‘Gangs of London’ Producer Thomas Benski Launches Talent & IP-Led Media Group Lumina
deadline.comThomas Benski, former CEO and co-founder of Gangs of London producer Pulse Films, has announced new London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles-based venture Lumina.
The new company is billed as a “well-capitalized talent & IP-led media group” backed by a first round of funding in mid-eight figures, with investors including Magnus Rausing’s BFK, Charles Dorfman’s Dorfman Media Holdings and SVS Holdings. “The current media landscape is in flux, and we believe this is the ideal time to build future facing companies.
Drawing from our rich past experience, we are building in the present to shape the future,” said Benski. “With content at the heart of everything today, I strongly believe talent, brands and IP are the multipliers.
Our thesis is that there is a big opportunity to decouple the IP creation process by building studios and production companies around major talent,” he said.
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