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Channeling Risk-Tolerant Names to Film Finance
Our relationship with Los Angeles-based Starlite USA is centered on identifying global sources of capital for feature movie production. While film finance is traditionally a high-risk proposition, we focus on projects that have proven pedigree in screenwriting, acting, and directing to mitigate commercial concerns. Importantly, Our work in Hollywood is aligned with a resurgence of entertainment activity. New-found programming requirements of the major streaming companies is bolstering production demand to unprecedented levels. During the pandemic, the movie industry came to a near-complete standstill, with limited activity focused narrowly on post-production needs.
Historical Dramas Supported by Audience Bias
At Cranganore, we are helping to set the foundation for Lafayette, a historical drama that relives the essential, but misunderstood role that the Marquis de Lafayette played in helping American forces win the Revolutionary War. The film spans some two decades, with the latter scenes taking place in Paris amid French political turmoil.
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Lafayette is now in pre-production; the screenplay by award-winning writer Marshall Ferrin is sparking interest among accredited backers worldwide. A key reason for early-stage engagement among risk-tolerant capital sources is a return-on-investment heuristic for historical dramas. Audiences favor these productions because of archetypal characters, known plot lines, and period aesthetics. ■
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Project Perspective
In Los Angeles, the entertainment business is being gutted. The fires did not help; there are industry-wide issues. The big one is production costs, while competition from afar is brutal. Some executive would rather shoot in Australia, than California.
Lafayette offers affinity appeal to multi-generational audiences in both the US and Europe, where the production is set. These hinterlands are mature film markets with established revenue-generating ecosystems.
The project is a proven film genre. It offers extended shelf life. Production quality aligns with similar feature releases that continue to generate cascading revenue streams decades after they premiered.
Top-Down Insight
In Los Angeles, the entertainment business is being gutted. The fires did not help; there are industry-wide issues. The big one is production costs, while competition from afar is brutal. Some executive would rather shoot in Australia, than California.
Pent-up consumer spending is supporting vibrant growth in many nations, complementing cyclical industries such as entertainment. Household income trends and box-office draw are generally correlated.
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The Last Kings of Hollywood
Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg―and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
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