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Divide/Conquer Hires Derek Bishé, Eden Rubel, David Grove Churchill Viste
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath‘s Divide/Conquer, the production company behind titles like M3GAN and Totally Killer, has brought in three new execs to help expand its footprint in the genre space and beyond: Derek Bishé and David Grove Churchill Viste have been named SVPs of Production, with Rubel as SVP of Development.
Together, the trio will focus on shepherding new projects and nurturing burgeoning talent, as Divide/Conquer has most recently done with Curry Barker, the Obsession breakout now on to his sophomore feature, Anything but Ghosts.
“We believe that the best version of Divide/Conquer is one that stays hungry for new voices, new ideas, and filmmakers who see things a little differently,” Hendricks and Gilreath told Deadline. “Derek, Eden, and David each bring that spirit, a real instinct for great material, and an incredible depth of experience supporting filmmakers’ visions.”
Over the past decade, Bishé has worked on more than three dozen feature films, as well as television and commercial productions. Notable credits include Ryan Prows’ Lowlife, Jennifer Reeder’s Perpetrator, Mali Elfman’s Next Exit, Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei’s Faces of Death, and Elfman’s upcoming Thud, a Grim Reaper-Devil meet-cute exec produced by Divide/Conquer, on which we first reported. He began his career in Chicago as a production designer and art director before moving on to assistant directing, production management, line producing, and ultimately producing.
Ruben most recently worked as VP of Production at Fully Formed, the production company of Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, under its first-look deal at Sony, where she helped build a slate of more than 20 projects. During her time there, she focused on identifying and championing undiscovered voices and talent, bringing in and converting works from new voices into studio projects. Prior to her role at Fully Formed, she served as a development executive at Sony’s Screen Gems, where she worked on titles like PlayStation’s Until Dawn. Additionally, she worked at Netflix, where she contributed to films such as Do Revenge, Luckiest Girl Alive and Good Grief. A native Angeleno and dual Spanish-American citizen, she began her career in the Motion Picture Literary division at Gersh.
Viste is a Film Independent Spirit Award-nominated producer with two decades of production experience, who started out as a third-culture kid tinkering with an XL2 in the Middle East. Upon graduating from Vassar College, he became the general manager and head of production for a stage and production company before moving on to producing commercials, music videos, and — ultimately — his first film with Divide/Conquer in 2015. Notable credits include Emma Tammi’s The Wind, Mike Mohan’s The Voyeurs, Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline and Birth/Rebirth, which debuted at Sundance in 2023. Upcoming projects include Into the Sky, which is premiering at Fantastic Fest, and Elfman’s Thud.
Under a first-look deal with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Divide/Conquer has produced more than 30 features since its 2013 founding, making a name for itself in the genre space with M3GAN, Freaky and The Black Phone 2 for Universal Pictures; Heart Eyes for Sony Pictures; Vengeance for Focus Features; Totally Killer and The Voyeurs for Amazon MGM Studios; Lucky for Magnolia Pictures; Faces of Death for IFC/Shudder; and Cam for Netflix. Following the recent TIFF premiere of Josh Giuliano’s slasher River, which led to the film’s sale to Universal, Divide/Conquer set the director up to write and direct his next project, Occupant, which it will produce alongside Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Spooky Pictures for Focus Features.
Divide/Conquer has several titles set for release in 2027, including Barker’s Anything But Ghosts for Focus Features and Alex Ullom’s 4×4: The Event for Neon. Hendricks and Gilreath are also working with Barker on his third, untitled original project, which has been set up at Universal Pictures through the filmmaker’s relationship with Divide/Conquer, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, and Spooky Pictures.
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‘Game Of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest’ Movie Gets 2029 Release Date
The soon-to-be taken over by Paramount, Warner Bros, has a big tentpole they just dated: Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest for June 1, 2029.
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Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment Files For Administration
EXCLUSIVE: True Brit Entertainment, the UK theatrical distributor founded by former Lionsgate executive Zygi Kamasa, has effectively filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Deadline understands that True Brit, which has distributed titles including Hugh Jackman’s The Death of Robin Hood, has appointed administrators at Simons Muirhead Burton to oversee the company’s affairs.
True Brit launched in 2023 with backing from Three Six Zero, the talent management and entertainment company that has repped stars including Calvin Klein and FKA Twigs. Marv Studios, co-founded by Matthew Vaughn, also has a stake in True Brit.
Launched with an ambition to focus exclusively on British feature films and TV, True Brit has distributed titles including Giant, Marching Powder, and Sunny Dancer.
In a statement shared with Deadline, Kamasa said: “In extremely challenging market conditions, the company has taken the difficult decision to enter administration.
“An independent specialist has now been appointed to oversee the company and assess the options available, with the aim of achieving the best possible outcome for the company and its creditors.”
The UK administration process is similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but unlike in the U.S., where directors remain in control of the business, Simons Muirhead Burton will take charge of True Brit’s operations and attempt to restructure the company financially so it can pay creditors.
Kamasa has previously served as Lionsgate UK and Europe’s CEO and Marv Studios Group CEO. He has worked on the release of more than 40 British titles, including Bend It Like Beckham, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Brooklyn, Eddie the Eagle, and The Father.
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‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County’ Lands Premiere Date
Hulu’s expansion of the Mormon Wives universe has been dated.
The streamer will launch The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County on November 12.
The spinoff of the controversial reality series features Jen Affleck from the original as well as podcaster Bobbi Althoff and McCall DaPron, sister of Mayci Neeley, one of the original stars. Others include Ashleigh Pease, Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Jordan McClanahan, Madison Bontempo and Salomé Andrea.
It comes at a difficult time for the franchise as the women from the original series are feuding, largely over whether Taylor Frankie Paul, who was set to headline The Bachelorette before it was pulled after a video of a domestic assault incident emerged.
Paul herself recently revealed that she doesn’t want to continue on the show, which has been picked up for an additional 20 episodes, ostensibly seasons six and seven.
Earlier this month, cast member Mikayla Matthews said that she “will not be continuing the show at this moment” with a series of social media posts that seemed to imply it was because of Paul’s return.
Cast members Mayci Neeley and Layla Taylor also seemed to support Matthews. “I am finishing this current season that we are filming and then not sure for after that,” Neeley posted to TikTok.
Hulu will be hoping that the Orange County spinoff can give the franchise a shot in the arm
Producer Jeff Jenkins told Deadline that it was planning for spinoffs.
“Mormons are fascinating. It’s a fascinating subculture. Because we’re talking about docuseries, we’re not talking about format, what’s going to lead the way? The shining star, the guiding light is going to be the personalities,” he said.
The series is produced by Jeff Jenkins Productions, in association with 3BMG and Walt Disney Television Alternative. Jenkins exec produces alongside Russell Jay-Staglik, Amanda Weinstein, Melissa Bidwell and Brandon Beck at Jeff Jenkins Productions, Ross Weintraub and Reinout Oerlemans at 3BMG and Georgia Berger, Lisa Filipelli and Danielle Pistotnik at Select Entertainment.
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