EXCLUSIVE: Unbiased studio Levantine Movies will now be generally known as August Evening.
The primary venture slated for launch below the August Evening banner is Maude Apatow’s function directorial debut Poetic License which is making its world premiere at this yr’s Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Pic, which stars Leslie Mann, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Nico Parker, Cliff “Technique Man” Smith, and Maisy Stella, follows two inseparable greatest buddies, Sam and Ari, who begin to unravel as they compete for the love of Liz, the middle-aged mother auditing their school poetry workshop. Judd Apatow produces.
“Since 2009, we’ve been lucky to create quite a few movies which have sparked dialog and earned recognition all over the world,” stated CEO Benjamin Hung. “Beneath our new banner of August Evening, we’ll construct upon that basis, broadening our scope whereas staying true to the type of daring, significant storytelling that has at all times outlined our work. We sit up for embarking on an bold new period for our firm.”
The brand new banner positions the shingle to diversify its content material slate because it pursues new genres and expands into TV with an eye fixed towards commercially viable, and character-driven tales for vast audiences.
Levantine Movies’ canon consists of the multi-Oscar nominated function Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe; Cary Fukunaga’s Peabody Award winner Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba; The Fundamentals of Caring, starring Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez; Bruce Springsteen musical comedy Blinded by the Gentle, from BAFTA nominee Gurinder Chadha; and Jerry and Marge Go Massive, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, from Oscar winner David Frankel. The corporate’s most up-to-date launch was Roshan Sethi’s acclaimed A Good Indian Boy, starring Karan Soni and Emmy-nominated Tony and Grammy winner Jonathan Groff.
August Evening was based in 2009 by Jamal Daniel, a globally acknowledged producer, entrepreneur, and innovator. Along with govt producing each venture for the corporate, Daniel has over 35 years of expertise managing investments throughout media and leisure, hospitality, actual property, and know-how. Hung joined August Evening as CEO in 2024, his earlier expertise together with senior positions at MRC, DMG Leisure, Marvel Studios, and Sony Footage.