Marching on: CEO Zygi Kamasa reflects on True Brit Entertainment’s first year in business
Credit: ScreenDaily.com 28th November 2024
With six films going into production in 2024 and its first in-house release coming in January, True Brit Entertainment’s debut year has exceeded the expectations of CEO/founder Zygi Kamasa
‘500 Miles’ starring Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams begins filming in Ireland
Credit: ScreenDaily.com 28th November 2024
The road trip feature is shooting in Dublin and Wicklow
Ramla Ali biopic ‘In The Shadows’ casts ‘Top Boy’ star Jasmine Jobson, scores UK-Ireland deal
Credit: ScreenDaily.com 28th November 2024
True Brit Entertainment has picked up Anthony Wonke-directed boxing biopic In The Shadows for release in the UK-Ireland in 2025.
‘The Death of Robin Hood,’ Starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, Picked Up for U.K. by True Brit
published: 11th June 2024
True Brit Entertainment has acquired U.K. rights to “The Death of Robin Hood,” one of the hot market packages at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where A24 picked up the project up for the U.S.
‘Fallout’ star Ella Purnell joins Craig Roberts’ killer squirrel comedy-horror ‘The Scurry’ for True Brit
Credit: ScreenDaily.com 28th November 2024
Fallout star Ella Purnell has joined the cast of Craig Roberts’ comedy-horror The Scurry, which is now filming in the UK.
Kunal Nayyar to star in Gurinder Chadha’s ‘Christmas Karma’ alongside Eva Longoria, Hugh Bonneville and Danny Dyer
published: 22nd April 2024
Kunal Nayyar, Eva Longoria, Hugh Bonneville and Danny Dyer head the ensemble cast of Gurinder Chadha’s Christmas Karma for which Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment has UK and Ireland rights.
Pierce Brosnan, Amir El-Masry to star in AGC’s ‘Giant’; shoot moves to UK for new indie tax credit
published: 22nd April 2024
Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry will star in AGC’s Naseem Hamed boxing drama Giant, which starts shooting later this month in the UK after the producers relocated from Malta to benefit from the country’s recently announced Independent Film Tax Credit.
Why Hollywood is Killing off the $200m blockbuster
published: 21st March 2024
In 2013, Steven Spielberg told an audience at the University of Southern California that the last days of the blockbuster were at hand. As the 27-year-old director of Jaws, Spielberg himself had done more than any other filmmaker to kindle Hollywood’s love of big-spend, big-splash cinema. But almost four decades later, he sensed a coming shift.
Rhys Ifans, Olivia Cooke, Paapa Essiedu, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Antonia Thomas to star in The Scurry from director Craig Robert
published: 21st March 2024
Principal photography starts on April 2nd in Wales for The Scurry a new film from director Craig Roberts (The Phantom of the Open, Eternal Beauty). Production of The Scurry will be making use of the recently announced Independent Film Tax Credit.
True Brit Entertainment snaps up UK rights to Morgan Matthews’s ‘500 Miles’
Credit: screendaily.com 21st February 2024
Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Morgan Matthews’s 500 Miles starring Bill Nighy and Jojo Rabbit’s Roman Griffin Davis from Beta Cinema.
True Brit revamping ‘The Critic’ for UK release; Zygi Kamasa talks slate, ambitions for his new company
Credit: screendaily.com 21st February 2024
Zygi Kamasa’s new UK distribution and production company True Brit Entertainment has announced its first acquisition, The Critic, which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in September.
New UK Distributor True Brit Sets First Movie: Football Hooligan Crime-Comedy ‘Marching Powder’ Starring Danny Dyer & Directed By Nick Love
Credit: deadline.com 5th December 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Former Lionsgate UK & Europe chief Zygi Kamasa’s recently formed UK distributor True Brit Entertainment has found its first feature film with 18-rated Marching Powder, which reunites writer-director Nick Love with Danny Dyer, star of their previous collaborations such as The Football Factory, Outlaw and The Business.
Former Lionsgate & Marv Exec Zygi Kamasa To Launch UK Distributor True Brit Entertainment Dedicated To British Films; Backing Comes From Management Firm Three Six Zero
Credit: deadline.com 2nd November 2023
In what will be welcome news for the UK sector, former Lionsgate UK & Europe CEO and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa is launching a new UK theatrical distributor called True Brit Entertainment, which will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.
Zygi Kamasa launches UK theatrical distributor True Brit Entertainment exclusively for British films & TV with $150m pledge
Credit: screendaily.com 2nd November 2023
Leading UK film executive Zygi Kamasa is launching True Brit Entertainment, a UK theatrical distributor which will focus exclusively on British films and television, and co-finance over $150m of UK independent productions across its first three years.
