The historic Maida Vale Studios in London has been sold by the BBC to a four-way partnership between Working Title chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner and two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and his business partner Steven Kofsky. The partnership has multi-million pound refurbishment plans to upgrade the studio's facilities. The original facade of the building will be maintained and there will also be the creation of a not-for-profit educational facility, and a long-term commitment to providing local jobs, innovation...
Working Title
Eric
Fellner
Co-Chairman
Fellner’s three-decade partnership with Tim Bevan, Working Title, has produced more than 60 films and earned him six Oscar nominations as a producer from 1999 (“Elizabeth”) through 2018 (“Darkest Hour”). He’s back in contention again this year with “The Swimmers” (Netflix), a fact-based tale of two Syrian War refugee sisters’ journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics, and “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon), Lena Dunham’s adaptation of Karen Cushman’s novel about a teen girl in 13th-century England (Bella Ramsey) trying to avoid being married off by her father. Other recent projects include the BBC series “Everything I Know About Love” and the romcoms “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” starring Lily James and Shazad Latif, and “Ticket to Paradise,” with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Working Title has a first-look deal with Universal running through 2025.
