next Action
Star as well as the Joel Silver produced action TV movie Bet
Your Life; both of which have recently been aired in the US
on NBC. The second agreement is for the highly-rated reality series
The Surreal Life 2.
Both deals were negotiated by Zuccarelli for GRB Entertainment
with SBS Broadcasting head of acquisitions Gijs Tulleken for overseeing
the Next Action Star deal and with SBS Broadcasting senior
vice-prsident Bart Soepnel for The Surreal Life 2 sale.
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shot from 'Bet Your Life'
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The titles included in this agreement are Next Action Star
which is a co-production with Silver Pictures and is a search for
America's next male and female action stars. The winners, chosen
through competition and voting, star in an action film produced
by Silver Pictures titled Bet Your Life. The film revolves
around a compulsive gambler who agrees to take the ultimate gamble
and bets his life.
The Surreal Life 2 brings together a diverse group of some
of America's most beloved celebrities, including Erik Estrada, Rob
'Vanilla Ice' Van Winkle, Tammy Faye Bakker, Ron Jeremy, and Trishelle
Canatelle. This unlikely group of housemates move in together and
share a funky house in the Hollywood Hills for ten days.
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