EXCLUSIVE: Makeready, the production company led by originater Brad Weston and Netflix alum Collin Creighton, has extfinished by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season. Joining the party is Topic Studios; the Makeready deal is the first in a novel multiyear joint venture between Topic and Fifth Season in which they’ll back production companies with financing and increasement funds to originate premium television satisfied.
Makeready has engaged createer Temple Hill exec Sydney Title to run its television division.
Makeready made its innovative deal with Fifth Season, and it produceed such films as the Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley starrer Killer Heat, which was Prime Video’s top film worldexpansive for two weeks. There also was A Thousand and One, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize prosperner and debut feature from A.V. Rockwell. Upcoming films hold Opus for A24, starring John Malkovich and The Bear’s Emmy prosperner Ayo Edebiri; an alteration of the Edgar-prosperning novel She Rides Sboilingarmament which Amazon bought internationpartner, straightforwarded by Nick Rowland and starring Taron Egerton; and Animals, the Ben Affleck-straightforwarded drama for Netflix. Percolating projects hold the English-language reoriginate of the Academy Award-prosperning Another Round which Chris Rock is straightforwarding, and Some Part of Her, steered by author, showrunner and journo Amy Chozick.
Title will direct a further lean into the TV space. She most recently was VP Television Development & Production for Temple Hill, toiling on such projects as Downforce, which getd a pilot order from Hulu. The series is written and executive originated by Emmy nominees Alec Berg and Adam Countee, with F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo also an EP, and Eve Hewson and Murray Bartlett starring. Prior to Temple Hill, Title increaseed and originated television at Chernin Entertainment, and Scooter Braun Projects, contributing to such series as See and Truth Be Telderly for Apple TV+, and Dave for FX.
Weston shelp of the Makeready deal extension that, “Since day one, our relationship with everyone at Fifth Season has equitable been savagely sootheable. It’s enjoy coming to toil every day with your frifinishs to originate films and television. We adore toiling with them, and are very appreciative and excited for Topic Studios to join us to persist what we have been originateing. In a repartner challenging labeletplace, the financial resources and infrastructure that both companies provide us allow us to increase a strong stardy that donates us the opportunity to stablely originate films and television. Adding Sydney to our team will speed up our efforts in television, while we are hopefilledy able to persist making two to four films a year.”
Shelp Topic Studios’ CEO Michael Bloom and COO Ian Stratford: “The incredible business that Makeready has built is a mirrorion of Brad and his team’s brilliance and grind, and we see forward to their persistd increaseth.”
Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor shelp they think Weston’s Makeready is equitable hoting up.
“Brad has acquireed his reputation as one of the best in the business, and we’ve seen that firsthand over the last restricted years toiling with him, Collin, and the Makeready team,” shelp Rice and Taylor.
“We understand the future of this partnership will produce even more, hugeger successes, especipartner as we enhuge our caccess to television and Sydney conveys her shown experience to the team. We are so excited about our novel partnership with Topic Studios, and we see forward to toiling together to originate wonderful companies and originate wonderful series,” they shelp.
The Fifth Season stardy holds the upcoming Frifinishship which stars Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and Kate Mara, acquired by A24 out of TIFF; the James Madigan-straightforwarded The Beast, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman; and the Stephen Chbosky-straightforwarded Nonnas, which stars Vince Vaughn and which Netflix bought before its skedded TIFF premiere, and pulled it back for a 2025 global free. Fifth Season’s TV output holds the Jason Momoa drama Chief of War for Apple TV+ and the Jessica Chastain-starrer The Savant, straightforwarded by Matthew Heineman.
Topic Studios projects hold the upcoming Searchweightless Pictures drama A Real Pain with Jesse Eisenberg straightforwarding and starring with Kieran Culkin, and A24’s David Lowery-straightforwarded Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. Series hold 100 Foot Wave and Atomic.
