EXCLUSIVE: Veteran actor Martin Freeman (Black Panther) and writer-actor Rachel Benaissa (September Says) have partnered to launch a brand new manufacturing firm known as One Trick Poné.
The pair will kick off work beneath their label with two initiatives, a function movie titled The Best, written and directed by Danish filmmaker Jeanette Nordahl and starring Martin Freeman. Nordahl is finest recognized for her 2020 Berlinale competitors title Wildland, starring Sidse Babett Knudsen. The second mission is a brief titled A Tiny Factor, written by Rachel Benaissa, with Matthew Sterling set to direct, and Jake Gorton producing.
“We’re very excited to announce our manufacturing firm ‘One Trick Poné’. The tales we wish to inform could also be humorous, tragic, and even uncomfortable, however all the time genuine and compelling,” Freeman and Benaissa informed us.
“The corporate will likely be a car for creating our personal work, but additionally a way of partnering with thrilling and authentic voices, be they established or newer discoveries.”
Benaissa is a comparatively new face. Her most up-to-date on-screen credit embrace Netflix’s Irish Want and Ariane Labed’s debut function, September Says. As a author, she has positioned extremely with initiatives within the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and the PAGE Worldwide Screenwriting Awards. Alongside A Tiny Factor, she is at present creating a function script titled All the pieces Means Nothing Now Anyway.
Freeman is an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning actor. His decades-long profession has spanned movie, tv, and the stage. He’ll subsequent be seen on the West Finish stage main David Eire’s newest manufacturing, The Fifth Step. The play is an alcoholism drama that explores the connection between a newly sober 12-step programme attendee, Luka, performed by Jack Lowden, together with his sponsor and veteran of this system, James, performed by Freeman. On display, Freeman is ready for Sky’s household function movie Flavia, directed by Bharat Nalluri and primarily based on Alan Bradley’s Flavia De Luce novels. Freeman can even this yr star alongside Mia McKenna-Bruce within the upcoming Netflix TV mission The Seven Dials Thriller, tailored by Chris Chibnall from Agatha Christie’s authentic.
Freeman is represented by Trendy Collective (UK), CAA (US), and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP. Benaissa is represented by The Company Winterson’s.
