Makeready In New 3-Year Deal With Fifth Season & Topic Studios; Sydney Title Set To Run TV Division
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Makeready, the production company led by producer Brad Weston and Netflix alum Collin Creighton, has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season.
Joining the party is Topic Studios; the Makeready deal is the first in a new multiyear joint venture between Topic and Fifth Season in which they’ll back production companies with financing and development funds to create premium television content.
Makeready has hired former Temple Hill exec Sydney Title to run its television division. Makeready made its original deal with Fifth Season, and it yielded such films as the Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley starrer Killer Heat, which was Prime Video’s top film worldwide for two weeks.
There also was A Thousand and One, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner and debut feature from A.V. Rockwell. Upcoming films include Opus for A24, starring John Malkovich and The Bear’s Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri; an adaptation of the Edgar-winning novel She Rides Shotgun which Amazon bought internationally, directed by Nick Rowland and starring Taron Egerton; and Animals, the Ben Affleck-directed drama for Netflix.
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