EXCLUSIVE: Like the name of a band or title of a great album, the moniker given to a production company can come loaded with meaning. “I wanted to make it something personal, rather than just cool-sounding and generic,” James Norton explains when asked about Rabbit Track Pictures, the film and TV production company he runs with Kitty Kaletsky. “I went through all these halcyon films and stuff, but actually, the rabbit track, for me, was somewhere as a child at the back of my garden.
From the moment I can remember, it was the place where we were allowed to roam, and adventures would happen. It was fun and wild and feral.” The name was chosen before Kaletsky came on board, but the production company has since been a joint enterprise.
Kaletsky — formerly of Number 9 Films, Archery Pictures and Black Bear — often handles the day-to-day operations, notably when Norton is filming.
As we speak, Norton is about to end the first block on House of Guinness, the Netflix drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight about the family behind the famous stout.
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