Fox Searchlight Pictures has launched Searchlight Television, making the company a 360-degree hub for creative talent and broadening the variety of projects produced under the Searchlight banner. Announcement of the new venture was made by Fox Searchlight Pictures presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula.
David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield have been promoted to presidents of production for Film and Television effective immediately, adding Searchlight Television to their current responsibilities including all aspects of production for the company. All production executives will continue report to Greenfield and Greenbaum.
Searchlight Television will produce original material as well as utilize the studio’s rich library of feature films for adaptation in broadcast television, cable and streaming with forays into scripted series, limited series, documentaries and more.
Stacey Snider, chairman and CEO, Twentieth Century Fox Film, said, “The relationships that the Searchlight team forges with talent are deep and abiding. It only makes sense to extend these relationships into television so Searchlight can continue to tell great stories on every platform.”
Said Peter Rice, president, 21st Century Fox, and chairman and CEO, Fox Networks Group, “At such an exciting time for storytelling, all the Fox channels and studios are thrilled to be collaborating with Searchlight as it expands its unique brand of groundbreaking excellence into television.”
Greenbaum has been a senior executive at Fox Searchlight for eight years and Greenfield has been a senior executive at Fox Searchlight for 11 years. Together they have shepherded award-winning films that include Guillermo Del Toro’s Best Picture winner The Shape of Water, Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild, Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said, and Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ Battle of the Sexes. Searchlight’s upcoming slate includes director’s Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman; Melissa McCarthy starring in Can You Ever Forgive Me? directed by Marielle Heller; David Lowery’s Old Man and the Gun starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek; Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke starring in The Aftermath from director James Kent; Dome Karukoski’s Tolkien starring Nicolas Hoult and Lily Collins; and Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy.
Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Twentieth Century Fox Film.
Sinners and Saints Adds Apple Pie To Its Branded Menu
Bicoastal Sinners and Saints--the multidisciplinary studio overseen by managing director/executive producer Heather Heller, and partners/EPs Yann Henric and Thomas Carroll--has added Apple Pie Tabletop to its roster for branded content. Known for its food and beverage content creation, Apple Pie comprises the husband-and-wife team of director/DP Gene Dubin and director/art director Alisa Volodina. In addition to representation, the move expands Apple Pie’s production capabilities through the combination of its centrally located full-service studio in New York and a newly established mobile studio in Los Angeles. Apple Pie recently teamed with Sinners and Saints on a Wienerschnitzel project created by Innocean.
“We believe that our dual studio strategy positions us uniquely in the competitive landscape of food and beverage storytelling,” said Heller. “By blending the artistry of the New York studio with the flexibility of our Los Angeles location, we can tailor our productions to meet the unique demands of each project, regardless of geography.”
“Working with Sinners and Saints in the demanding field of tabletop was an absolute pleasure,” shared Apple Pie Tabletop in a joint statement. “Warm welcome, unwavering support and dedication--everything a director can ask for. The entire experience was both enjoyable and rewarding. We will not miss an opportunity to collaborate with them again.”
“The first thing you notice is that Apple Pie has beautiful work,” Heller observed. “Having worked with them, I can say that Gene and Alisa are extremely meticulous and detail-oriented; their combination of talent and agility appeals to agencies and clients.” Also appealing to Heller is Apple Pie Tabletop’s brisk international... Read More