EXCLUSIVE: The Hideaway Entertainment has promoted Kristy Grisham to SVP of Development and Production, upping Ryan Cassells to Director of Development and Production, and tapping Jennifer Cox as Creative Executive.
The company’s expansion reflects a recent initiative to ramp up their slate by buying and optioning books, screenplays, life rights and other IP in all stages of development.In her role, Grisham will be responsible for overseeing development and production on The Hideaway’s current slate of film and television projects, including its adaptation of Dan Schilling’s book Combat Control with Thruline Entertainment Partner Ron West (The Great) and screenwriter Michael Russell Gunn (Billions).
Grisham was integral in bringing the book proposal to the company and packaging the movie, which is being directed by Sam Hargrave (Extraction), with The Hideaway and MGM co-financing.Grisham is also overseeing Otherwise Illegal Activity from The Wolf of Wall Street scribe Terence Winter; the Victorian-era action-adventure pic Escape, which James Watkins (AMC+’s upcoming The Ipcress File) is directing from a script by Patrick McKay and John D.
Payne (Amazon’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power); Deon Taylor’s drama Freedom Ride, written by Steven Vosburgh and Dusdi Fissette; as well as the genre-bending comedy Sleep Train, which she developed alongside screenwriter Andrew Nunnelly.
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