Backrooms Producer Chris Ferguson Signs Warner Bros. First Look Deal
Producer Chris Ferguson and his production company, Oddfellows, have signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Group. The partnership follows the commercial success of the film 'Backrooms' and aims to support emerging filmmaking talent.
Why it matters
This deal highlights the industry trend of major studios partnering with independent producers to secure viral-hit creators and fresh creative voices.
Backrooms producer Chris Ferguson and his Oddfellows banner have signed a first look deal with Warner Bros. Picture Group.
The partnership also follows Ferguson collaborating with Osgood Perkins on earlier box office hits like Longlegs and The Monkey. Ferguson and his studio work with emerging talent from their filmmaking base in Vancouver.
Warner Bros. and Ferguson will team to produce films, whether with projects Ferguson brings to the studio, or WB projects that go north to Oddfellows from labels like Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. Related Stories Movies Christopher Nolan Rejects Matt Damon's "Defeatist" Claim That 'The Odyssey' Is Last of Its Kind Movies 'Digger' Trailer: Tom Cruise Spent Days Listening to Alejandro G. Iñárritu Read Him the Script
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