Amblin Partners Inks First Look Film Deal With SRO Productions
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners has entered into an overall deal with SRO Productions, the label founded by director Bartlett Sher (Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird), writer JT Rogers (Tokyo Vice) and producer Cambra Overend (Oslo).
Under the two-year deal, Amblin will have first-look rights on SRO’s film projects.The three filmmakers recently partnered with Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Marc Platt to produce Oslo, which aired on HBO last year and was nominated for two Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie.
Oslo has also been nominated for the upcoming PGA, Critics Choice, Artios and ACE Eddie awards.With artistic homes in both New York City and London, SRO Productions is driven by its founders’ desire to make popular, ambitious work in every medium, which speaks to this current political and historical moment while offering gripping entertainment.
In addition to film, SRO will also develop and present new works of theater and television, along with revivals of classic plays and musicals.
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