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Jan. 29, 2024
Viva Maude Secures Pact with Amazon MGM Studios
Viva Maude, a production company founded by Tessa Thompson, has officially penned a multi-year first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. By: Dylan Low
News of the
pact arrives as Thompson is currently in production of Hedda, which is
writer-director Nia DaCosta’s adaptation of the popular Henrik Ibsen’s 1891
stage play Hedda Gabler. It was exclusively unveiled that the project was in
development, under Amazon MGM’s Orion Pictures, back in 2022.
Hedda is Thompson’s most recent film at the studio after
starring alongside Michael B. Jordan in three films of the Creed
franchise. Additionally in 2020, she executive produced and featured in Sylvie’s
Love for Prime Video. Thompson released Viva Maude the same year, with the
objective to “influence culture through projects that defy categorization and
are manifestly entertaining.”
"Tessa
Thompson is a true force and an extraordinarily talented actor and producer,”
complimented Amazon MGM Studios’ head of film creative and strategy Julie
Rapaport and Orion Pictures chief Alana Mayo, in a statement to announce the
deal. “As we continue production on Hedda, we could not imagine a better
time to formalize our relationship with Viva Maude. We look forward to
continuing our work together to develop inclusive and impactful stories that
uplift, inspire, and entertain.”
Thompson
further mentioned, “I founded Viva Maude to create more room: room for our
collaborators to think more boldly, room for artists to grow in new ways, room
for dreaming bigger as to what a production company can do. Amazon MGM/Orion
Pictures prove themselves time and time again to be true partners in creating
ambitious work, and I’m thrilled for Viva Maude to have such thoughtful
leadership in our corner.”
Viva Maude
is currently working on over 20 feature films and television projects, such as The
Secret Lives of Church Ladies at Max and Luster for HBO, where the
company was initially established with a first-look agreement.
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