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PoC Studios, Atomik Content Form Joint Venture To Co-Manage Talent And Develop, Produce & Distribute Action Slate; Strike Deal With Professional Fighters League’s Ray Sefo
18.11.2022 - 22:53 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Labid Aziz’s People of Culture Studios has entered into a joint venture with Adel Nur’s management and production company Atomik Content to co-manage talent and develop, produce and distribute features, TV series and hybrid projects with a focus on elevated action films.
The first talent signed through the JV is Professional Fighters League Founder & President Ray Sefo, who will work with other MMA fighters and Hollywood talent to create and develop ensemble and elevated action-thrillers in the sub-$15M budget range.
Sefo is a semi-retired New Zealand kickboxer, boxer, mixed martial artist, fight promoter and actor who founded the mixed martial arts league PFL in 2018. The six-time Muay Thai World Champion and eight-time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant has been acting since 1995 and made his professional wrestling debut at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2012 in Japan, where he and his tag team partner Hiromi Amada were defeated by Atsushi Sawada & Hideki Suzuki. Since retiring from mixed martial arts competitions in 2015, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he continues to train out of Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts and be instrumental in PFL’s current growth and success.
“With the success and continued growth of PFL, I really wanted to lean in on my mission to provide more opportunities for growth and success for the highly talented and multi-faceted athletes we have in the PFL and beyond,” said Sefo. “After spending some time with Andy and Labid, I knew PoC Studios was where I wanted to be and where I wanted to build something related to my film and tv efforts.
Added the veteran fighter: “There are some extremely talented creatives who also happen to be fighters and we want to support them and
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