Universal International Studios’ Beatrice Springborn & Roma Khanna Talk Post-Strike Dealmaking, Quality Over Quantity & ‘Prestigurals’
deadline.comUniversal International Studios is fasting getting back into business following the end of the U.S. labor action, its bosses say.
In a keynote interview at Content London yesterday afternoon, UIS President Beatrice Springborn told delegates that productions such as Apples Never Fall and Day of the Jackal are back up and running, while new packages such as the buzzy Cape Fear TV reboot at UIS sister Universal Cable Productions are attracting offers.
This is despite the broadly downbeat perceptions around the entertainment market following a devastating 2023 punctuated by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the ongoing ad market downturn and a streamer reset.
Deadline revealed the noise around Cape Fear earlier this month. The Nick Antosca, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese project has been subject to the first big bidding war over a TV pitch after the double Hollywood strikes, according to sources, and has provided optimism the market is returning to a healthier place. “We were all rooting for the market to come back,” said Springborn. “We had projects that were impacted.
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