London-based company focusing on scripted financing, development and co-productions
Former Sky Studios and Fox exec Jason Simms has launched a scripted-focused financing and consultancy business.
Fusebox Entertainment will house its own slate of drama co-productions, developed directly with creative and production partners.
It also offers EP services, development, co-pro, financing and distribution consulting, and is already working with companies including Fifth Season-backed Cosmopolitan Pictures and The Story Collective, Nordic production company Saga Film, and Richard Tulk-Hart and James Durie’s label, High Road Entertainment.
Simms previously oversaw commercial strategy, deficit financing and producer relationships for Sky Studios, having previously been senior vice president of global acquisitions at Fox Networks Group.
Most recently, he was UK MD of Cineflix media-backed C3 Media, working on its international scripted slate and negotiating collaborations with Raindog Films and Drama Republic, among others. He left the role earlier this year.
Simms said Fusebox would “help creatives, producers, distributors, financiers and platforms plug into new opportunities, ideas and partnerships together, to bring their dramas and comedies to life.”
He added: “We all know building success in the global scripted market is incredibly hard. Changing commissioning priorities, consolidation, audience fragmentation, dwindling margins and ever-more complex financing are among the many headwinds we’re all facing.
“Forging the right connections to build projects isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ anymore, it’s now a creative and commercial imperative.”
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