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EXCLUSIVE: Fifth Season-backed The Story Collective (TSC) has taken a 25% stake in The Mallorca Files co-producer Cosmopolitan Pictures, which has ambitions to be a “European hub” for projects that can traverse borders, its boss has said. Cosmopolitan is run by Ben Donald, a former colleague of TSC…

As buyers touch down at LAX for the annual LA Screenings, it will be a case of a return to the norm following the unusual circumstances of last year. The Hollywood labor strikes not only threw confusion on what would be a realistic purchase, but also stopped acquisitions executives getting face time (and…

EXCLUSIVE: As they open The Fall Guy, a TV series-turned-feature, director David Leitch and his 87North producing partner Kelly McCormick are eyeing a beloved graphic novel for a TV series. Fifth Season has acquired Button Man, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner, who co-created Judge Dr…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Fifth Season film head Alexis Garcia has launched CAT5, an action film label that will be backed by his former employers, who are among other investors and partners to be announced at later date. As one of its first projects, CAT5 has signed on to co-finance Black Bear's Levon's Trade.…

EXCLUSIVE: Fifth Season and Thunder Road Pictures are teaming on The Peasant, a period action feature based on a screenplay by Ms. Marvel’s Will Dunn, which made the 2023 Black List. The film follows a lone 14th-century shepherd who embarks on a rage-fueled campaign against a group of mercenary…

EXCLUSIVE: More details are emerging about the restructuring in the film division of Fifth Season earlier this week. Along with the change at the top of the unit, with Alexis Garcia stepping down to launch a new venture Fifth Season’s backing and Christopher Slager being promoted to replace him as Head of…

Fifth Season has upped Christopher Slager to Head of Film as the studio expands its in-house production and development of feature films. Slager will oversee the studio’s anticipated productions including Netflix/Artists Equity's Animals, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ben Affleck, as well as…

EXCLUSIVE: Once the Hollywood strikes were over, Fifth Season, run by co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor, moved in to get production on six series up and running by January, including The Savant, starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain. The new limited series for Apple TV+ is the first…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Dylan Grazer (It franchise), Josh Segarra (Scream VI) and Billy Bryk (When You Finish Saving the World) are among the final additions to the cast of the comedy Friendship, from Fifth Season and BoulderLight Pictures. Their roles are under wraps. As previously reported, Tim Robinson…

EXCLUSIVE: Fifth Season is selling more than $1B worth of Apple TV+ content including Jason Momoa-starrer See, Nicole Kidman’s Roar and M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant at the London TV Screenings. Prentiss Fraser, Fifth Season’s president of TV distribution, said the move realizes the outfit’s long-term…

Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave), Paul Rudd (Only Murders in the Building) and Kate Mara (Class of ’09) have been set to star in Friendship, a new comedy from Fifth Season and BoulderLight Pictures. Pic centers on Craig Waterman (Robinson), who enjoys his life. He likes New Balance shoes…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment co-chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have entered into a multi-year co-financing and production partnership with Fifth Season and their co-CEOs Graham Taylor and Chris Rice. Both companies have been busy in the docu space, and the move will give more autonomy…