Hecho en 72, the production company within MDC agency 72andSunny, has begun a new chapter, becoming Hecho Studios and taking on new leadership. The next generation content development and production house, which is part of the MDC Partners network of companies, launches under the aegis of Tom Dunlap and Gui Borchert.
Dunlap, previously chief production officer at 72andSunny, has been named managing director of Hecho Studios. Dunlap will be responsible for driving all aspects of growth, operations and production. Hecho Studios will be creatively led by executive creative director Gui Borchert who most recently served as group creative director at 72andSunny for the last four years across several global pieces of business including Starbucks, Sonos, and the LA Olympic bid.
“In a time where marketing takes any form, how brands make content is just as important as what they make,” said Dunlap. “We have built and are growing Hecho Studios to help brands amplify creative opportunities and modernize production and content creation to maximize quality, efficiency and impact.”
Borchert said, “Tom and I are looking to disrupt the whole model of making great work. We want to uncover new ways of working that are modern, faster and more fluid. If we do it right, we could drastically change the way the industry works today.”
Hecho Studios’ past work includes the production of Sugar Coated, a short documentary featured in 18 film festivals in partnership with 72U, two Emmy nominations for their work on “Google – Year in Search,” editorial, print and product design for the award-winning LA Original campaign, and the recent short parody film featuring Will Ferrell and Joel McHale for The Hammer Museum at UCLA’s latest exhibition, “Stories of Almost Everyone.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More