Arthur Essebag’s Unscripted Banner Satisfaction Forms Joint Venture With James Corden’s Fulwell 73, Eyes U.S. Opportunities (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent One of France’s most beloved and long-running TV hosts, Arthur Essebag, is preparing to take his leading unscripted production banner Satisfaction into English-language markets with top partners, ranging from James Corden, Leo Pearlman, Ben Winston, Benjamin, Gabriel Turner, Richard Bacon to Elisabeth Murdoch.
A few days after announcing its stake in Yes Yes Media, the company founded by Richard Bacon alongside Elisabeth Murdoch’s Sister Media, Satisfaction has formed a joint venture with Fulwell 73, the U.K.-based production company behind “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” The London-based outfit was founded in 2005 by Winston, Pearlman and Benjamin and Gabriel Turner.
Corden was appointed a director in the company in 2017. Although the banner is headquartered in the U.K., as much as 70% of its turnover in 2020 came from the U.S.
where Winston has produced the Grammy Awards, among other shows. The joint venture between Satisfaction and Fulwell 73 is not a capital deal but rather a creative alliance focusing on production and content creation, Essebag told Variety during an interview in Cannes during MipTV.
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