On the sixth anniversary of the tragic death of British camera operator Mark Milsome and two years after Halyna Hutchins died, a survey has found nearly three-quarters of UK below-the-line crew feel their safety has been compromised at work.
02.11.2023 - 16:41 / deadline.com
In what will be welcome news for the UK sector, former Lionsgate UK & Europe CEO and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa is launching a new UK theatrical distributor called True Brit Entertainment, which will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.
Funding for the new venture was led by talent management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, which reps talent including Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs, Will Smith, Marcus Rashford, Kid Cudi and others. The investment marks an expansion of the music-oriented company into the film and TV arena.
True Brit Entertainment is due to ramp up a theatrical team in 2024 but will start investing and acquiring UK rights to projects immediately, it says. It will fund P&A and has an ambition to release all films theatrically. The company has set a target to invest and release between four to eight British films annually and Kamasa’s ambition is to co-finance more than $50M worth of productions each year.
Kamasa, who recently has served as Group CEO of Matthew Vaughn’s Marv Studios, will step down as CEO of Marv to spearhead the growth of True Brit Entertainment. Marv will be a small shareholder in True Brit Entertainment having backed the development of the new business.
Kamasa has previously worked on the releases of more than 40 British titles including Bend it like Beckham, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Brooklyn, Eddie the Eagle and The Father.
He commented: “I have released over 300 films in the UK in my career, 75 of which or more have been British films and those are the films I have enjoyed the most. The British independent market has always delivered incredible stories from unique voices, and I think there is a huge opportunity for True Brit Entertainment to
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