MIPTV Spotlight: Lightning Entertainment

CANNES: Movies take top billing for Lightning Entertainment at the market, across a range of genres.

Offerings include the post-apocalypse thriller Goodbye World, which features Adrian Grenier and Gaby Hoffman. The company also has the comedy Gods Behaving Badly, starring Christopher Walken, Sharon Stone, Oliver Platt and Alicia Silverstone. It is an adaptation of Marie Phillips’ best-selling satire novel of the same name, about a young mortal couple who encounter a group of Greek gods living in New York. The Australian film Healing, with Hugo Weaving and Xavier Samuel, is another lead title for Lightning. Ken DuBow, the company’s EVP and general manager, calls it a “heartwarming and well-reviewed drama.”

DuBow says that in addition to scoring sales for these and other titles, Lightning is looking to find new co-production opportunities for both films and series.