Fremantle Takes Majority Stake in Beach House Pictures

Fremantle has made a majority stake investment in Beach House Pictures, behind the lifestyle show Mind Your Manners and the documentary series Evolve.

Along with Mind Your Manners and Evolve, recent productions include Netflix Indonesia’s Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso; the Netflix true-crime documentary Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case; the scripted children’s series Mr Midnight; and the wildlife drama Otter Dynasty. Beach House Pictures also produces long-running franchises, including MasterChef Singapore, Ed Stafford: First Man Out and Wild City with David Attenborough.

Founded in 2005 by producers Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little, Beach House Pictures specializes in creating and co-financing original IP across non-scripted content as well as scripted, entertainment and brand-funded programming.

As a result of the Fremantle deal, Blue Ant Media has sold its stake in Beach House Pictures.

Jennifer Mullin, group CEO of Fremantle, commented: “Fremantle invests in and works with the best creatives in the industry, and Jocelyn, Donovan and the team at Beach House Pictures are exactly that. Their taste and approach to storytelling is inspirational. Asia is a dynamic market and one we have targeted for strategic growth, and I am proud we have found a wonderful partner in Beach House Pictures to be part of our family.”

Ganesh Rajaram, CEO for Asia and LatAm at Fremantle, added: “We have been looking for the right partner in Asia to expand our output and footprint, and I can think of no one better than Jocelyn, Donovan and entire team at Beach House Pictures. They are a true powerhouse with great synergies to our business, and we are lucky to welcome them into the Fremantle family.”

“This is a significant milestone in the growth of Beach House Pictures—from a small and scrappy documentary company over 18 years ago to the multi-genre Asian super indie today,” said Little and Chan. “We are very proud of what we have achieved, but we are even more excited about the many things we can build together with our new partners Fremantle, whose immense scale and reach, incredible quality and deep library of formats is second to none.”