Pan-European audiovisual content material producer Mediawan has introduced the acquisition of a majority stake of the Emmy Award-winning firm Submarine. The Amsterdam-based studio develops and produces worldwide scripted sequence and have movies, animation (children and grownup) and documentaries.
Submarine has established itself as an revolutionary firm, working throughout a number of genres and platforms, all with a world focus. Submarine additionally owns the most important animation studio within the Netherlands. Its roster of award-winning movies and TV sequence has been constructed up in collaboration with an intensive community of internationally acclaimed creators corresponding to Leonardo Fasoli (Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero), Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta (Apollo 10 1/2: A Area Age Childhood), Douglas Rushkoff and Hisko Hulsing (Undone).
Because it bolsters its expertise pool in Europe with this new acquisition, Mediawan says this new partnership will speed up the Group’s technique when it comes to organising worldwide co-productions in addition to constructing a catalog of IPs which can be enticing to main creatives. The acquisition of Submarine suits into the Group’s efforts to diversify its manufacturing capacities to supply the absolute best help to creatives in all genres and territories.
“We’re delighted to welcome inside Mediawan a staff as artistic and famend because the Submarine staff. Their experience in all genres and significantly in grownup animation and worldwide sequence and their urge for food for co-productions is an actual asset for the continual growth of our group,” says Elisabeth d’Arvieu, CEO of Mediawan Photos.
Submarine has produced a number of acclaimed movies and sequence, together with the Emmy Award-winning documentary Bellingcat: Fact in a Put up-Fact World, and the Netflix unique manufacturing No person Converse: Trials of the Free Press.
Most not too long ago, Submarine produced Linklater’s newest movie, Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Area Age Childhood on Netflix, and the Amazon Prime Video sequence Undone by BoJack Horseman creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob Waksberg. Submarine additionally produced The Sandman animated episode “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” for Warner Bros. Tv and Netflix (enjoying within the TV Movies competitors on the 2023 Annecy Pageant).
Upcoming initiatives embody drama sequence The Kollective, written by Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero showrunner Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; and Secure Harbor, against the law sequence impressed by true occasions from Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
“We’re thrilled about this new chapter in Submarine’s story,” stated Femke Wolting and Bruno Felix, Founders and Managing Administrators of Submarine. “Becoming a member of forces with Mediawan opens up a wealth of alternatives, permitting us to faucet into their in depth community, sources and industry-leading experience. This thrilling partnership will gas our mission of manufacturing groundbreaking and revolutionary movies and sequence that resonate with world audiences.”
Submarine was suggested on the deal by Hasham Khan of ABP Advisory.
