{"id":7603,"date":"2017-04-25T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/fremantlemedia-buys-into-scripted-indie-duck-soup\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T12:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T16:58:58","slug":"fremantlemedia-buys-into-scripted-indie-duck-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/04\/25\/fremantlemedia-buys-into-scripted-indie-duck-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"FremantleMedia Buys into Scripted Indie Duck Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FremantleMedia has invested in the U.K. indie Duck Soup Films, purchasing a 25-percent interest.<\/p>\n<p>Duck Soup Films is a collaboration between producers Libby Durdy, Bekki Wray-Rogers and Jessica Holyland. Prior to setting up Duck Soup, they had been responsible for producing and line-producing such hit series as <em>This Is England<\/em> and <em>Utopia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cecile Frot-Coutaz, the CEO of FremantleMedia, said, \u201cDuck Soup is an exciting business with three incredibly talented founders at its helm. They have a refreshing determination to portray a broad range of perspectives through creative storytelling, and we\u2019re looking forward to being part of their success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durdy said, \u201cWe pride ourselves on being able to find and nurture incredible talent that shares our distinct vision and to support them in creating high-quality content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray-Rogers added, \u201cWe are so happy to have found a like-minded partner in FremantleMedia who really understand and back our creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holyland commented, \u201cThis is a huge statement of confidence in a U.K. voice outside of London and we are thrilled to be embarking on this journey together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FremantleMedia has invested in the U.K. indie Duck Soup Films, purchasing a 25-percent interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1174,506],"class_list":["post-7603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-duck-soup-films","tag-fremantlemedia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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