Bicoastal Anonymous Content has entered into a partnership with London-based production house Somesuch & Co. Per the deal, Anonymous immediately begins representing Somesuch directors Nick Gordon, Daniel Wolfe, Kim Gehrig, Bob Harlow and Leo Woodhead in the U.S.
A reciprocal agreement, whereby Somesuch & Co. will represent Anonymous Content in the UK and Amsterdam, is slated to begin on May 10.
Somesuch was founded in 2010 by partners/executive producers Sally Campbell and Tim Nash, and director Gordon. Campbell and Nash previously worked together at Academy Films, London–Campbell as a partner/producer, and Nash as a director. Campbell and Nash said they were drawn to Anonymous by such factors as their inspiring body of work, and a business model encompassing divisions in film, TV, commercials, music videos, talent and branded content. Among the projects they cited was the TV series True Detective for HBO (directed by Anonymous Cary Joji Fukunaga).
“We’re delighted to begin what we know will be a rewarding partnership with Somesuch & Co.,” stated Jeff Baron, sr. executive producer, Anonymous Content. “Sally Campbell and Tim Nash’s energy and enthusiasm is contagious. Steve Golin (Anonymous’ founder/CEO), Eric Stern (sr. executive producer) and I were immediately drawn to them as business partners as well as creative partners. We spent quite a while discussing the two different corporate cultures that exist and the more we discussed it, the more we realized how perfectly matched we are.”
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More