Exclusive: We can confirm that Neither Confirm Nor Deny has been acquired for North American distribution by Greenwich Entertainment. The company plans a theatrical release later this year for the documentary about a dramatic incident from the Cold War, which involved an attempt to capture an alluring prize on the ocean floor.
Philip Carter makes his directorial debut with the film, which premiered at Doc NYC last November.
“At the height of the Cold War, the CIA is tasked with an audacious covert mission: recovering a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the bottom of the ocean,” notes a description of the documentary. “The mission hangs in the balance as the agency and its activities are caught in a power play between the press and the White House. With firsthand accounts from the principal players, Neither Confirm Nor Deny is a timely look into America’s clandestine underbelly with a long history of questionable tactics.
Philip Carter makes his directorial debut with the film, which premiered at Doc NYC last November.
“At the height of the Cold War, the CIA is tasked with an audacious covert mission: recovering a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the bottom of the ocean,” notes a description of the documentary. “The mission hangs in the balance as the agency and its activities are caught in a power play between the press and the White House. With firsthand accounts from the principal players, Neither Confirm Nor Deny is a timely look into America’s clandestine underbelly with a long history of questionable tactics.
- 5/9/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Cold War thriller Neither Confirm Nor Deny first project in partnership.
New Sparta Productions, run by Christopher Simon (Miss You Already) and part of Jerome Booth’s New Sparta investment group, is teaming with Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Film Finance (Pin Cushion) on a slate of feature productions.
The deal will kick off with espionage thriller Neither Confirm Nor Deny, based on David Sharp’s novel The CIA’s Greatest Covert Operation, which the pair will co-finance and co-produce alongside Scott Free Films. David Collard (Out Of Time) has now been attached to write the film’s screenplay.
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New Sparta Productions, run by Christopher Simon (Miss You Already) and part of Jerome Booth’s New Sparta investment group, is teaming with Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Film Finance (Pin Cushion) on a slate of feature productions.
The deal will kick off with espionage thriller Neither Confirm Nor Deny, based on David Sharp’s novel The CIA’s Greatest Covert Operation, which the pair will co-finance and co-produce alongside Scott Free Films. David Collard (Out Of Time) has now been attached to write the film’s screenplay.
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- 5/30/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Head of production Chris Simon will lead the production-finance outfit.
The managing director of London-based production outfit New Sparta Films, Nicki Hattingh, has resigned from the company as of Feb 1 2017.
Hattingh co-founded the company with Dr Jerome Booth in 2013 as part of Booth’s umbrella investment organisation New Sparta Group.
During her tenure, the company’s production and financing credits included Matteo Garrone’s Tale Of Tales, Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already, Martin Koolhoven’s Brimstone, Juan Carlos Medina’s The Limehouse Golem and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing Of A Sacred Deer.
In a statement to Screen, New Sparta said that Hattingh had handed in her resignation in October and had left the company to pursue opportunities elsewhere.
Head of production Chris Simon, appointed to the role in 2015, has stepped into the position of managing director. There are no immediate plans to replace Hattingh at this time.
Chris Simon
Simon commented: “I am incredibly grateful...
The managing director of London-based production outfit New Sparta Films, Nicki Hattingh, has resigned from the company as of Feb 1 2017.
Hattingh co-founded the company with Dr Jerome Booth in 2013 as part of Booth’s umbrella investment organisation New Sparta Group.
During her tenure, the company’s production and financing credits included Matteo Garrone’s Tale Of Tales, Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already, Martin Koolhoven’s Brimstone, Juan Carlos Medina’s The Limehouse Golem and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing Of A Sacred Deer.
In a statement to Screen, New Sparta said that Hattingh had handed in her resignation in October and had left the company to pursue opportunities elsewhere.
Head of production Chris Simon, appointed to the role in 2015, has stepped into the position of managing director. There are no immediate plans to replace Hattingh at this time.
Chris Simon
Simon commented: “I am incredibly grateful...
- 2/7/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK financier New Sparta Films appoints former Embargo exec to new role as it eyes growth.
New Sparta Films (Nsf), backer of Miss You Already and Brimstone, has appointed former Embargo Films producer Christopher Simon to the newly formed position of head of production.
Simon was main producer on Catherine Hardwicke’s comedy-drama Miss You Already, which gets its world premiere at Toronto today [Sept 12], and previously produced features including Still Life, The Sweeney and I, Anna.
Simon will work alongside Nsf founder and managing director Nicki Hattingh and look to boost the growing financier’s in-house production push.
The London-based company has recently appointed a head of development and will also bring in a business affairs executive.
Currently on the development slate for New Sparta Films, a subsidiary of Jerome Booth’s investment firm New Sparta, are Julia Taylor Stanley-produced drama Rough Diamonds, written by Mark C Marshall and Gary Martin; First World War drama...
New Sparta Films (Nsf), backer of Miss You Already and Brimstone, has appointed former Embargo Films producer Christopher Simon to the newly formed position of head of production.
Simon was main producer on Catherine Hardwicke’s comedy-drama Miss You Already, which gets its world premiere at Toronto today [Sept 12], and previously produced features including Still Life, The Sweeney and I, Anna.
Simon will work alongside Nsf founder and managing director Nicki Hattingh and look to boost the growing financier’s in-house production push.
The London-based company has recently appointed a head of development and will also bring in a business affairs executive.
Currently on the development slate for New Sparta Films, a subsidiary of Jerome Booth’s investment firm New Sparta, are Julia Taylor Stanley-produced drama Rough Diamonds, written by Mark C Marshall and Gary Martin; First World War drama...
- 9/12/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Icon Film Distribution CEO Ian Dawson talks about the relaunched company’s strategy to fill a gap in the UK market.
Following the Cannes Market, the relaunched Icon Film Distribution has announced three further titles it has acquired.
They are:
A Most Violent Year [pictured], written and directed by Jc Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. The thriller, set in 1981 New York, follows an immigrant and his family struggling in the violent city. FilmNation handles international sales and the film is in post.
Equals, directed by Drake Doremus and starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart. This futuristic romance, which counts Ridley Scott as one of its producers, is set in a utopian future. Mister Smith handles sales.
The Legend of Barney Thomson, marking the feature directorial debut of Robert Carlyle, who also stars alongside Ray Winstone and Emma Thompson. The film is about a Glaswegian barber who inadvertently becomes a serial killer. Myriad Pictures handles...
Following the Cannes Market, the relaunched Icon Film Distribution has announced three further titles it has acquired.
They are:
A Most Violent Year [pictured], written and directed by Jc Chandor and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. The thriller, set in 1981 New York, follows an immigrant and his family struggling in the violent city. FilmNation handles international sales and the film is in post.
Equals, directed by Drake Doremus and starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart. This futuristic romance, which counts Ridley Scott as one of its producers, is set in a utopian future. Mister Smith handles sales.
The Legend of Barney Thomson, marking the feature directorial debut of Robert Carlyle, who also stars alongside Ray Winstone and Emma Thompson. The film is about a Glaswegian barber who inadvertently becomes a serial killer. Myriad Pictures handles...
- 6/4/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
London – The newly re-birthed Icon Film Distribution, returning to the U.K. arena in 2014 buoyed by backing from Jerome Booth's private investment group New Sparta, has been snapping up movies for its first theatrical release slate under its new incarnation led by Don Cheadle's directorial debut Kill The Trumpet Player about jazz legend Miles Davis. Directed by and starring Cheadle as Davis, Ewan McGregor(The Impossible) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek into Darkness) also star in the project which is currently in pre-production. The film tells the story of a few dangerous days in the life of
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- 2/3/2014
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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