Exclusive: Banijay has bought Chloe producer Mam Tor Productions, the French powerhouse’s first UK buy since 2020’s Endemol Shine Group (Esg) acquisition.
In news unveiled by Deadline a day before Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti’s Mipcom Cannes keynote, Mam Tor joins a number of UK scripted labels within the Banijay fold, and distributor Banijay Rights will be given a first look at its projects.
Mam Tor was behind Chloe, the highly-rated BBC One thriller starring The Crown’s Erin Doherty that was acquired by Amazon Prime Video outside of the UK. That six-parter was distributed by Banijay Rights.
L to R: Morven Reid, Tally Garner, Rachel Harvey. Image: Banijay
Founded in 2014, Mam Tor also has a hefty development slate. It had a first-look distribution deal with Banijay Rights (then Endemol Shine International) between 2014 and 2018 and subsequently a first-look distribution and co-production deal with eOne from 2018 to 2021.
Garner is a...
In news unveiled by Deadline a day before Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti’s Mipcom Cannes keynote, Mam Tor joins a number of UK scripted labels within the Banijay fold, and distributor Banijay Rights will be given a first look at its projects.
Mam Tor was behind Chloe, the highly-rated BBC One thriller starring The Crown’s Erin Doherty that was acquired by Amazon Prime Video outside of the UK. That six-parter was distributed by Banijay Rights.
L to R: Morven Reid, Tally Garner, Rachel Harvey. Image: Banijay
Founded in 2014, Mam Tor also has a hefty development slate. It had a first-look distribution deal with Banijay Rights (then Endemol Shine International) between 2014 and 2018 and subsequently a first-look distribution and co-production deal with eOne from 2018 to 2021.
Garner is a...
- 10/17/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Fresh off his recent gig as president of NBCUniversal-backed Heyday Television, veteran producer Tom Winchester has launched his own small-screen shingle, Pure Fiction Television, with support from Power of the Dog producers See-Saw Films and talent agency Hamilton Hodell.
Pure Fiction Television aims to produce “prestige commercial content” for the British and global markets and is pitching itself to talent as a partner that can offer more creative freedom and back-end compensation than is typical within the constraints of overall deals with major streamers.
“At Pure Fiction, we want to reflect the changes afoot within our industry by redefining how partnerships work with talent,” Winchester said in a statement. “We believe in celebrating collaboration so that everyone benefits, and we make the best work possible.”
See-Saw, whose credits also include the critically acclaimed series Top of the Lake and Slow Horses, will...
Fresh off his recent gig as president of NBCUniversal-backed Heyday Television, veteran producer Tom Winchester has launched his own small-screen shingle, Pure Fiction Television, with support from Power of the Dog producers See-Saw Films and talent agency Hamilton Hodell.
Pure Fiction Television aims to produce “prestige commercial content” for the British and global markets and is pitching itself to talent as a partner that can offer more creative freedom and back-end compensation than is typical within the constraints of overall deals with major streamers.
“At Pure Fiction, we want to reflect the changes afoot within our industry by redefining how partnerships work with talent,” Winchester said in a statement. “We believe in celebrating collaboration so that everyone benefits, and we make the best work possible.”
See-Saw, whose credits also include the critically acclaimed series Top of the Lake and Slow Horses, will...
- 6/30/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President of Heyday Television Tom Winchester has departed the company to set up his own production outfit, Pure Fiction Television.
See-Saw Films (“Power of the Dog”) and talent agency Hamilton Hodell have minority stakes in the new company. The plan is for Pure Fiction to be “distributor agnostic and free to find the best homes for each show.”
Winchester will focus the company on prestige commercial television for both domestic and international audiences as well as working closely with writers, actors and directors to develop and produce their work.
See-Saw will also provide business affairs and production support while its COO, Simon Gillis, will sit on Pure Fiction’s board. Gillis brokered the deal alongside Jeremy Gawade of Lee & Thompson for Hamilton Hodell and Michael Brader of Wiggin for Winchester.
Winchester was with Heyday, which is owned by NBCUniversal, for almost three and a half years where he...
See-Saw Films (“Power of the Dog”) and talent agency Hamilton Hodell have minority stakes in the new company. The plan is for Pure Fiction to be “distributor agnostic and free to find the best homes for each show.”
Winchester will focus the company on prestige commercial television for both domestic and international audiences as well as working closely with writers, actors and directors to develop and produce their work.
See-Saw will also provide business affairs and production support while its COO, Simon Gillis, will sit on Pure Fiction’s board. Gillis brokered the deal alongside Jeremy Gawade of Lee & Thompson for Hamilton Hodell and Michael Brader of Wiggin for Winchester.
Winchester was with Heyday, which is owned by NBCUniversal, for almost three and a half years where he...
