There’s some more good news for indie producers to round out the year. With the backing of RedBird Capital, 3 talented entertainment industry stalwarts have announced the formation of Prologue Entertainment, a new studio focused primarily on indie film and TV. Brandon Blake, our entertainment lawyer on the ground from Blake & Wang P.A., unpacks what we know so far.
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Prologue Entertainment will bring together Lloyd Braun, Noah Oppenheim, and Sarah Bremner at the helm, each well-established industry veterans. Jeff Zucker will oversee RedBird’s investment in the new entity.
To begin with, the studio will focus mostly on scripted fiction for both the film and TV markets and already has three projects lined up for production. The Root of All Evil is a psychological thriller based on real reporting from a Mexico City exorcism, while Trapped is being billed as a “female survival thriller.” An unnamed project for Netflix directed by Kathryn Bigelow is now also in post-production.
A Familiar Crew
Many in the industry will recognize Braun from his time as ABC Entertainment Television Group’s chairman, where he helped bring popular projects like Desperate Housewives, Lost, and Grey’s Anatomy to life. He most recently served as the Head of Yahoo! Media Group and as Chairman of WME.
Meanwhile, Bremner oversaw the TV and film slate as President of ARRAY Filmworks, including Oscar nominee White Tiger, alongside other key projects. She also spent 5 years working with the Netflix Original Film Group that brought us Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Oppenheim served as President of NBC News, overseeing their business and editorial operations alongside their global bureaus and digital platforms. He’s perhaps best known as the co-creator of Netflix’s Zero Day. His chops as a writer speak for themselves, too, with a win for a screenplay (Jackie) at the Venice Film Festival, and a co-writing position on the team for the immensely successful Maze Runner trilogy.
It’s always exciting to see a new indie studio launch, especially as demand for smaller films is on the rise at the box office. Let’s hope to see many more exciting new projects from this stable.
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