{"id":14024,"date":"2020-01-28T01:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T06:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/the-content-group-teams-with-producer-dan-johnstone-to-launch-breaklight\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T09:10:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T14:10:03","slug":"the-content-group-teams-with-producer-dan-johnstone-to-launch-breaklight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/the-content-group-teams-with-producer-dan-johnstone-to-launch-breaklight\/","title":{"rendered":"Content Group &#038; Producer Dan Johnstone Pact to Launch Breaklight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Johnstone has partnered with Asylum Entertainment Group\u2019s founder and CEO, Steve Michaels, to launch the production company Breaklight Pictures in a joint venture with The Content Group.<\/p>\n<p>Johnstone will work closely alongside Michaels as well as Jodi Flynn, president of The Content Group. With nearly two decades of TV experience, Johnstone is known for his work across premium documentary as well as narrative-driven scripted-hybrid. Previously, he served as head of Karga Seven Pictures\u2019 special projects division, where he spearheaded the development and production of several long-form HISTORY series, including <em>Hunting Hitler<\/em>, <em>JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald<\/em>, <em>The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer a<\/em>nd <em>Buried: Knights Templar<\/em>, as well as the upcoming scripted-hybrid project <em>Rise of Empires: Ottoman<\/em> for Netflix. He also recently completed a documentary project about Dan Carlin\u2019s VR experience, <em>War Remains<\/em>, for MWM Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>Breaklight is the latest addition in the growing roster of partnerships for The Content Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe immediately recognized Dan\u2019s incredible talent for premium storytelling,\u201d said Flynn. \u201cNot only does he have a unique creative vision, but also the remarkable ability to execute it across all genres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnstone added: \u201cIt\u2019s rare to find a creative environment that is equal parts inspiring and supportive while also encouraging a limitless pursuit of ideas, but that\u2019s exactly what Steve and Jodi have built with The Content Group, so when they came to me with this opportunity I jumped at it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Johnstone has partnered with Asylum Entertainment Group\u2019s founder and CEO, Steve Michaels, to launch the production company Breaklight Pictures in a joint venture with The Content Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3817,4659,3821],"class_list":["post-14024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-asylum-entertainment-group","tag-breaklight-picture","tag-the-content-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Content Group &amp; 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