- 6/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Heyday Television President Tom Winchester has launched a production company backed by Power of the Dog producer See-Saw Films and talent agency Hamilton Hodell.
See-Saw, which also produced Top of the Lake and Slow Horses, has backed Pure Fiction Television, which will produce commercial content for the British and global markets, seeking to capitalize on the absence of overall deals by offering strategic partnerships to top talent.
See-Saw will offer business affairs and production support to Winchester’s nascent outfit and COO Simon Gillis will sit on Pure Fiction’s board.
Winchester has spent the past three-and-a-half years as President of Heyday, the NBCUniversal-backed outfit founded by Harry Potter producer David Heyman, overseeing the likes of Netflix’s Clickbait and hiring teams in London and LA.
He said: “At Pure Fiction, we want to reflect the changes afoot within our industry by redefining how partnerships work with talent.
See-Saw, which also produced Top of the Lake and Slow Horses, has backed Pure Fiction Television, which will produce commercial content for the British and global markets, seeking to capitalize on the absence of overall deals by offering strategic partnerships to top talent.
See-Saw will offer business affairs and production support to Winchester’s nascent outfit and COO Simon Gillis will sit on Pure Fiction’s board.
Winchester has spent the past three-and-a-half years as President of Heyday, the NBCUniversal-backed outfit founded by Harry Potter producer David Heyman, overseeing the likes of Netflix’s Clickbait and hiring teams in London and LA.
He said: “At Pure Fiction, we want to reflect the changes afoot within our industry by redefining how partnerships work with talent.
- 6/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack O’Connell is in advanced negotiations to star in a music biopic called “Twisting My Melon” about the life of Shaun Ryder, the frontman of the British band Happy Mondays, Agc Studios chairman and CEO Stuart Ford announced on Friday.
O’Connell would star with Jason Isaacs, Holliday Grainger and Maxine Peake in the film that will be fully financed and co-produced by Agc Studios. Isaacs will play Ryder’s father and fellow musician Derek Ryder, Peake will play his mother, and Grainger would star as Ryder’s girlfriend. Production on the film is slated to begin in January 2020. Here’s the full synopsis for the film:
Brother. Son. Poet. Film Star. Rock’n’Roll Legend. Since childhood, all Shaun Ryder ever wanted to do was play in a rock band like his father, a local working-class guitar hero dubbed the “Horseman.” Soon his drive and one-of-a-kind songwriting skills...
O’Connell would star with Jason Isaacs, Holliday Grainger and Maxine Peake in the film that will be fully financed and co-produced by Agc Studios. Isaacs will play Ryder’s father and fellow musician Derek Ryder, Peake will play his mother, and Grainger would star as Ryder’s girlfriend. Production on the film is slated to begin in January 2020. Here’s the full synopsis for the film:
Brother. Son. Poet. Film Star. Rock’n’Roll Legend. Since childhood, all Shaun Ryder ever wanted to do was play in a rock band like his father, a local working-class guitar hero dubbed the “Horseman.” Soon his drive and one-of-a-kind songwriting skills...
- 9/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Control, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh to make feature directorial debut.
UK actor Jack O’Connell is in advanced talks to star as Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder in the musical biopic Twisting My Melon, which Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios is introducing to buyers at Tiff.
Agc will fully finance and co-produce the project, based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name that charts his life and role in ushering in the “Madchester” sound in the late 1980s and early 1990s that embraced hedonism and rave culture. O’Connell will perform Happy Mondays songs in the film.
UK actor Jack O’Connell is in advanced talks to star as Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder in the musical biopic Twisting My Melon, which Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios is introducing to buyers at Tiff.
Agc will fully finance and co-produce the project, based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name that charts his life and role in ushering in the “Madchester” sound in the late 1980s and early 1990s that embraced hedonism and rave culture. O’Connell will perform Happy Mondays songs in the film.
- 9/6/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jack O’Connell is in advanced negotiations to play Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder in Agc Studios’ “Twisting My Melon.” The project, which Agc will fully finance and co-produce, was announced at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
In addition to O’Connell, Jason Isaacs is in talks to play Derek Ryder, Shaun’s father. Holliday Grainger (“Cinderella”) will likely play Shaun’s girlfriend and Maxine Peake (“The Theory of Everything”) will portray his much-put-upon mother. The Happy Mondays were giants of the independent music scene in the U.K., combining elements of funk and psychedelia with hits such as “Hallelujah” and “Mad Cyril.”
The project was originated and developed by Matt Greenhalgh and his production company Maine Road Films. He co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Knott and William Ash and will direct and produce the film. Greenhalgh has dramatized the rock world before, writing screenplays for the John Lennon...
In addition to O’Connell, Jason Isaacs is in talks to play Derek Ryder, Shaun’s father. Holliday Grainger (“Cinderella”) will likely play Shaun’s girlfriend and Maxine Peake (“The Theory of Everything”) will portray his much-put-upon mother. The Happy Mondays were giants of the independent music scene in the U.K., combining elements of funk and psychedelia with hits such as “Hallelujah” and “Mad Cyril.”
