Exclusive: Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment has received “significant funding” via a new TV development deal with France’s Newen Connect.
Unveiled at Newen’s London TV Screenings event, the deal sees Riff Raff, which the two-time Oscar nominee co-founded with Ben Jackson, handed a cash injection to develop a slate of TV projects, while giving the company a distribution pipeline.
The development partnership has already spawned three early-stage projects: political thriller Foreign Desk starring Law and written by Marek Horn, a female-led show from Pure writer Kirstie Swain and a “talent-led TV project with acclaimed playwright Chris Urch.”
The investment figure was not disclosed but is referred to as “significant.” It is being underwritten by European studio-financier Anton, which separately invested €50M ($54M) in Newen in early 2022 that allowed the French major to move into features.
Riff Raff CEO Stephen Fuss said: “We’re thrilled to be partnering...
Unveiled at Newen’s London TV Screenings event, the deal sees Riff Raff, which the two-time Oscar nominee co-founded with Ben Jackson, handed a cash injection to develop a slate of TV projects, while giving the company a distribution pipeline.
The development partnership has already spawned three early-stage projects: political thriller Foreign Desk starring Law and written by Marek Horn, a female-led show from Pure writer Kirstie Swain and a “talent-led TV project with acclaimed playwright Chris Urch.”
The investment figure was not disclosed but is referred to as “significant.” It is being underwritten by European studio-financier Anton, which separately invested €50M ($54M) in Newen in early 2022 that allowed the French major to move into features.
Riff Raff CEO Stephen Fuss said: “We’re thrilled to be partnering...
- 2/27/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh from filming the Ryan Murphy-produced The Boys in the Band for Netflix, Michael Benjamin Washington has been cast in a coveted role in the first major production of Anna Deavere Smith’s acclaimed, one-actor documentary play Fires in the Mirror since its New York premiere 25 years ago.
The original production featured the playwright-actress in her star-making performance.
Off Broadway’s Signature Theatre announced the casting today, along with the director: Saheem Ali, who recently directed the Lincoln Center Theater production of Chris Urch’s The Rolling Stone.
Washington recently completed filming the Joe Mantello-directed The Boys in the Band Netflix screen adaptation, reprising his 2018 Broadway performance as Bernard.
Other Broadway credits include La Cage Aux Folles and Mamma Mia!, with TV credits including Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Glee.
As previously announced, Fires in the Mirror runs October 22 to November 24, with a November 11 opening night at The Pershing...
The original production featured the playwright-actress in her star-making performance.
Off Broadway’s Signature Theatre announced the casting today, along with the director: Saheem Ali, who recently directed the Lincoln Center Theater production of Chris Urch’s The Rolling Stone.
Washington recently completed filming the Joe Mantello-directed The Boys in the Band Netflix screen adaptation, reprising his 2018 Broadway performance as Bernard.
Other Broadway credits include La Cage Aux Folles and Mamma Mia!, with TV credits including Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Glee.
As previously announced, Fires in the Mirror runs October 22 to November 24, with a November 11 opening night at The Pershing...
- 8/22/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: London-based lit agent Marnie Podos has left United Agents after eight years to form new management company Under New Mgmt.
She will retain her client list including in-demand screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, whose 1917 script with Sam Mendes is due to shoot next year, playwright Chris Urch (Lee), whose stage play The Rolling Stone heads to Lincoln Center next summer, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair).
Also among her roster are writers Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies The Bone), Bifa-winner Ingeborg Topsoe (Wildland), Sam Steiner, Sam Freeman (Unmasked), Charley Miles (Blackthorn), Ed Whitworth (Powell), Sarah Farinha (Proximity) and The Cured filmmaker David Freyne.
U.S.-born Podos has lived in the UK for 15 years and is respected on both sides of the pond for nurturing a boutique lineup of emerging talent and developing their projects with them.
Her breakaway is the latest sign of evolution in the UK agency space,...
She will retain her client list including in-demand screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, whose 1917 script with Sam Mendes is due to shoot next year, playwright Chris Urch (Lee), whose stage play The Rolling Stone heads to Lincoln Center next summer, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair).
Also among her roster are writers Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies The Bone), Bifa-winner Ingeborg Topsoe (Wildland), Sam Steiner, Sam Freeman (Unmasked), Charley Miles (Blackthorn), Ed Whitworth (Powell), Sarah Farinha (Proximity) and The Cured filmmaker David Freyne.
U.S.-born Podos has lived in the UK for 15 years and is respected on both sides of the pond for nurturing a boutique lineup of emerging talent and developing their projects with them.
Her breakaway is the latest sign of evolution in the UK agency space,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Director: Andrew Haigh
Writer: Chris Urch
British director Andrew Haigh continues his hot streak with potentially two new theatrical releases in 2017.
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Writer: Chris Urch
British director Andrew Haigh continues his hot streak with potentially two new theatrical releases in 2017.
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- 1/5/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Seventy-three unproduced screenplays comprise this year’s Black List, an annual ranking of well-regarded scripts that have yet to make the leap from page to screen. More than 250 executives in the film industry voted on this year’s edition, and their consensus is that Elyse Hollander’s Madonna biopic “Blond Ambition” is the “most liked” of them.
Previous screenplays that have appeared on the Black List and gone on to be produced include “Spotlight,” “Arrival” and “Manchester by the Sea.” Full list below:
“Blond Ambition” by Elyse Hollander (48)
“Life Itself” by Dan Fogelman (35)
“The Olympian” by Tony Tost (35)
“The Post” by Liz Hannah (35)
“Voyagers” by Zach Dean (28)
“In the Blink of an Eye” by Colby Day (25)
“O2” by Christie LeBlan (22)
“Untitled Lax Mandis Project” by Seth Spector (22)
“Dark Money” by Matt Fruchtman (21)
“Letters from Rosemary Kennedy” by Nick Yarborough (21)
“Linda and Monica” by Flint Wainess (20)
“Hala” by Minhal Baig (19)
“The...
Previous screenplays that have appeared on the Black List and gone on to be produced include “Spotlight,” “Arrival” and “Manchester by the Sea.” Full list below:
“Blond Ambition” by Elyse Hollander (48)
“Life Itself” by Dan Fogelman (35)
“The Olympian” by Tony Tost (35)
“The Post” by Liz Hannah (35)
“Voyagers” by Zach Dean (28)
“In the Blink of an Eye” by Colby Day (25)
“O2” by Christie LeBlan (22)
“Untitled Lax Mandis Project” by Seth Spector (22)
“Dark Money” by Matt Fruchtman (21)
“Letters from Rosemary Kennedy” by Nick Yarborough (21)
“Linda and Monica” by Flint Wainess (20)
“Hala” by Minhal Baig (19)
“The...
- 12/12/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: List of best unproduced movie scripts topped by two projects from emerging writers; biopics of Priscilla Presley, Alexander McQueen also feature.
The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.
Scroll down for the full list
The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.
In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.
Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...
The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.
Scroll down for the full list
The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.
In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.
Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...
- 11/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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