Topic, the unit of First Look Media known for producing films like Leave No Trace and multi-platform projects from talent such as Wyatt Cenac, has picked Netflix alum Ryan Chanatry as general manager of Topic.com. Chanatry will run the visual storytelling platform known for politically and socially oriented web series…

"I hope James Mattis sees this film," says Michael Epstein, director of House Two, a feature doc about the Haditha massacre and the subsequent criminal investigation, which was the most expensive in Marine history. "I hope he realizes truly how fucked up it is and goes in and fixes it. Now as Secretary of Defense…

First Look Media, the company behind the entertainment studio and journalism outfits Topic and The Intercept and Field of Vision, has hired Drew Wilson as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently worked as CFO as AwesomenessTV, and before that at Robert Johnson’s RLJ Entertainment and Discovery Communications. At…

Stacey Politi, most recently VP Marketing at Sony TV’s digital streaming network Crackle, has been hired as SVP Marketing at First Look Media, the company that includes Topic Studios, which produces film, TV, and digital; its news organization the The Intercept; Field of Vision; Topic.com; The Nib; and its Press…

The critically acclaimed documentary Death in the Terminal is making its way to theaters. First Look Media's Topic, which acquired the U.S. rights to the title earlier this year, is partnering with BuzzFeed News to release the original docu from Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudry. It will be available for free on both…

First Look Media’s entertainment studio arm Topic has unveiled its scripted TV series development slate, with projects from Alex Garcia Lopez (Utopia, The Walking Dead), Erin Foley-Chan (The President Show) and Channing Tatum’s Free Association, among others. This is the first round of projects in development at…

The critically acclaimed prison documentary The Work is set to open in New York theaters on October 20 and will expand to Los Angeles on October 27 with more cities following. The doc directed by Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature earlier this year at the South by…

First Look Media’s entertainment studio arm Topic has come aboard to co-produce and co-finance Sony Pictures’ untitled movie teaming Denzel Washington and writer-director Dan Gilroy. It joins a co-fi group that includes Sony, Cross Creek, Macro, Image Nation and Bron. Production has wrapped, and Sony is eyeing a late…

One of the most interesting stories to come out of the Vietnam War is heading to the big screen. Carey Mulligan has been set to star in and produce On The Other Side, a film that will center on Kate Webb, the female war correspondent who was held in captivity for 23 days by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. First L…

First Look Media's Topic has acquired U.S. rights to Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudry's documentary Death in the Terminal, exec produced by Zero Dark Thirty's Megan Ellison and Mark Boal. The doc, which has won prizes at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and Israel's Academy Awards, was produced via…

My Abandonment, a father-daughter story that stars Hell or High Water‘s Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin McKenzie from Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik just landed its financing from Bron Creative and First Look Media which will co-finance and executive produce the film. The new film is slated to start production…

Dan Powell, Emmy-winning co-creator and executive producer of Inside Amy Schumer, has signed a first-look deal with First Look Media to develop a variety of film, TV and digital projects. The first project on the slate is The Nib, a short form animated series based on the political cartoon site of the same name…