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How The Black List’s Franklin Leonard Is Rewriting His Screenplay Advocacy Role — Deadline Disruptors
After spending five years advocating for the best unproduced screenplays with The Black List, Franklin Leonard has taken a leap to become a moneyed backer who can now turn those gems-on-paper into feature films.
In April, Leonard, a former development exec for companies including Appian Way and Overbrook, struck a…
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Franklin Leonard’s The Black List Makes Deal To Produce/Finance Meridian Entertainment-Backed Indie Films
EXCLUSIVE: Meridian Entertainment and The Black List have formed a multi-year partnership that will empower the screenplay advocacy service founded by Franklin Leonard to produce and finance three to five English language films each year. Pictures $15M budget and under can be fully financed by Meridian, but the…
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Meridian Entertainment Acquires Kate Mara Starrer ‘Megan Leavey’ For China
Meridian Entertainment has picked up Chinese theatrical distribution rights for Megan Leavey, starring Kate Mara. Meridian will release the pic, which is produced and financed by LD Entertainment, through its distribution arm, United Entertainment Partners, in the fourth quarter of this year.
Sierra/Affinity handles…
‘Benji’ Reboot Sets Cast; Filming Already Underway In New Orleans
EXCLUSIVE: Director Brandon Camp’s retelling of his father Joe Camp’s 1974 Benji movie has unveiled its cast including Kingdom and Purge: Anarchy actress Kiele Sanchez, Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Will Rothhaar, Angus Sampson and Jerod Haynes. Pic, which is already in production in New Orleans, LA, also boasts…
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FremantleMedia Buys Random House Studio With New TV-Movie Alliance
FremantleMedia North America has bought Penguin Random House’s Random House Studio and teamed with China’s Meridian Entertainment to produce movies and TV shows based on works by the publishers’ authors.
FMNA will handle TV productions while Meridian picks up theatrical. Random House Studio projects currently in the…
Ex-Focus Head James Schamus Resurfaces In China First Look With Meridian Entertainment
James Schamus, the longtime head of Focus Features, has set his production company Symbolic Exchange in a first-look and strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese start-up Meridian Entertainment. The agreement will provide development and production funding for Symbolic's English-language slate, while also…
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