ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in The Gentlemen and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder indie, Moonage Pictures.
Moonage Pictures was set up in 2018 by Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady.
Moonage’s recent productions include The Gentlemen, directed by Guy Richie, for Netflix; A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder for the BBC and Netflix and the adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusas’s epic novel The Leopard for Netflix.
Past production credits include Bodies, the limited series starring Stephen Graham (Netflix Global Top Ten); Emily Mortimer’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love for BBC One and Amazon; The Famous Five for the BBC, co-created with Nicolas Widing Refn; Curfew for Sky One; Netflix’s Obsession and sci-fi Intergalactic for Sky One.
The Company is already working on second seasons for The Gentlemen, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and The Famous Five.
As part of the acquisition, BBC Studios has exited its stake in Moonage and will continue to distribute returning series including A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and The Famous Five. International distribution of new Moonage Pictures series will be handled by ITV Studios.
Julian Bellamy, Managing Director ITV Studios, said: “Will, Matthew and Frith have built a formidable scripted production company with a very strong slate of first class shows ranging from The Gentlemen to A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder. They’re an incredibly talented team and we feel incredibly fortunate they’re joining ITV Studios. I can’t wait to work with them.”
Frith Tiplady, Managing Director Moonage Pictures, said: “We’ve loved every minute of the past seven years — collaborating with exceptional writers, directors, and production teams to create work we’re immensely proud of. It’s been a real adventure. Now, as Moonage enters its next chapter, we’re thrilled to be joining forces with ITV Studios. This partnership opens up exciting new possibilities, and we can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.”
Recent ITVS acquisitions include drama producer Eagle Eye Drama, Hartswood Films, Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions, Happy Prince, led by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Ben Stephenson’s Poison Pen Studios and premium natural history and factual entertainment prodco, Plimsoll Productions.
Helion Partners advised the shareholders on the transaction.
Jon Creamer
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