Exclusive: The meteoric rise of women’s soccer is continuing. The origins of the women’s game is to be explored in a feature from director Farren Blackburn and Free Turn Entertainment.
Lily and the Rockets is set against the backdrop of World War I and is based on Rebecca Stevens’ novel of the same name. News of the UK-made drama could hardly be more timely, with England’s Lionesses set to take on Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday in Australia.
Blackburn — who was an England youth soccer player and director of The Fades and episodes of Doctor Who, The Innocents and The Defenders — has written the script and will direct. Stevens is a creative consultant.
Stevens’ book, which was published by Chicken House in 2019 and aimed at pre-teens, was inspired by the true-life stories of pioneering women’s soccer players Gerty Naylor and Lily Parr.
Lily...
Lily and the Rockets is set against the backdrop of World War I and is based on Rebecca Stevens’ novel of the same name. News of the UK-made drama could hardly be more timely, with England’s Lionesses set to take on Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday in Australia.
Blackburn — who was an England youth soccer player and director of The Fades and episodes of Doctor Who, The Innocents and The Defenders — has written the script and will direct. Stevens is a creative consultant.
Stevens’ book, which was published by Chicken House in 2019 and aimed at pre-teens, was inspired by the true-life stories of pioneering women’s soccer players Gerty Naylor and Lily Parr.
Lily...
- 8/18/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has appointed streaming industry veteran Ron Downey as its Chairman.
Downey, the co-founder of streaming technology provider Massive Interactive, joins soon after Free Turn completed a round of investment that’s already allowed it to scale its TV and film development plans and add The Story Lab’s Robbie Ashcroft and Emma Lamont to its ranks.
Free Turn expects Downey to give it experience in fundraising, entertainment technology and distribution, plus know-how in growing businesses.
Downey sold Massive Interactive to Deltatre for $127M in 2018. He had co-founded the business in Sydney, Australia 23 years before and built it into a digital development agency that created content and software technology for brands such as AT&T, Dazn, WWE, Sony, Bell Media and all of the UK’s terrestrial networks.
“I’m here to help build a powerhouse of creativity with the Free Turn team...
Downey, the co-founder of streaming technology provider Massive Interactive, joins soon after Free Turn completed a round of investment that’s already allowed it to scale its TV and film development plans and add The Story Lab’s Robbie Ashcroft and Emma Lamont to its ranks.
Free Turn expects Downey to give it experience in fundraising, entertainment technology and distribution, plus know-how in growing businesses.
Downey sold Massive Interactive to Deltatre for $127M in 2018. He had co-founded the business in Sydney, Australia 23 years before and built it into a digital development agency that created content and software technology for brands such as AT&T, Dazn, WWE, Sony, Bell Media and all of the UK’s terrestrial networks.
“I’m here to help build a powerhouse of creativity with the Free Turn team...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Free Turn Entertainment has announced the arrival of Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner, formerly International Development Partner at Dentsu’s The Story Lab, Robbie will join the leadership team and focus on continuing to grow Free Turn’s original audio slate, drive their entertainment innovation pipeline across emerging platforms, as well forge new partnerships for the company's film and television slate.
Free Turn Entertainment, was set up in 2020 by BAFTA winning director Nick Hamm, his executive producer brother Jon Hamm and ex Wpp alumni Gemma Batterby to produce premium film, television and immersive audio for global audiences. Recent credits include last year's hit feature film “Gigi and Nate” starring Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Zoe Colleti, Hannah Alligood, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd, the film was released by Roadside in the U.S. in 2022. The company has grown significantly in the last 18 months with a number...
Free Turn Entertainment, was set up in 2020 by BAFTA winning director Nick Hamm, his executive producer brother Jon Hamm and ex Wpp alumni Gemma Batterby to produce premium film, television and immersive audio for global audiences. Recent credits include last year's hit feature film “Gigi and Nate” starring Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Zoe Colleti, Hannah Alligood, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd, the film was released by Roadside in the U.S. in 2022. The company has grown significantly in the last 18 months with a number...
- 2/2/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has hired Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner.
Ashcroft will join London and Los Angeles-based Free Turn’s management team. He’s joining from The Story Lab and will work on its audio slate and new TV and film slate partnerships among other tasks.
Ashcroft was most recently International Development Partner at The Story Lab, where he established a new development and production fund for “original audio projects with multiplatform potential” in partnership with Global Media and Entertainment. This led to the greenlight of podcasts such as John Sweeney’s Hunting Ghislaine.
While at The Story Lab, which is the content arm of Japanese ad giant Dentsu, Ashcroft also managed a strategic partnership between the parent company and Yahoo to created mixed reality TV formats from an Xr smartstage in Holborn, London. Interstellar used that partnership for its show All Star Dance...
Ashcroft will join London and Los Angeles-based Free Turn’s management team. He’s joining from The Story Lab and will work on its audio slate and new TV and film slate partnerships among other tasks.
Ashcroft was most recently International Development Partner at The Story Lab, where he established a new development and production fund for “original audio projects with multiplatform potential” in partnership with Global Media and Entertainment. This led to the greenlight of podcasts such as John Sweeney’s Hunting Ghislaine.
While at The Story Lab, which is the content arm of Japanese ad giant Dentsu, Ashcroft also managed a strategic partnership between the parent company and Yahoo to created mixed reality TV formats from an Xr smartstage in Holborn, London. Interstellar used that partnership for its show All Star Dance...
- 1/16/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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