EXCLUSIVE: London and LA-based production and management firm 42 is on a roll. Latest movie Ironbark, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was yesterday snapped up by Lionsgate at Sundance in a mid-seven…
, based on the well-received book of the same by Anna Pasternak, writer and member of the famous Pasternak family. Multi-BAFTA winner Guy Hibbert is attached to write the sweeping story, which is set in Stalinist Russia and follows the fortunes of celebrated scribe Boris Pasternak and his muse Olga Ivinskaya who would inspire his epic romance, a TV series in development with the BBC, based on the feel-good rom-com novel by Beth O’Leary.
“Seven years ago we were disruptive,” says Varney, whose clients include Lynne Ramsay, Tom Harper, Noel Clarke and Claire Denis. “We now see colleagues who have worked here go off and set up their own management and production companies. That’s gratifying. I don’t know if we’re still theof the UK business but we’re still thinking about positive disruption. It’s about staying fleet of foot and having the knowledge to empower clients. If you’re not thinking globally, you’re going to be in trouble.
That interest comes just as U.S. management firms and agencies are hungrily looking into Europe to grow their content footprints and talent rosters.
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