Exclusive: Maurice Fadida’s Los Angeles-based Kodiak Pictures is partnering with Israeli investment firm Meitav Dash and Israeli producer-financier New Legend Entertainment to create a new venture for debt-financing film and television projects.
According to the partners, the goal is to expand the fund within a few years with the aim of investing around $300-$400M in projects.
The partners claim that with With Meitav Dash’s backing the new venture will write its own checks while also tapping into an established network of business relationships to partner in deals with banks, private lenders and other financial entities.
Fadida and James Lejsek of Kodiak Pictures will manage day to day operations. Last year Fadida was an executive producer on Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot, which Sony released, as well as Netflix’s awards contender The Trial Of The Chicago 7. Lejsek previously worked at UK media financier Hindsight Media (also known...
According to the partners, the goal is to expand the fund within a few years with the aim of investing around $300-$400M in projects.
The partners claim that with With Meitav Dash’s backing the new venture will write its own checks while also tapping into an established network of business relationships to partner in deals with banks, private lenders and other financial entities.
Fadida and James Lejsek of Kodiak Pictures will manage day to day operations. Last year Fadida was an executive producer on Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot, which Sony released, as well as Netflix’s awards contender The Trial Of The Chicago 7. Lejsek previously worked at UK media financier Hindsight Media (also known...
- 2/25/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Us-Spain production stars Ray Wise from ‘Twin Peaks’.
Shoreline Entertainment has picked up worldwide sales on Us-Spain psychological thriller The Chain starring Ray Wise from Twin Peaks.
David Martin-Porras directs the story of a man who enlists the services of an assisted suicide company but discovers in order to take part he must kill someone first.
John Patrick Amedori, Madeline Zima, Jamie Clayton, and Adrienne Barbeau round out the key cast.
Production companies are La Panda Producciones Audiovisuales, Kamel Films, Malvalanda, SinPuerto Producciones, Travieso Dreams, Gibmaric Entertainment and Pony Films.
Shoreline’s Melody Djavadi negotiated the deal with producer Elisa Lleras...
Shoreline Entertainment has picked up worldwide sales on Us-Spain psychological thriller The Chain starring Ray Wise from Twin Peaks.
David Martin-Porras directs the story of a man who enlists the services of an assisted suicide company but discovers in order to take part he must kill someone first.
John Patrick Amedori, Madeline Zima, Jamie Clayton, and Adrienne Barbeau round out the key cast.
Production companies are La Panda Producciones Audiovisuales, Kamel Films, Malvalanda, SinPuerto Producciones, Travieso Dreams, Gibmaric Entertainment and Pony Films.
Shoreline’s Melody Djavadi negotiated the deal with producer Elisa Lleras...
- 5/13/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has acquired Us rights to Werner Herzog’s drama starring Nicole Kidman and James Franco and will release in spring 2017.
Benaroya Pictures financed Queen Of The Desert and Michael Benaroya produced with Cassian Elwes and Nick Raslan.
Robert Pattinson and Damian Lewis also star in the Berlin 2015 world premiere about British explorer, cartographer and archaeologist Gertrude Bell on an epic odyssey to chart the borders of the modern Middle East.
Jonathan Debin, Cathy Gesualdo, James Lejsek, Ben Sachs, D. Todd Shepherd, Shelley Madison, Harmon Kaslow and John Aglialoro served as executive producers on Queen Of The Desert.
“The entire team at IFC Films is thrilled to be working once more with Werner Herzog who is undoubtedly a modern master of cinema,” said IFC, which brokered the deal with Elwes, Lawrence Kopeikin and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
“Having previously worked with him on his award-winning Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, Werner continues...
Benaroya Pictures financed Queen Of The Desert and Michael Benaroya produced with Cassian Elwes and Nick Raslan.
Robert Pattinson and Damian Lewis also star in the Berlin 2015 world premiere about British explorer, cartographer and archaeologist Gertrude Bell on an epic odyssey to chart the borders of the modern Middle East.
Jonathan Debin, Cathy Gesualdo, James Lejsek, Ben Sachs, D. Todd Shepherd, Shelley Madison, Harmon Kaslow and John Aglialoro served as executive producers on Queen Of The Desert.
“The entire team at IFC Films is thrilled to be working once more with Werner Herzog who is undoubtedly a modern master of cinema,” said IFC, which brokered the deal with Elwes, Lawrence Kopeikin and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
“Having previously worked with him on his award-winning Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, Werner continues...
- 11/1/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to the Werner Herzog drama “Queen of the Desert,” starring Nicole Kidman and James Franco. The film is an adventure biopic about explorer and cartographer Gertrude Bell. More to come. Read the full release: IFC Films announced today from the American Film Market conference that the company has acquired Us rights to Werner Herzog‘s Queen Of The Desert. The film, written and directed by Herzog, stars Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson and Damian Lewis. The film was produced by Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes and Nick Raslan and was executive produced by Jonathan Debin,...
- 11/1/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Clarius Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company’s thriller Cell starring John Cusack (upcoming Love & Mercy, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) and Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson (upcoming Kingsman: The Secret Service, Django Unchained).
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
- 2/5/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Get ready stateside filmgoers, because the “phoners” (aka “crazies”) are coming to the Us. Stephen King fans know that the master of macabre doesn’t like using cell phones. His 2006 novel, Cell, is a cautionary tale about what can go wrong by pressing portable phones to our ears and keeping them close at hand in our pockets, and its unflinching subject matter contains flocks of murderous lunatics that would be right at home in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, George A. Romero’s The Crazies, or Simon Clark’s Blood Crazy.
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
- 2/5/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
All signs are pointing to another Park City showing for Calvin Reeder’s latest, as the hard to classify filmmaker is a regular at the fest having premiered his debut feature film, The Oregonian (Sundance ’11 – here’s our interview with him) and before that, short films Little Farm (Sundance ’07), and The Rambler (Sundance ’08) which is actually the basis for his sophomore project. We haven’t heard anything new on The Rambler since principal photography was announced/began back in Roswell, New Mexico in April, which means that the project which stars Dermot Mulroney (official still above), Lindsay Pulsipher (who reprises the role she had in the short) and Natasha Lyonne has had loads of time to be readied in post-production.
Gist: After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler (Mulroney) stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small...
Gist: After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler (Mulroney) stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small...
- 11/21/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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