{"id":128347,"date":"2022-07-15T19:03:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=128347"},"modified":"2022-07-15T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:03:22","slug":"mrc-film-names-its-romance-division-appoints-sydney-fleischmann-as-vp-development-and-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/mrc-film-names-its-romance-division-appoints-sydney-fleischmann-as-vp-development-and-production\/","title":{"rendered":"MRC Film Names Its Romance Division, Appoints Sydney Fleischmann As VP Development And Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong><span>: MRC Film has named its romance label, led by Elizabeth Cantillon, Bisous Pictures&mdash;also announcing the&nbsp;<\/span>appointment<span>&nbsp;of <span>Sydney Fleischmann as VP, Development and Production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bisous Pictures&#8217; first film <em>Persuasion,<\/em> starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding and Richard E. Grant, is an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, which debuts on Netflix today. Carrie Cracknell (Broadway&#8217;s <em>Sea Wall \/ A Life<\/em>) directed the film&mdash;made with Mad Chance and Fourth and Twenty Eight Films&mdash;in her feature debut, from a script by Alice Victoria Winslow and Ron Bass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/bisous_header.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Going forward, the label will explore a wide range of stories within the romance genre that are inclusive and expansive, traditional and modern, original and literature based, and real-life stories that serve all audiences. It remains in&nbsp;<\/span><span>development on previously announced projects including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Photos of You<\/em>, based on Tammy Robinson&#8217;s novel, which is being adapted for the screen by Tom Dean (2016&#8217;s&nbsp;Blacklist,<em> The Time Traveler&#8217;s La Ronde<\/em>). Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton of <em>All This Panic<\/em> are attached to direct. Pic centers on Ava, who after a devastating diagnosis, breaks off her engagement, decides to throw herself a groom-less wedding, and becomes somewhat of a sensation and voice of empowerment. She discovers that it&#8217;s never too late to find the love of your life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>28 Summers<\/em>, adapted by Allie Hagan (2017&#8217;s Blacklist, <em>When in Doubt Seduce<\/em>). Based on Elin Hilderbrand&#8217;s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, <em>28 Summers<\/em> explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair, its profound impact on the lovers and the lives of the people around them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;<em>The Return<\/em>, adapted by Tom Dean. Based on Nicholas Sparks&#8217; novel, which spent 22 weeks on bestseller lists, focuses on an injured army doctor who moves into his late grandfather&#8217;s home in New Bern, North Carolina, where he encounters two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Fleischmann comes to MRC from Duplass Brothers Productions, where she was most recently a development and production executive. She notably served as an executive producer on that company&#8217;s HBO&nbsp;<\/span>anthology<span>&nbsp;series, <em>Room 104<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to unveil our name, Bisous, the french word for kiss, which honors our label&#8217;s focus on the romance genre in all its various forms,&#8221; said Cantillon. &#8220;We also welcome Sydney, a fantastically talented exec, to our team as we continue to expand our label and we cannot wait to introduce our first film, &#8216;Persuasion,&#8217; to audiences alongside our partners at Netflix.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>MRC Film&#8217;s releases have collectively earned more than $6B in worldwide box office and received accolades including 12 Academy Award nominations and 11 Golden Globe noms.&nbsp;<\/span>Coming<span>&nbsp;up for the company is writer-director Matt Charman&#8217;s Netflix film<em> The Mothership<\/em>, starring Halle Berry. It recently released <span> David Frankel&#8217;s Paramount+&nbsp;<\/span>dramedy <em>Jerry and Marge Go Large<\/em>, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, and has also been behind films like <em>Ted<\/em>, <em>Knives Out<\/em>, <em>Baby Driver<\/em>, <em>Babel<\/em> and<em> The Lovebirds<\/em>.<\/span><span> MRC has co-financed films including <em>The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run<\/em>, the <em>Peter Rabbit<\/em> franchise, the second and third installments of <em>Hotel Transylvania<\/em>, <em>22 Jump Street<\/em>, <em>Think Like a Man Too<\/em> and <em>Fast &amp; Furious 7<\/em>. It&#8217;s also a partner of Deadline&#8217;s parent company Penske Media in two&nbsp;joint ventures in&nbsp;publishing and content, where both companies hold significant ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Must Read Stories<\/h2>\n<h3>Leighton Meester, Adam Brody &#038; Taran Killam Reteam For &#8216;The River Wild&#8217; Reimagining<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Adam_Leighton_Taran_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Andrew Garfield To Play Richard Branson In Limited Series &#8216;Hot Air&#8217;; David Leitch Directing<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andrew-Garfield-Richard-Branson2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 Becomes Paramount&#8217;s Top-Grossing Pic Ever With $1.2B Global Haul<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/top-gun-maverick-e1654097085743.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>L.A. 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