UK Indie Mad As Birds Lands Seven-Figure Private Investment And Heads To Cannes Market With Multi-Picture Slate
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: UK production company Mad As Birds (MAB) — best known for pics such as Six Minutes to Midnight, POMS, The Vanishing, and The Almond And The Seahorse — has landed a major cash injection from a private investor as it sets out a diverse slate of projects for the Cannes market.
We understand the investment is around the seven-figure mark. The investor, whose identity has been kept private, approached the UK-based indie headed by Celyn Jones, Andy Evans, and Sean Marley with the unique deal, which is set to supercharge the company’s work across film and TV, with several MAB projects heading to the Cannes market this week.
New MAB film projects hitting the market include: Away from the big screen, MAB are also moving forward with an international TV series titled Minotaur, with French-Moroccan actor Assaad Bouab (Call My Agent, The Pursuit Of Love, Bad Sisters) attached to lead.
The series has been described as a “heightened thriller” and will feature six parts. The series will be English language, with some French, and will be set between Paris and North Wales.
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