PoC Studios and Atomik Content form joint venture to jointly manage talent and develop, produce and distribute action sheet; Make a deal with the Professional Fighters League’s Ray Sefo

EXCLUSIVE: Labid Aziz’s People of Culture Studios has formed a joint venture with Adel Nur’s management and production company Atomik Content to jointly manage talent and develop high-end feature films, TV series and hybrid projects focused on action films to produce and sell.

The first talent signed by the joint venture is Ray Sefo, founder and president of the Professional Fighters League, who will work with other MMA fighters and Hollywood talent to create ensemble and heightened action thrillers on a budget of less than $15 million to create and develop.

Sefo is a semi-retired New Zealand kickboxer, boxer, mixed martial artist, fight promoter and actor who founded the Mixed Martial Arts League PFL in 2018. The six-time Muay Thai World Champion and eight-time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament competitor has been an actor since 1995 and made his professional wrestling debut at the 2012 Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye in Japan, where he and his tag-team partners came together Hiromi Amada was defeated by Atsushi Sawada and Hideki Suzuki. Since retiring from mixed martial arts competition in 2015, he has relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where he continues to train mixed martial arts outside of Xtreme Couture and is instrumental in the current growth and success of PFL.

“With the success and continued growth of the PFL, I really wanted to dedicate myself to my mission to provide more opportunities for growth and success for the many talented and diverse athletes we have in the PFL and beyond,” said Sefo . “After spending some time with Andy and Labid, I knew PoC Studios was where I wanted to be and build something related to my film and television endeavors.

The veteran fighter added: “There are some extremely talented creators who are also fighters and we want to support them and design and create content with them, for them and around them. We are convinced that such a partnership will create innovative content of high quality can result. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena and Dave Bautista have gone from the ring to the big screen and become box office legends. And they’re known for their action movies, but they’re also cross-genre and multi-talented, and they also does comedy and children’s shows.

Andrew Cosby, PoC Studios co-founder and chief creative officer, said: “We want to do what Blumhouse did to horror, producing intelligent, independently funded action films with budgets big enough to deliver the eponymous punch. We want to be humble enough.” to introduce new names and faces – both in front of and behind the camera. In short, we aim to build tomorrow’s action franchises and the stars that will accompany them.”

Aziz says: “Working with a global producer/manager like Adel, and with Ray as our first signing, I think Andy and I are laying a strong foundation to create intelligent and sophisticated action thrillers on a budget of less than 15 million dollars to develop. and design. And most importantly, I know it’s going to be fun and that’s so important to us. Actors want to engage with fighters, fighters want to engage with actors, they already do! Dan we mix the incredibly diverse talent out there and by using the old studio model we can really help create the stars of tomorrow. What’s not to love here!”

“Having worked with Labid in the past and seeing the power of Andy’s creative spirit at work over the years, I knew PoC Studios was a place to fly the flag,” Nur concluded. “Together we have made it our mission to create content for a global audience by focusing on unique stories, diverse talents and locations. And all while delivering fun and exciting genre shots. We want to cater to the growing appetite for global action films and connect with an audience that craves new stories and stories from around the world.”

PoC Studios is a content studio that offers a comprehensive approach to the production, financing and distribution of film and television content intended for global audiences. One of the first panels of PoC is the film Tokyo at nightwritten by Oscar winner Ron Bass (rain man), which is now scouting for talent, another TV spin-off is also in the works. The film is also on the board Yasuke: Soul of a Samuraiit’s also from Bass.

PoC recently teamed up with Man of Action Entertainment (am 10, great hero 6), Creation Station and Composition Media to create the 3D animated movie for the family Heaven & Luna based on the original IP address of Creation Station. The company also recently acquired the North American rights to the comedy directed by Kim Bass A snow day in Oakland and will bring the film to theaters nationwide this winter.

Nur is known for producing titles including hollow point, Invincible and war hunting. His company Atomik Content is currently under construction king man, directed by Nacho Arenas from a screenplay by Arenas and Stephen A. Johnson. It is also in pre-production The grave for an early start in 2023.