‘Get Out’ Producers QC Entertainment Reveal Season 2 of Prime Video Series ‘Poacher,’ Talk Hands-On Strategy (EXCLUSIVE)
09.02.2024 - 10:59
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran “Delhi Crime” creator Richie Mehta‘s Prime Video series “Poacher” is the first time Los Angeles-based QC Entertainment has ventured into India. Led by partners Sean McKittrick, Raymond Mansfield and Edward H. Hamm Jr., QC – which stands for Quality Control – backed Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning “Get Out” and “Us” and Spike Lee’s Oscar, BAFTA and Cannes-winning “BlacKkKlansman,” among many other successful ventures.
Set up as a one-stop shop, QC develops, physically produces, finances productions and handles sales and distribution. Based on true events, Amazon original “Poacher” unearths the largest ivory poaching ring in Indian history. It bowed at Sundance 2023.
The process began with Mehta’s agents at Gersh trying to introduce him to producers who had funding and had a reputation for being hands-on and who were transparent and collaborative. Netflix show “Delhi Crime,” which went on to win the International Emmy for drama series, was brought to QC’s attention in 2019. The principals binged the series in a day.
“It was the perfect mixture for us of a fast-paced, entertaining crime drama, but also with really substantial importance and themes that you could latch on to. And we immediately just wanted to meet him,” McKittrick told Variety. Mehta discussed the “Poacher” idea with QC and the company, which usually boards projects at the concept stage, was in.
Based on court documents and testimonials, “Poacher” is a fictional dramatization of events that unfolded in the dense forests of Kerala and the urban jungle that is India’s capital Delhi. It is primarily in the Malayalam, Hindi and English languages. Rather than making the show solely in Hindi or English as was the norm then, the team decided to
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