Brit shingle Big Talk has inked a co-financing and co-production pact with U.K. distrib and producer Optimum Releasing. It’s the latest sign of Optimum’s desire to ramp up production and become a major player in the British film industry. The deal will also include pubcaster Channel 4’s production arm Film4, with whom Big Talk has had a partial first-look deal for the past two years. [read original article]
[Ali Jaafar] Variety, Thursday October 29th, 2009




