EXCLUSIVE: Ethos Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based talent management company recently founded by Christina Gualazzi and Matt Goldman, has entered into a new joint venture with New York-based production company Picture Farm, led by partners Ben Freedman, Chris Bren and Dion Sapp.
The partnership will see the companies work together on the development and production of a wide range of projects, including scripted and unscripted television series, as well as feature films, commercials and digital content. The idea is that mutual cooperation and knowledge sharing create growth opportunities for everyone involved. The joint venture stems from a previous working relationship that arose during production Black Market with Michael K. WilliamsVice TV’s critically acclaimed documentaries, produced by Freedman, Sapp and Goldman, which won two Realscreen Awards.
Gualazzi of Ethos Entertainment said: “Working with Picture Farm allows us to offer our clients a wider range of excellence, not only in talent management, but now also a creative collective that develops and implements its own intellectual property with the support from an established company.” physical production. Company.”
Freedman explained that the partnership gives Picture Farm “direct access to a diverse array of talent, filmmakers and industry relationships that we will leverage to expand our already robust production line.”
Projects already lined up under the joint venture include two projects that will reteam the companies with Matthew Horowitz, the showrunner director behind Black market: a series starring Grammy-nominated Pusha T that explores the hand-in-hand effect of corporations and illegal markets, along with a limited hybrid documentary about the incredible, untold story of one of the world’s biggest international drug traffickers.
A documentary series about the Boston Strangler murders is also in development. Teaming up with the DiNatale family, second-generation private investigators, they reopen the case that their father, famous detective Phil DiNatale, started in the early 1960s. Using never-before-seen footage, the brothers delve into their father’s vast, self-created detective archive to finally find answers to twelve remaining unsolved cases.
Then there is The secret ingredientan upcoming series based on creator Roberto Serrini’s award-winning short film Disco sauce, which provides a deep dive into the mysterious origins of many classic culinary dishes and traces their bizarre evolution into today’s versions. Paul Storck (The cube, Jeff Corwin unleashed) is set to serve as showrunner.
In addition to So you think you can dance Presenter Cat Deeley, Ethos Entertainment’s celebrity clients include actor Louis Gossett Jr. (2023s) The color purple), Ashley Madekwe (DR Death), Sidney Flanigan (Never rarely sometimes always), Elvis Nolasco (American crime), Matilda Lutz (Red Sonja), Iddo Goldberg (Peaky Blinders), Jesse Lee Soffer (Chicago Police)Stacey Farber (Spencer sisters), Miluana Jackson (Six triple eighths), Nora-Jane Nobody (Veld fire), Felicia “Snoop” Pearson (The family plan), Tommy Bastow (FX coming soon Shogun) and Jessica Madsen (Bridgerton), to name a few. Partner Matt Goldman also represented Michael Kenneth Williams, the respected actor who served as host, for years Black marketthe project that Ethos first introduced to the Picture Farm team.
The next edition of Picture Farm is the latest edition of the Picture Farm Short Film Festival, which provides a showcase and mentorship program for emerging independent filmmakers, taking place November 4th in Brooklyn, NY.
Source: Deadline
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