North Road is a premier independent global content studio, producing some of the most successful films, television series, and documentaries in the world.

Peter Chernin is churning out the hits. The former News Corp. chairman and veteran Hollywood producer notched an impressive record this week, as his North Road Company and its portfolio divisions produced the number one film and series on Netflix’s global viewing charts.

Ally Simpson has been promoted to president of television at Kinetic Content, the company announced Wednesday. In her new role, Simpson will oversee all unscripted series produced in North America.

Greta Lee and Wagner Moura‘s forthcoming sci-fi thriller has found a home on Netflix‘s release calendar. Director Louis Leterrier‘s film The Last House, which is newly titled after having previously been known as 11817, is set to hit the streaming service Aug. 7. Riley Chung (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Emma Ho (The Baker), Noah Alexander Sosnowski (Section 8) and Gabriel Barbosa (May December) round out the cast.

The North Road Company, Peter Chernin’s expansive content production shop, has launched a new film label focused on “distinctive filmmaker perspectives with broad audience appeal.”

EXCLUSIVE: Everyone’s favorite board game is getting the Hollywood treatment as sources tell Deadline that Amazon MGM Studios, Chernin Entertainment and Hasbro are teaming to bring The Game of Life to the big screen. The project is in development at Amazon MGM.

Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have set the new drama series Kennedy, which will explore the triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Michael Fassbender (The Agency, Black Bag) has been cast as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr.

EXCLUSIVE: It only took five hours into a new studio regime for incoming Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein to put some bounce into the Melrose lot. Deadline can reveal they have closed on the town’s hottest package, and their first bright shiny new film package will be High Side, re-teaming A Complete Unknown’s James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet. Peter Chernin and David Ready are attached to produce on behalf of Chernin Entertainment alongside Mangold. Deadline revealed the project earlier this week. It’s based on an original, unpublished story by Jaime Oliveira, who is also adapting the screenplay.

Apple TV+ has inked a new multi-year, first-look feature film deal with The North Road Company‘s Chernin Entertainment, the flagship scripted film label behind such titles as Hidden Figures, Ford v Ferrari, The Greatest Showman and Planet of the Apes.

Love Is Blind and Married at First Sight maker Kinetic Content is expanding into the UK. The North Road-backed company has hired Too Hot To Handle co-creator Laura Gibson as MD in the UK. She will closely collaborate and share a slate with Kinetic’s Executive Vice Presidents and co-development heads Karrie Wolfe and Katie Griffin, and she’ll work with Eric Detwiler, President, and Stefanie Cohen-Williams, President of Production, on selected shows within Kinetic’s slate of projects. Gibson will also work closely with Jan Frouman, North Road’s International President, on Kinetic’s UK growth.

The North Road Company, a media venture launched in 2022 by mogul Peter Chernin, has made its first acquisition in Latin America with Perro Azul, a major Mexican production company.

Karga Seven Pictures, the Turkish-American producer backed by Peter Chernin‘s North Road Company, has acquired Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book The World: A Family History Of Humanity.

Chernin Entertainment, which is part of The North Road Company, has promoted both Tracey Cook and Kaitlin Dahill to lead the company’s television division. The announcement was made by Chernin Entertainment president Jenno Topping, to whom Cook and Dahill will continue to report.

A new Hollywood entertainment studio wants to put generative artificial intelligence at the heart of all its projects, and it has backing from a pair of major power players in the business: The North Road Company and Andreessen Horowitz. The new studio, Promise, is being led by George Strompolos, who was the CEO and founder of creator-centric software and media company Fullscreen; as well as Jamie Byrne, who most recently led creator partnerships for YouTube; and Dave Clark, a filmmaker who uses AI in his work.

Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company is heading to Brazil for its latest international co-pro.. The company is teaming with Spiral International and Boutique Films on medical thriller series Suture, which has landed at Prime Video in Latin America and Portugal and will be unveiled at MIPCOM next week. North Road retains the rights to produce an English-language version.

The North Road Company has made a major hire in the UK, bringing in former Channel 4 drama boss Caroline Hollick. Based out of London, Hollick will be North Road’s Senior VP International Production and Development. She’ll work closely with North Road President of Television Amy Israel and her LA-based team to identify “fresh voices and top creative talent for North Road to collaborate with in the UK and other European markets.”

The North Road Company President of Television Amy Israel continues to assemble her executive team with the hire of wiip’s Josh Stern as well as a duo who had worked for her at Showtime, Jamie Pross and Madison Heim-Jinivisian. Stern will serve as EVP of Television, Pross as VP of Television and Heim-Jinivisian as Creative Executive.

The North Road Company has hired Netflix and HBO vet Rochelle Gerson as head of business affairs. She will oversee the strategy and execution of all content deals across North Road’s portfolio of production companies. She will also provide counsel to North Road’s executive team, including Amy Israel, Jenno Topping, Jan Frouman, Chris Coelen, Connor Schell, and Darian Singer, and report to CEO David Nevins.

New four-part series from Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Words & Pictures in partnership with ESPN+ will feature exclusive interviews and unparalleled behind-the-scenes access documenting elite collegiate women’s basketball stars from current record-breaking season.

Peter Chernin’s company has acquired Little Room Films, the production company established by Jason Hehir, the director behind the hit basketball docuseries The Last Dance.

The former Fox boss’ The North Road Company has invested in and acquired a “significant” stake in Two One Five Entertainment, the production company founded by Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots.

Amy Israel, the former Showtime exec, has officially been installed as President of Television at Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company.

Peter Chernin’s global multi-genre studio The North Road Company has acquired Turkish film and TV powerhouse Karga Seven Pictures in its first major move to expand its international market footprint.

The North Road Company, the content studio founded by Peter Chernin, has acquired an unspecified minority stake in Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions. The deal includes a multi-year agreement for development, production, and sale of unscripted and scripted content.