Plan B, the production biz Brad Pitt founded with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, has launched a European subsidiary.
Plan B Europe will be based in London and led by Ed Macdonald, the Clerkenwell Films exec best known for era-defining Netflix show Baby Reindeer.
The European office will will to increase the number of premium-tier series Plan B makes in the UK and across Europe. Plan B’s international TV efforts to date have included co-producing Netflix’s other major British drama hit of recent years, the Stephen Graham-starring Adolescence.
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Tunisia Picks Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix-Backed ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ as Best International Feature Submission
Tunisia has named The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania its official submission for best international feature film at the Oscars.
The news was confirmed Thursday by the National Center for Cinema and Image, just two days after it was announced that Hollywood heavyweights — including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara — had boarded the film as executive producers ahead of its world premiere in Venice. It heads to TIFF shortly after for its North American premiere.
Channing Tatum to star in Brad Pitt-produced Isle of Man TT film
mazon MGM Studios has picked up a film about the Tourist Trophy races, along with a corresponding docuseries made by the team behind ‘Drive to Survive.’
Motorsport has well and truly captured the imagination of Hollywood. On the heels of the F1 summer blockbuster, which stars Brad Pitt as a driver for the fictional APX GP team, the A-lister will turn his attention to a new movie centered around one of the most challenging and possibly deadly races in the world — the Isle of Man TT, also known as the Tourist Trophy races.
Channing Tatum has been tapped to star in the project, which was picked up by Amazon MGM Studios, while Pitt will produce the film with his company Plan B Entertainment. The Magic Mike actor is a bike racing enthusiast, and has even travelled to the Isle of Man for the TT races in the past. He’s also appeared in several motorsport-adjacent movies, including the 2005 film, Supercross and the 2017 Steven Soderbergh-directed NASCAR flick, Logan Lucky.
Focus Features Dates Daniel Day-Lewis’ Big Screen Return ‘Anemone’
Focus Features has locked in a release date for Anemone, its film bringing three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis back to the big screen for the first time since Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread in 2017.
Marking the directorial debut of the actor’s son, Ronan Day-Lewis, the film is said to explore the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons. It’s slated to open in limited release on October 3rd before expanding on October 10th.
Ronan Day-Lewis directed from a script written with Daniel Day-Lewis, with Brad Pitt’s Plan B producing. The cast also includes Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, Safia Oakley-Green, and Samantha Morton.
‘Adolescence’ Season 2? Brad Pitt’s Plan B In Talks With Creators
Brad Pitt‘s production company Plan B Entertainment is in early talks to make what could become a second season of Adolescence after the series’ success on Netflix.
In their first interview since Adolescence went off like a firework last month, Plan B co-presidents Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner told Deadline that they are speaking to director Philip Barantini about the “next iteration” of the show, which starred and was co-created by Stephen Graham.
Gardner said they are thinking about how they can “widen the aperture, stay true to its DNA [and] not be repetitive,” but she did not wish to reveal too much about their plans. Kleiner added that they hope Graham and Jack Thorne, the British writer behind Adolescence, can reteam on the project.