The project was originated and developed by Matt Greenhalgh and his production company Maine Road Films. He co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Knott and William Ash and will direct and produce the film. Greenhalgh has dramatized the rock world before, writing screenplays for the John Lennon...
- 9/6/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Agc Studios is launching sales on and co-producing Twisting My Melon, a music biopic of Shaun Ryder, frontman for UK band the Happy Mondays.
Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), and Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai) are in advanced negotiations to star as Ryder and his father, Derek Ryder, respectively. Also in discussions to join are Holliday Grainger (Patrick Melrose) as Ryder’s girlfriend and Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything) as his long-suffering mum.
The cautionary rock fable will chart Ryder’s story from childhood, when he was desperate to play in a rock band like his father, a local working-class guitar hero dubbed the ‘Horseman’, to his rise as the frontman for 90s Manchester band the Happy Mondays. Production is slated to start in January, 2020.
Based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name, the project was originated and developed by Control and Nowhere Boy scribe Matt Greenhalgh and his production company Maine Road Films.
Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), and Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai) are in advanced negotiations to star as Ryder and his father, Derek Ryder, respectively. Also in discussions to join are Holliday Grainger (Patrick Melrose) as Ryder’s girlfriend and Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything) as his long-suffering mum.
The cautionary rock fable will chart Ryder’s story from childhood, when he was desperate to play in a rock band like his father, a local working-class guitar hero dubbed the ‘Horseman’, to his rise as the frontman for 90s Manchester band the Happy Mondays. Production is slated to start in January, 2020.
Based on Ryder’s autobiography of the same name, the project was originated and developed by Control and Nowhere Boy scribe Matt Greenhalgh and his production company Maine Road Films.
- 9/6/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss are set to star in “The Power of the Dog,” the next film from Oscar-winner Jane Campion.
Campion has written and will direct the feature film adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. This is Campion’s eighth feature film, her first since 2009’s “Bright Star” and her first project since the second season of the “Top of the Lake miniseries, which starred Moss.
See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm Cross City Films will be launching sales at Cannes and will go into pre-production at the end of the year.
Also Read: Jane Campion Endorses 'Leave No Trace' Director Debra Granik for Oscar Nomination
“‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime novel that deserves a life on the big screen,” Campion said in a statement. “I couldn’t stop thinking about the story, it really haunted me. The themes of masculinity,...
Campion has written and will direct the feature film adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. This is Campion’s eighth feature film, her first since 2009’s “Bright Star” and her first project since the second season of the “Top of the Lake miniseries, which starred Moss.
See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm Cross City Films will be launching sales at Cannes and will go into pre-production at the end of the year.
Also Read: Jane Campion Endorses 'Leave No Trace' Director Debra Granik for Oscar Nomination
“‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime novel that deserves a life on the big screen,” Campion said in a statement. “I couldn’t stop thinking about the story, it really haunted me. The themes of masculinity,...
- 5/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss will star in Jane Campion’s new film, “The Power of the Dog,” an adaptation of the Thomas Savage novel.
Campion will direct from a script she adapted, with See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm, Cross City Films, launching sales at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. The movie will go into pre-production at the end of the year.
“‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime novel that deserves a life on the big screen. I couldn’t stop thinking about the story, it really haunted me. The themes of masculinity, nostalgia and betrayal are an intoxicating mix,” Campion said. “It’s also rare to find a story where the themes, the plot and the characters build tension as they reveal each other and even the end is satisfying and unexpected. It will be the first time I’ve worked with a male lead, which is exciting.
Campion will direct from a script she adapted, with See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm, Cross City Films, launching sales at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. The movie will go into pre-production at the end of the year.
“‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime novel that deserves a life on the big screen. I couldn’t stop thinking about the story, it really haunted me. The themes of masculinity, nostalgia and betrayal are an intoxicating mix,” Campion said. “It’s also rare to find a story where the themes, the plot and the characters build tension as they reveal each other and even the end is satisfying and unexpected. It will be the first time I’ve worked with a male lead, which is exciting.
- 5/6/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Western family saga to go into pre-production towards end of year.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss will star in Jane Campion’s feature adaptation of Thomas Savage’s western novel The Power Of The Dog, which See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm Cross City Films will launch in Cannes next week.
The project is scheduled to go into pre-production at the end of the year and tells of a jealous Montana ranch owner who tries to destroy his brother and business partner’s new relationship.
The Power Of The Dog is a See-Saw Films and Big Shell Films Production / a Max...
Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss will star in Jane Campion’s feature adaptation of Thomas Savage’s western novel The Power Of The Dog, which See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm Cross City Films will launch in Cannes next week.
