McMafia Star James Norton Launches Film & TV Firm Rabbit Track Pictures With Former Black Bear Exec Kitty Kaletsky
EXCLUSIVE: McMafia and War & Peace star James Norton is officially launching London-based film and T..
EXCLUSIVE: McMafia and War & Peace star James Norton is officially launching London-based film and TV production firm Rabbit Track Pictures with former Black Bear head of TV Kitty Kaletsky.
The company will option, develop and produce projects and team up with third parties. Norton will also star in select projects. Kaletsky, who relocated to London this summer from LA, will serve as head of film and TV at the firm, which is expected to make additional hires in coming months.
As previously revealed, the slate includes crime feature Chasing Agent Freegard, which is in the works with UK firms Great Point Media and The Development Partnership. Norton will star in the film and serve as an executive producer. That project comes from Captain Phillips co-producer Michael Bronner, and is based on the story of Robert Hendy-Freegard, who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled several people into going underground for fear of assassination by the IRA.
BAFTA-nominee Norton, also well known for his roles in UK series Happy Valley and Grantchester, is currently filming HBOs Victorian sci-fi drama The Nevers and will next be seen in Sonys anticipated movie update Little Women. The actor is routinely speculated as a future James Bond.
Kaletsky spent two years as head of TV at Teddy Schwarzmans (The Imitation Game) LA-based Black Bear Pictures. Before that she was a development executive at Kris Thykiers PeaPie and Archery Pictures, working on movies including Ali And Nino and Trash. She also set up production company Midnight Road Entertainment with Vincent Sieber (The Hive) and John Michael-Powell (Dear White People).