FilmNation Entertainment
FilmNation Entertainment is a leading distributor, financier and producer of independent films and is a destination for many of the world's most renowned filmmakers. Since being founded in 2008 by veteran film executive Glen Basner, FilmNation has established itself as a home for specialty filmmaking with global appeal by focusing on a highly selective group of filmmakers and projects that emphasize both creative integrity and commercial potential. http://www.filmnation.com http://www.facebook/com/filmnation http://www.twitter.com/filmnationwww.filmnation.com
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Oct 6, 2026
CastroPANELIST
You've, you've seen it.
CarlosHOST
Uh, yeah, FilmNation came in to fund the movie.
Michael LawPANELIST
I seems good.
CarlosHOST
And this is really cool.
CastroPANELIST
Yeah, that's the first thing I saw.
CastroPANELIST
I was like, "Whoa."
CarlosHOST
But, um, FilmNation, like, it's like a, like a Cinderella story.
CarlosHOST
Like, they submitted the film.
Louise TuttHOST
They were very, nobody shied away from them, but there were a ton of encouraging signs, you know, that we had execs from, you know, Pate UK, which has decided to reopen in the UK.
Louise TuttHOST
Ben Browning's Heading Up that you know he comes from Film Nation in LA you know he knows how to make high budget English language films and he wants to make them in the UK Fred Fiore from Logical Pictures he is using private equity from um private individuals, from institutional funds, and he's making big English language films in the UK.
Louise TuttHOST
And they cited, you know, UK talent agents, crews, VFX houses, obviously the enhanced AVET, the IFTC.
Louise TuttHOST
They talk about the studios.
Mark JacksonGUEST
I was actually kind of in awe of Louise because I recognized her name right away when they introduced me to her because I'm one of those guys that reads credits.
Mark JacksonGUEST
And so I'd grown up watching a lot of Film Nation and I'd always seen her name and it was like a memorable name.
Mark JacksonGUEST
And I asked if she was the same Louise and she just smiled.
Mark JacksonGUEST
And I was like, oh my gosh, I've grown up watching your work.
Michael ShermanGUEST
premise.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And we were really lucky to develop it with Film Nation.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And they went to Shyamalan's company to see if he would be interested in producing.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And he was like, I want to come on board to direct it, which was very unexpected because he usually does not come on board stuff that he doesn't write.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And he kind of tossed it our way.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And we came on board and gave a pitch to them about like our general take on the material.
Michael ShermanGUEST
And then we were able to take it out on the town with the novel and our pitch of like how to adapt it into a movie and set it up with Film Nation then.
Chris HillHOST
We're here today to talk about the fact that recently you've developed and programmed your own screenwriting software.