The project is scheduled to go into pre-production at the end of the year and tells of a jealous Montana ranch owner who tries to destroy his brother and business partner’s new relationship.
The Power Of The Dog is a See-Saw Films and Big Shell Films Production / a Max...
- 5/6/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Red, which also produced Russell T Davies's Queer as Folk, acquired by Studiocanal in deal valuing company at about £30m
Red, the independent producer behind hit shows including Last Tango in Halifax and Queer as Folk, has sold a majority stake to French film and TV company Studiocanal, in a deal thought to value the UK firm at about £30m.
The acquisition of Manchester-based Red, which is working with Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies on two TV dramas about 21st century gay life for Channel 4, marks the French company's first foray into the UK TV production sector.
Studiocanal is best known for its work in the film industry – its 5,000-strong catalogue is the largest outside of the Us, with a catalogue as diverse as Shaun the Sheep, The Dambusters, Cliffhanger and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Olivier Courson, the chairman and chief executive of Studiocanal, said the...
Red, the independent producer behind hit shows including Last Tango in Halifax and Queer as Folk, has sold a majority stake to French film and TV company Studiocanal, in a deal thought to value the UK firm at about £30m.
The acquisition of Manchester-based Red, which is working with Queer as Folk creator Russell T Davies on two TV dramas about 21st century gay life for Channel 4, marks the French company's first foray into the UK TV production sector.
Studiocanal is best known for its work in the film industry – its 5,000-strong catalogue is the largest outside of the Us, with a catalogue as diverse as Shaun the Sheep, The Dambusters, Cliffhanger and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Olivier Courson, the chairman and chief executive of Studiocanal, said the...
- 12/5/2013
- by Mark Sweney
- The Guardian - Film News
More Toronto festival news
TORONTO -- The Weinstein Co. on Friday preemptively nabbed worldwide rights (excluding U.K. TV) to the Toronto fest entry "Boy A".
John Crowley's drama, originally made for British television, is adapted from the novel of the same name by Jonathan Trigell. It follows a 24-year-old man released from prison years after murdering another child with his young friend. His attempts to put his past behind him are helped along by his social worker but hindered by the tabloid press and his social worker's son.
The intimate Cuba Pictures drama stars Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullen, Shaun Evans and Katie Lyons. It was produced by Lynn Horsford, Nick Marston, Tally Garner and Liza Marshall.
Channel 4 majority-financed the film and has the U.K. TV distribution rights.
Weinstein Co. executives Glen Basner, Rhodri Thomas and Michal Podell negotiated the deal with attorney Jeremy Gawade of Lee and Thompson Solicitors along with producers Nick Marston and Tally Garner on behalf of Cuba Pictures.
TORONTO -- The Weinstein Co. on Friday preemptively nabbed worldwide rights (excluding U.K. TV) to the Toronto fest entry "Boy A".
John Crowley's drama, originally made for British television, is adapted from the novel of the same name by Jonathan Trigell. It follows a 24-year-old man released from prison years after murdering another child with his young friend. His attempts to put his past behind him are helped along by his social worker but hindered by the tabloid press and his social worker's son.
The intimate Cuba Pictures drama stars Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullen, Shaun Evans and Katie Lyons. It was produced by Lynn Horsford, Nick Marston, Tally Garner and Liza Marshall.
Channel 4 majority-financed the film and has the U.K. TV distribution rights.
Weinstein Co. executives Glen Basner, Rhodri Thomas and Michal Podell negotiated the deal with attorney Jeremy Gawade of Lee and Thompson Solicitors along with producers Nick Marston and Tally Garner on behalf of Cuba Pictures.
CANNES -- British production company 4Way Pictures -- set up by director Antonia Bird, actor Robert Carlyle, novelist Irvine Welsh and broadcaster Mark Cousins -- has snapped up the rights to Emily Barr's novel Backpack, the company said Thursday. Barr, a British-based columnist and travel writer, penned a novel about a young woman's compulsive desire to travel to exotic places and an encounter with a serial killer. Bird is developing the project and plans to direct. 4Way is also developing Jamie McGillivray as a co-production with John Sayles, who wrote the script and will direct. Sayles will co-produce the movie through his company Anarchists Convention with Maggie Renzi. Based on an idea from Carlyle, the movie is a historical adventure set in 18th century Scotland and North America. The project is being repped at Cannes by lawyers Susan Bodine and Jeremy Gawade. 4Way is also developing The Dope Priest with the U.K. Film Council. Written by Nicholas Blincoe from his novel of the same name, the project is billed as a daring romantic comedy exploring the complexity of identity in Israel and the Palestine Authority. The company said it has received an undisclosed amount of backing from BBC Films and Scottish Screen to develop projects from Welsh screenwriter Dean Cavanagh.
- 5/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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