Madriver Pictures & Endurance Media Enter Multi-Picture Financing Deal
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- Published on Friday, 19 May 2017 07:18
After a successful collaboration on Peter Landesman's Felt starring Liam Neeson, Endurance Media and MadRiver Pictures have inked a multi-picture co-financing and co-production deal. As part of the deal, Endurance Media and Madriver Pictures will co-finance and co-produce three major films.
MadRiver's international sales subsidiary, IMR will handle foreign sales across the co-financed pictures.
The first film to originate from the partnership is the Johnny Depp starrer King of the Jungle – a dark comedy to be directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, from a script by Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award winners Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. The film is based on a true story first published in Condé Nast's Wired by Joshua Davis. The project is from Condé Nast Entertainment, Zaftig Films, MadRiver Pictures, and Epic Entertainment.
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MadRiver Pictures' Marc Butan said: "It has been wonderful dealing with Steve Richards and his partners, Peter Guber and Peter Strauss while making Felt. It was only natural to expand our relationship and collaborate further."
Steve Richards, Endurance Media Founder and CEO said: "Marc is a true professional and our two companies complement each perfectly. We are very happy to reinforce our business relationship with MadRiver Pictures. I'm looking forward to working closely with Marc and his team on King of the Jungle and the several other projects that are coming together quickly."
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Endurance Media is currently in post-production on Ron Shelton's Villa Capri starring Morgan Freeman, Rene Russo and Tommy Lee Jones which is set to open wide in the United States on November 22nd through Broad Green.
IMR's Cannes line-up includes: Josef Wladyka's Cash Truck starring Sandra Bullock; The Sisters Brothers directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix; Freak Shift directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Alicia Vikander; and Dumplin' directed by Anne Fletcher and starring Jennifer Aniston.
