Fox International Productions (Fip) has signed an exclusive first-look deal for Russian-language films with Paul Heth and Michael Schlicht.
Fip president Tomas Jegeus and Twentieth Century Fox Emea evp Paul Higginson made the announcement on Wednesday with Heth and Schlicht.
The pact covers both co-productions and acquisitions of Russian-language films and is supplemental to Fox’s existing co-production and acquisitions relationships and activities in Russia and Cis.
Heth and Schlicht are longtime producing partners whose credits include Stalingrad – the highest grossing film in Russian box office history – as well as the Very Best Movie comedy franchise, Vysotsky: Thank God I Am Alive and Battalion.
The pair will work closely with 20th Century Fox International’s managing director for Russia, Vadim Smirnov.
Heth is a Moscow-based media entrepreneur and owner and CEO of the Karo cinema chain who is regarded as an active player in the revival of Russia’s exhibition sector.
Schlicht is a film...
Fip president Tomas Jegeus and Twentieth Century Fox Emea evp Paul Higginson made the announcement on Wednesday with Heth and Schlicht.
The pact covers both co-productions and acquisitions of Russian-language films and is supplemental to Fox’s existing co-production and acquisitions relationships and activities in Russia and Cis.
Heth and Schlicht are longtime producing partners whose credits include Stalingrad – the highest grossing film in Russian box office history – as well as the Very Best Movie comedy franchise, Vysotsky: Thank God I Am Alive and Battalion.
The pair will work closely with 20th Century Fox International’s managing director for Russia, Vadim Smirnov.
Heth is a Moscow-based media entrepreneur and owner and CEO of the Karo cinema chain who is regarded as an active player in the revival of Russia’s exhibition sector.
Schlicht is a film...
- 11/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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