Former Electus CEO Chris Grant Launches Osmosis Global, Reveals Mipcom Sales Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Former Electus CEO and Shine International prexy Chris Grant has launched a new distribution company, Osmosis Global, which he will unwrap in time for next week’s Mipcom conference.
Investor and entrepreneur Marc Pierce is backing the new venture. Osmosis Global’s initial sales slate includes projects from Warm Spring Productions (Fox Nation’s “Yellowstone One-Fifty with Kevin Costner”), V10 Entertainment/Vin DiBona Prods. (The CW’s “Totally Funny Kids” and “Totally Funny Animals”), MRW Prods. (“Mike Rowe’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It”), Roc Nation (“Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story”), Stick Figure Entertainment (PBS’ “When Claude Got Shot” and HBO’s “Reporter”), Play House Studios (Fox Nation’s “A History of the World in Six Glasses with Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and George Wendt) and Cosmo Media Labs/Mola TV (“MMA Fight Academy”), among others.
Osmosis is also looking to fully finance or deficit finance both scripted and unscripted original programming, in addition to repping titles for global distribution.
As part of his exec team, Grant (who will serve as Osmosis Global CEO) has tapped Eli Shibley as president and head of sales.
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