AWA and Fremantle team up for Devil’s Highway and more

Comedian E book Editor/Content material Producer Artists, Writers and Artisans, Inc. (AWA) and manufacturing home Fremantle have expanded their partnership through an funding from Fremantle, in accordance with a press release launched earlier in the present day.

Matthew Anderson (left) and Andrea Scrosati

London-based Fremantle, the corporate behind all the pieces like the worldwide Idol franchise and high quality dramas like American Gods and The Younger Pope, initially pact with AWA in April 2022. This settlement was meant to co-develop tasks initiated by AWA, however the brand new settlement makes Fremantle a minority proprietor of the corporate.

Present AWA buyers embody by James Murdoch Lupa Methods, by Elisabeth Murdoch SISTER, and Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, and the expanded partnership was led by Andrea Scrosatichief working officer and normal supervisor of Fremantle for continental Europe, and Matthew Andersonco-chair and president of the AWA.

In response to the discharge, “Fremantle and Lupa Methods co-led the funding spherical alongside new capital from long-term AWA backers and a variety of strategic particular person buyers with experience in manufacturing, finance, sport, human rights and know-how”. Different advantages embody “entry to the worldwide content material powerhouse’s specialist experience, infrastructure and famend worldwide distribution footprint”.

The primary of the unlocks is the joint improvement of Satan’s Freeway comedian of Benjamin Percy and Brent Schoonover. It’s described as a thriller a couple of girl investigating a thriller towards the backdrop of the long-haul trucking trade. Breeze Breeze!

“We admire how Fremantle has constructed on its longstanding strengths to grow to be a world drive in scripted theater and movie,” mentioned Matthew Anderson, Co-Chair and President, AWA Studios. “AWA’s success is constructed on working with our creators to launch their tales of their purest type after which direct them to their full potential in movie and tv. Andrea and the crew at Fremantle share this ethos and we We’re excited for the distinctive alternatives this partnership will present our creators.

“We’re delighted to increase our profitable partnership with AWA. The collaboration is an ideal strategic match, giving AWA entry to our international footprint, distribution infrastructure and manufacturing experience and inserting Fremantle on the forefront of graphic fiction innovation,” added Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO of Continental, Fremantle. “I additionally stay up for working carefully with Matthew and their world-class management and inventive groups to proceed pushing boundaries and constructing a slate of groundbreaking tasks collectively.

AWA’s c-suite contains co-founder and inventive director Axel Alonsoand the AWA Studios division, led by President Zach Studinco-founder and co-president Jon Miller and Anderson.

AWA comics come from an A-list of creators, together with Garth Ennis, J, Michael Straczynski, Bryan Edward Hill, Goran Sudzuka, Christa Faust, Dan Panosian, Dalibor Talajić and and lots of others. Tasks underneath media improvement embody:

• Tank by Bryan Edward Hill and Priscilla Petraites characteristic movie at WB
• Marjorie Finnegan: Temporal Prison by Garth Ennis and Goran Sudzuka, with Ruben Fleischer hooked up to guide
• Lodge by JOhn Lees and Dalibor Talajic, be led by She Callahan.

Final 12 months, AWA fashioned a artistic council together with Reginald Hudlin, Gregg Hurwitz, Laeta Kalogridis, Joseph Kosinski, Al Madrigal and J. Michael Straczynski to assist incubate much more concepts and tasks.

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