Cross-platform indie, Good Gate Media (The Man in My Basement, H Is for Hawk), has added to its leadership team as it “accelerates its mission to build stories that seamlessly transition between film, television, and games.”
Vince Farquharson, former executive at Atari, Supernova Capital and Bossa Games, joins as Chief Games Officer. Alongside him, Alan Martin, co-founder of the AIM listed Metrodome Distribution, steps in as Chief Operating Officer.
The Cardiff-based studio, founded by John Giwa-Amu, works across film, television, and games. Projects over the last year include The Man in My Basement. Written by Walter Mosley, and starring Corey Hawkins and four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe, it premiered at TIFF 2025 and reached number 1 on Disney/Hulu. H Is for Hawk, produced with Plan B, Film4 and Lionsgate, and starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson, debuted at Telluride Film Festival and London Film Festival 2025 and will be released theatrically on 23 January 2026. Additionally, Good Gate has a Lagos-set thriller with the BFI and Film4, set for release in 2026.
The company’s upcoming TV line-up includes, an epic fantasy series adaptation from “a book franchise that has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide”; a “hit international thriller adapted by an Oscar-winning screenwriter”; and a crime series set in West Africa, all in partnership with companies including Boat Rocker Studios, BBC Studios and Apple TV.
In games, Good Gate Media’s debut title is The Complex and there are three new financed titles in development — expanding into adventure and open-world genres, built using Unreal Engine and Unity.
“Ideas are being developed as a Film, TV series, and a game from inception,” says John Giwa-Amu, founder and CEO of Good Gate Media. “With several decades of collective experience across storytelling industries, we’ve learned how to create worlds that don’t just entertain, but evolve, and now we’re taking that vision to an entirely new level. Our upcoming slate embodies everything we believe in, emotionally charged stories, globally renowned talent, and creativity without borders. Our core ethos is immersion through emotion”
Jon Creamer
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