Saudi backed 3SIX9 Studios launched right here in Cannes immediately with the promise of “bringing Hollywood to the Kingdom.” The brand new movie and TV outfit has 4 co-founders and had 4 tasks to speak about in Cannes.
The co-founders are actor and producer Daya Fernández, who’s CEO; Inga Vainshein Smith, a former VP of Manufacturing at Paramount and who serves as President; actor and producer Amaury Nolasco, greatest recognized for Jail Break, and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji.
The primary film tasks off the block embody Bunny Run, an motion comedy written by Jayson Rothwell, which can shoot in Saudi Arabia this Fall. Scotland Yank is billed as modern comedy reimagining of Sherlock Holmes from Mitch Klebanoff. Will probably be filmed in Saudi and the U.S. Patrol, in the meantime, is an action-horror pic stated to be within the vein of Predator.
A TV mission was additionally introduced, though no plot particulars have been revealed. No Evening So Lengthy comes from director Ilya Naishuller and Will Stewart.
3SIX9 stated its inventive focus is high-concept IP that hits mainstream audiences. Will probably be collaborating with Saudi Arabian prodco Yellow Camel Productions to get its tasks up and working.
By way of funding the abovementioned and different tasks, 3SIX9 stated it would forge strategic partnerships with Saudi companions throughout finance, manufacturing, and enterprise to assist its slate of movies and collection.
