Zygi Kamasa Talks First Movie For True Brit Entertainment, The Challenged UK Distribution Landscape & Ways To Boost British Film
05.12.2023 - 14:55
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Lionsgate UK & Europe chief and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa launched film and TV company True Brit Entertainment last month with backing from talent management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, which reps talent including Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs, Will Smith, Marcus Rashford and Kid Cudi. The company will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.
Here, Kamasa gives his first interview, talking to us about their debut production Marching Powder, which is set to star Danny Dyer, how True Brit fits into a challenged UK indie distribution landscape and ways to stimulate British filmmaking. For more on Marching Powder click here.
True Brit has set a target to invest and release between four to eight British films annually and Kamasa’s ambition is to co-finance more than $50M worth of productions each year. Matthew Vaughn’s Marv will be a small shareholder in True Brit Entertainment having backed the development of the new business.
While at Lionsgate, Kamasa worked on the releases of more than 40 British titles including Bend It like Beckham, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Brooklyn, Eddie The Eagle and The Father. He also shepherded dozens of U.S. blockbusters and Oscar winners such as The Hunger Games and La La Land. At Marv, he exec-produced the Taron Egerton starrer Tetris, that was sold to Apple TV Plus, and Vaughn’s latest big-canvas film Argylle starring Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L Jackson and Joh Cena.
Here’s our interview with Kamasa.
DEADLINE: From discussing Marching Powder a little, it sounds a little closer to the comedy genre than The Football Factory, which was the 2004 hooligan movie which helped launch the careers of Danny