Skydance Media, Apple Make Multi-Year Live Action Film Slate Deal
deadline.comAfter setting its recent films Without Remorse, The Tomorrow War and The Old Guard at streamers, David Ellison’s Skydance Media has made a multi-year agreement with Apple to develop and produce an annual slate of live action global-minded movies that will be released through Apple Original Films.This further expands a fast growing relationship between the producer/financier and the streamer.
Apple already has a multi-year partnership for animated films and series that includes the Peggy Holmes-directed Luck and the Vicky Jenson-directed Spellbound with score from Alan Menken, the animated series The Search for Wondla and the short film Blush., AppleTV+ has the Skydance-produced David S.
Goyer drama Foundation — the Isaac Asimov novel adaptation has been renewed for a second season — and The Big Door Prize from Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner David West Read.On the film front, Skydance and Apple have the The Greatest Beer Run Ever, the Best Picture winning Green Book follow up of director Peter Farrelly, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe, with the Dexter Fletcher-directed Ghosted getting underway shortly with Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.
Skydance’s Chief Creative Dana Goldberg and President, Production, Feature Film Don Granger lead the film division for Ellison.Formed with a deal at Paramount back in 2010, Skydance continues its collaboration with that studio with the franchises Mission: Impossible, Transformers, Star Trek and Top Gun: Maverick, latter of which will be released theatrically on May 27.
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