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EXCLUSIVE: Plan B Europe, nan precocious launched London-based subsidiary of Brad Pitt’s L.A.-based Plan B Entertainment, is expanding its squad pinch 2 cardinal shaper hires.
Former Sony Pictures Television International exec Maria Fleischer joins arsenic Executive Producer, while Charlie Silver arrives from House Productions to return up nan domiciled of Development Producer.
The hires travel 7 months after nan subsidiary was launched pinch Baby Reindeer shaper Ed Macdonald astatine nan helm.
The brace will support nan subsidiary’s founding ngo to create and nutrient projects successful nan UK and crossed Europe.
Fleischer was antecedently astatine Sony Pictures Television International arsenic VP, Original Development, building a TV slate for nan Internal Studio.
She began her profession astatine Origin Pictures, earlier moving for Fox Searchlight successful nan UK improvement and accumulation team.
From there, she became Head of Development astatine DNA Films and TV, moving crossed nan characteristic slate but chiefly building a TV slate nether an FX wide deal, including a bid adjustment of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, earlier moving to Sony.
Silver has spent nan past 8 years astatine Tessa Ross’ House Productions, wherever he developed projects crossed some nan tv and movie slates.
On nan TV side, these see James Graham’s Sherwood for nan BBC and Stephen Butchard’s The Good Mothers for Disney+/Hulu. On nan movie side, he worked crossed Andrea Arnold’s Bird and Danny Boyle’s Ink, which is presently successful post-production
Co-led by Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Plan B Entertainment has been portion of Paris-based pan-European contented group Mediawan since 2022.
The award-winning movie and tv shaper is riding precocious connected a slew of award-winning and chart-topping films and bid including F1 The Movie, Adolescence, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Women Talking, and Nickel Boys.
Launched successful September 2025, pinch Macdonald astatine nan helm, nan caller London guidelines is designed to foster nan company’s continued growth, pinch an accrued attraction connected premium bid and films successful nan UK and crossed Europe.
Already progressive successful nan market, Plan B Europe has aggregate projects successful paid improvement pinch buyers and announces nan strengthening of its squad against this backdrop.
“As we proceed to turn our unique slate successful nan UK and crossed Europe, Maria and Charlie are 2 exceptional additions. With their crisp editorial instincts and cardinal relationships, I americium perfectly thrilled to beryllium welcoming them to nan Plan B family,” said Macdonald.
Created successful 2015 by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel, and Matthieu Pigasse, Mediawan group presently gathers much than 80 accumulation labels operating successful 13 countries.
Alongside Plan B Entertainment, they see Miraculous Corp (U.S./France), See-Saw Films (UK/Australia), Drama Republic and Misfits (UK), Palomar and Our Films (Italy), Leonine Studios (Germany), Boomerang and Good Mood (Spain), Submarine (Netherlands/US), Chapter 2 and Chi-Fou-Mi (France).
