MIPTV Spotlight: Great Point Media

Founded by Robert Halmi Jr. and Jim Reeve, Great Point Media specializes in the development, investment, distribution and sales of IP across television, film and music.

Among the highlights of the company’s catalog is the TV movie King Lear, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Emily Watson, among others.

There’s also Measure of a Man, featuring Blake Cooper, Donald Sutherland, Judy Greer and Luke Wilson, and A Happening of Monumental Proportions, an ensemble comedy starring Allison Janney, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Garner, John Cho, Common and Rob Riggle.

“The casts of these movies are household names around the world,” says Halmi Jr., Great Point’s chairman. He adds that the movies on the company’s slate have “great stories, great production values and major stars—all the things people like to watch. We’re here with some of the best movies available in a first window for audiences everywhere.”