Amy Powell, at Content London, touts the 'distinctive opportunity' for the branded studio with a $500 million content budget, targeting eight scripted shows next year, and Marvel as a role model.
, discussed building a “risk-taking” business that is a “fully-fledged studio” for the new era on the final day of theindustry gathering on Thursday. “Being a branded studio is a really distinctive opportunity,” she said.
“We don’t want to play it safe.” She discussed her excitement about joining Vice Studios about six months ago from Amazon after her tenure running Paramount Television and having such scripted series asfranchise to other cities around the world. Given that gangs are a form of family, she said the company has “the ability to explore what other versions of that we can make beyond the borders of London. Can we make aa different city, and take that IP and expand it with ambitions, as ridiculous as it might sound, of what Marvel does? They’re so smart about how they take a piece of IP and exploit it as much as they can.” After a question about her interest in African content, she also mentioned that a Gangs of version set in Johannesburg or Cape Town could possibly be considered."The Majesty of Ordinariness": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Train Dreams' Star Joel Edgerton and DP Adolpho Veloso “Showing a world from the inside out” is a core focus for her when picking Vice Studios series, callingby a consortium led by Fortress Investment Group, Powell said: “Western Alliance Bank and Fortress are our primary sources of that production facility, and it allows us to fund, over the next five years, $500 million worth of content.”Travels and Fox Is Happy to Be the Missing Link for U.K. Series: TV Execs Talk Scale and UniversalityFormula: Writer Jack Thorne, Director Philip Barantini on Whether the Global Success of Their Show Can Be Re-CreatedQuentin Tarantino Says Paul Dano Is the “Weakest Male Actor in SAG” While Slamming His ‘There Will Be Blood’ PerformanceRobert Downey Jr. Playfully Roasts Gwyneth Paltrow at THR Women in Entertainment Gala: “Forever Confused by the Basic Tenets” of the MCUThe Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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