Kevin Spacey, facing charges of assault in the UK, has received the support of the producers of Peter Five Eight, the film intended to mark his comeback after five years off screen.
09.05.2022 - 18:33 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales and production firm Embankment (The Father, The Wife) is teaming up with veteran UK producer Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin, The Lady In The Van) to create new label Free Range Entertainment.
The key shareholders in the company are Embankment’s Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar and Free Range’s Kevin Loader.
The combined company will develop, produce, co-produce, sell, and distribute film, TV and “allied” content, while also investing directly into production and working with third party investors and financiers.
Tim Haslam explained: “Free Range Entertainment is a creative hub for like-minded storytellers, writers, directors, and producers; converting IP from inception and development, through to production and commercial global exploitation. The Embankment sales brand will continue.”
Free Range Films was founded by producer Kevin Loader and director Roger Michell in 1996. Following Michell’s untimely passing last September, the production company has decided to embark on a new structural partnership.
Loader commented: “Having worked so closely with Embankment on Michell’s last film, Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts, I know Roger would proudly approve of this partnership. Tim, Hugo and their colleagues have consistently proven that they convert storytelling into high-quality films. It’s exhilarating to be working together within the complex matrix of film finance and a constantly evolving distribution landscape.”
Embankment co-founder Hugo Grumbar added: “Both Free Range Films and Embankment are coming through Covid-19 with productions filmed throughout 2021 and early 2022. Free Range Entertainment is delivering eleven movies for global release in 2023 through a broad spectrum of distribution outlets. Kevin and
Kevin Spacey, facing charges of assault in the UK, has received the support of the producers of Peter Five Eight, the film intended to mark his comeback after five years off screen.
Following news that Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault in the U.K., the producers of one of his new films being shopped at Cannes have issued a statement in support of the disgraced actor. "While it’s unfortunate that increased negative press is timed with Kevin returning to work, it’s also to be expected," the producers of "Peter Five Eight" said in a statement to Variety.
Scotland Yard on Friday said it was “not prepared to discuss” whether it will attempt to extradite actor Kevin Spacey who faces being charged with four counts of sexual assault. The alleged assaults were on three men and took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and in Gloucestershire in April 2013, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Let us be frank… it looks like Kevin Spacey is finally facing some long overdue consequences.
Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. In a statement released Thursday, Britain’s Crown Protection Services (CPS) formally announced the charges against the 62-year-old actor.
British prosecutors have charged embattled actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexually assaulting three men in the U.K. The Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday that the charges against the award-winning actor "follow a review of evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police." Spacey, 62, was also charged with "causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent," the agency said. The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013.The alleged victims are now in their 30s and 40s.
Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men in the UK.The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced the charges on Thursday (May 26), saying the actor is also accused of of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, said: “The CPS has authorised criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men.“He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. The charges follow a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation.“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Mr Spacey are active and that he has the right to a fair trial.”Spacey is accused of two acts of sexual assault against the first alleged victim in London in March 2005.
Oscar winner Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault involving three men in the UK, said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division, in a statement. The charges follow an investigation by London police.
British prosecutors said Thursday they have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men.
CPS Special Crime Division, said in a statement that “The CPS has authorised criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men. He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”The charges follow a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,” she continued.
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