EXCLUSIVE: Shadow of the Vampire duo Richard Johns and E. Elias Merhige have launched a TV and movie shingle.
Promethean Pictures will probably be primarily based within the UK and forge initiatives for the worldwide market. Its first mission, canine survival story Howl, is already in growth.
Merhige is an arthouse director who helmed 2000’s Shadow of the Vampire with Johns, which starred John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe and was twice Oscar nominated. Merhige was additionally behind 2004’s Suspect Zero starring Ben Kingsley and Aaron Eckhart, whereas different credit embody Begotten, Polia & Blastema: A Cosmic Opera and Din of Celestial Birds, which have been showcased final weekend within the Screen of the Sky immersive expertise on the Brussels Planetarium.
Merhige is becoming a member of along with his long-time collaborator Johns, the Chivalry producer who solely final yr launched Argo Films. Argo is making Disney+’s The Shepherd starring John Travolta and a BBC-developed drama sequence about Biafra with David Oyelowo and others.
Promethean’s first mission, Howl, follows Harry the canine, who will get left at dwelling throughout an excessive winter after his house owners die in a automobile crash. Told from Harry’s standpoint, he goes by way of a rollercoaster survival trip, till he meets his best problem, an orphaned wolf-cub. The mission is in superior growth and is being reviewed by studios and streamers, in keeping with Promethean.
Merhige stated: “Richard and I had a brilliant creative partnership more 20 years ago and that spark never went away, binding us over the decades. Despite being forced off-radar for a while, I’ve never stopped generating concepts and working out new ways to bring them to life.”
Johns added: “The words unique and original are thrown around a lot in this industry – but they certainly apply to Elias Merhige. He is, without a doubt, a true visionary, seeing things that nobody else sees and always pushing boundaries.”
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