“
Cinema is becoming international.
Talents are emerging all over the world.
For our future projects, we have to look outside the United States
, ”just explained Brad Pitt in an interview with our colleagues from Le
Parisien
.
The actor has, in fact, welcomed the takeover of the Hollywood production company Plan B Entertainment, which he co-founded and which he chairs.
This news was confirmed by Mediawan to AFP.
In this press release, it is specified that “
This acquisition of a majority stake is carried out partly in Mediawan shares, thus leading the three co-presidents of Plan B, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, to also become shareholders of Mediawan.
".
For the American star, this transaction with Mediawan is a “ win-win
” deal
because “
we have the same idea of how to produce films and series.
»
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Still according to Mediawan, this "
unprecedented partnership
" between two producers in Europe and the United States "
marks the deployment of Mediawan on the American market
".
The group, which created the production company Blue Morning Pictures in September with director Florian Zeller, will bring together its activities across the Atlantic in a new dedicated entity.
"
It's an exceptional opportunity to be able to develop Mediawan alongside Plan B, the finest independent production company in the US
," commented Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton.
Brad Pitt produced Martin Scorsese and Terrence Malick
Founded in the early 2000s in Beverly Hills (California), Plan B has produced several successful films, including
The Departed
by Martin Scorsese,
The Tree of Life
by Terrence Malick, and
The Big Short
by Adam McKay, and has been nominated 8 times for the Best Picture Oscar in the past 10 years.
The operation, in which the shareholders of Mediawan (KKR, Bpifrance, MACSF and Société Générale) take part via a capital increase, values Plan B Entertainment at more than 300 million dollars and will be carried out in several installments, according to the Financial Times.
Founded in 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse, the Mediawan group is present in the production, distribution and broadcasting of films, series and streaming programs.
It now brings together more than 60 production labels, gradually acquired in France and Europe.
The group behind the successes of the film
Bac Nord
and the series
Ten percent
now employs 1,500 people, for a turnover of around one billion euros.
