European distributor Newen Connect, a Newen Studios subsidiary, has agreed to a further three-year deal with global production and financing studio, Anton, which sees Newen Connect receiving financial investment in exchange for Anton gaining shared distribution revenues from its overall slate. The arrangement allows Newen Connect to strengthen its capacity to develop and support ambitious high end European programs for international audiences and in addition to Newen inhouse production companies, reinforce major production partnerships that can develop and deliver such titles.
The deal marks the third extension to the agreement between Newen Connect and Anton that first began in 2019 and will now focus on developing further series. Five years on from the original arrangement, Anton’s investment has allowed the company to develop series with Newen inhouse labels and high-profile strategic production partnerships with companies including UCG and Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment, as well as invest in more than 70 large-scale and high-impact TV projects from across Europe. This has resulted in gripping titles such as Cat’s Eyes, which has recently launched to stellar ratings in France on TF1, as well as Swedish political thriller 8 Months and the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster We Come in Peace. The agreement has also allowed Newen Connect to invest into Englishlanguage programs such as The Teacher (UK) and Limbo (Australia).
“I’m delighted that Newen Connect and Anton will be continuing their relationship for a further three years. Newen Connect has significant plans both in the range of the projects we want to co-develop and invest in over the next years and the scale of ambition for these titles. This partnership with Anton will allow us to deliver against our strategy : extending our English speaking line up and supporting the most ambitious European production, building global IPs for international audiences.”
Rodolphe Buet, CEO Newen Connect
“Teaming up and working with bestin-class talent and leading filmmakers, our goal at Anton is to continue to produce high quality and commercially successfully TV series and films for a global audience. We are thrilled to renew our successful partnership with the outstanding team at Newen Connect and support ambitious and bold premium European content.”
Sebastien Raybaud, Founder and CEO Anton
ABOUT ANTON
Helmed by producer Sébastien Raybaud and headquartered in London, with offices in Los Angeles and Berlin, Anton’s current film slate includes Zachary Wigon’s psychological horror film Victorian Psycho starring Margaret Qualley; David Mackenzie’s thriller Fuze starring Theo James and Aaron Taylor Johnson, which recently completed production in London; Night of the Zoopocalypse, the CGI animated feature from the Studios behind Despicable Me, Ice Age: Collision Course and Paw Patrol; Memoir of a Snail, the stop motion animated feature from Academy Award-winner Adam Elliott, which recently took home the top Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, was awarded the Best Film at the London Film Festival and screened in Official Selection at the Telluride Film Festival; Martin Campbell’s Cleaner starring Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen; the survival thriller A Prayer for the Dying starring Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly, currently in post-production; and Claude Barras’ animated feature Savages which enjoyed its World Premiere in Official Selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Additional projects include Greenland: Migration starring Gerard Butler, who reprises his role in the sequel to Anton’s blockbuster Greenland, currently in post-production. Recently, Anton developed, produced and financed the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival title The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch; Mothers’ Instinct starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway; the action thriller Canary Black, starring Kate Beckinsale and Rupert Friend; and Jamie Child’s thriller Jackdaw, starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman.
Photo captions: Coeurs noirs (top left), The Serial Killer’s Wife (top right), Cat’s Eyes (bottom right), 8 months (bottom left)