Sony Pictures Television (“SPT”) has announced that it has increased the investment it made in 2018 to take a majority stake in Eleventh Hour Films (“EHF”). The investment will see EHF become the fourth majority-owned, UK-based scripted drama company in the SPT International Production group, alongside Left Bank Pictures, Bad Wolf and Eleven.
This announcement caps a busy period of success for the boutique production outfit, following a slew of commissions and recommissions. The investment will spur the next phase of the company’s strategic growth, deepening its collaborative ties with SPT and consolidating the company’s reputation for producing must-see, high-end television shows with range and reach, for a worldwide market.
The majority stake investment in EHF is part of SPT’s strategy of consolidating the international production group’s portfolio as a world-leading scripted studio and growing IP in recent years.
“Over the past decade, Jill, Eve, and Paula have built a remarkable company and it has been a great joy for everyone at Sony to have been part of their adventure”, says Wayne Garvie, President, International Production, Sony Pictures Television.
Established in 2010, EHF is an independent scripted production company that has produced some of the most popular drama of the last decade, both in the UK and internationally.
Building on these successes, Jill Green, who founded the company in 2010 will move from her role as Chief Executive Officer to provide strategic support to the management team and to exec produce on a number of bespoke dramas, including leading on those written by Anthony Horowitz, whilst remaining as Chairperson.
‘Magpie Murders’, ‘Moonflower Murders’, and the ‘Alex Rider’ series were all adaptations of novels by Anthony Horowitz, and are the result of an ongoing collaboration between EHF and the award-winning novelist and screen writer, which also includes the upcoming original mystery thriller ‘Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue’, for MGM+ and the BBC.
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