‘Liaison’ Producer Ringside Studios Hires ‘Industry’ Exec
British drama home Ringside Studios has employed Industry and No Escape exec Lee Thomas. He’ll work alongside firm founder Gub Neal and Kate Bennetts on Ringside Studios tasks and others from funding arm Ringside Media. He’ll additionally proceed to develop his personal tasks, with Ringside set to supply. Thomas is coming off of No Escape, the Paramount+ thriller collection shot in Thailand. His credit additionally embrace season one in all HBO and BBC drama Industry and ITV true crime collection White House Farm. He has produced Shola Amoo’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated drama characteristic The Last Tree by his Prodigal label and produced an Oscar-nominated brief, The Voorman Problem, which is predicated on an extract from David Mitchell novel Number9Dream. Ringside Studios, a three way partnership between Neal and Newen Content, just lately produced Apple TV+ collection Liaison, a UK-France co-production starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel.
Banijay’s LaLiga Studios Forging ‘The Power of our Fútbol’ Docuseries
Banijay’s LaLiga Studios is making The Power of Our Fútbol, a documentary collection following the Spanish soccer league’s shift in company picture. The present comes because the studio hires Paz Pérez Sanz, Marta Ruiz and Anabel López Antolín as Art Director, Director of New Projects and Director of Production respectively. Helmed by Chalo Bonifacino Cooke, Banijay Iberia and the home soccer league launched LaLiga Studios earlier this 12 months to work with worldwide platforms and types within the improvement, manufacturing and distribution of leisure, documentary, fiction, and animation content material. The Power of our Fútbol follows the league’s shift in picture, described as a “tale of profound change, an empowerment, a bold statement of the recognition of the power of football.” Bonifacino Cooke is EPing and mentioned the brand new hires will deliver “shared passion, knowledge and creative thinking” to the outfit.
Cameron Roach’s Rope Ladder Fiction Staffs Up
Former Sky drama boss Cameron Roach’s indie, Rope Ladder Fiction, is constructing. The UK-based firm has appointed Yasmin Ali as Development Editor and promoted Hannah Lee to Head of Development. Roach’s former Sky Studios colleague Victoria Wharton has additionally joined, as Consultant Executive Producer. Rope Ladder co-produces the rebooted BBC drama Waterloo Road with Wall to Wall, with a 3rd season in post-production, and has a collection of tasks in improvement with British networks and streamers. Among them is eOne co-pro The Twyford Code, which has Paul Andrew Williams hooked up to direct. Roach launched the corporate in 2021, a 12 months after exiting Sky.