Stark eventually sold the rights to producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, who took the film to Paramount Pictures, with Universal Pictures still on as a co-production partner.
His co-production partner on all these films is Alex Kronemer.
The BBC paid £7 million ($10.1 million) as co-production partner, the most it had ever paid for a bought-in program, and screened it on the BBC Two channel.
The shows Executive Producers are Spencer Austin and Harry Harrold, along with Paul Ross for co-production partners Twofour Broadcast.
Program content includes discussions ranging from the issue of multiplatform production and digital distribution to finding elusive co-production partners.
In November 2010 MGM filed for bankruptcy; following its emergence from insolvency, Columbia has been co-production partner of the series with Danjaq.
Appropriate co-production partners include broadcasters, programme/film distributors, independent producers, record companies, audio visual producers, software and web service producers and institutions involved in arts and education (such as theatres and music companies).
On the eve of shooting, the co-production partner - an offshore bank - withdrew from the project.
This is the second US sci-fi drama Sky One has signed up for as a co-production partner.
The company is an active co-production partner internationally and within Canada.