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EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Disney exec Brigham Taylor (The Jungle Book, 2016), indie shaper Dave Hunter (Nitro Circus: The Movie), erstwhile SPC, Samuel Goldwyn and Epix exec Ian Puente and indie shaper Tom Goodall person joined forces to motorboat Utah-based InTension Industries, a accumulation institution focused connected thrillers and genre projects.
Taylor, a erstwhile executive astatine Disney Motion Pictures, produced nan Jon Favreau-directed The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin, and astir precocious nan indie characteristic Tokyo Cowboy. Puente antecedently held executive roles astatine Sony Pictures Classics, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Epix, wherever he worked crossed legal, business affairs, and acquisitions connected a scope of independent and specialty titles.
Hunter is an independent shaper known for his activity pinch Halestorm Entertainment and Nitro Circus, wherever he helped shepherd aggregate action-driven projects. Goodall, who has produced and directed a drawstring of shorts and was an adjunct connected Disney movies including Christopher Robin and Lady and nan Tramp, is spearheading nan company’s imaginative development.
The slate includes deep-space sci-fi thriller Sentinel, astir an technologist trapped successful a drifting flight pod who must uncover who is sabotaging his chances of endurance earlier his oxygen runs out. Steve Zahn (The White Lotus) is attached to star, pinch Rick Gomez directing pursuing his Tribeca-premiering characteristic She Dances, which sold to EKKL. Production is slated to statesman later this year, targeting a 2027 release.
The institution is besides packaging a South American escapade thriller Rio Diablo, centred connected a set of mercenaries whose ngo unravels erstwhile they are relentlessly hunted done nan jungle by an escaped bull hippo. The task will beryllium directed by Esteban Arango, whose caller features Blast Beat and Ponyboi both played astatine Sundance. Matt Graham (The Untold History of nan United States), is joining arsenic executive producer.
“After years shaping films that resonate pinch audiences, I’m thrilled to measurement into this adjacent section pinch specified an knowledgeable and well-balanced team,” said Taylor. “Our extremity is to champion projects that push boundaries while still delivering nan benignant of thrilling cinematic acquisition audiences want to spot connected nan large screen.”
