Searchlight UK executive vice president Katie Goodson-Thomas revealed the Disney-owned studio gets outbid on a “daily basis” by streaming platforms for projects, during a spotlight conversation at the BFI London Film Festival today (October 15).
“We can’t be competitive with Netflix, or Apple, or Amazon,” said Goodson-Thomas, in response to an audience question on whether Searchlight gets outbid at development or acquisition stage on projects from the streamers.
Goodson-Thomas noted she would love to work with Emerald Fennell, whose next project will be an adaptation of Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, produced by LuckyChap and financed by MRC. “We’re not going to be able to be part of that conversation I don’t think. But I think she’s an extraordinary filmmaker, and I want her films to be made.”
Searchlight UK – which works alongside the US branch of Searchlight to develop, finance and distribute projects, with flexible…
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