Pierre-Antoine Capton, the CEO of Mediawan who recently engineered the company’s high profile acquisition of Brad Pitt’s Plan B, said both companies have already started working together on some projects.https://t.co/1c6y3gNclh

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“We are working on our first development and co-production projects between Plan B and our French companies, and these are happening organically,” said Capton on stage at the day-long conference organized by French TV and film promotion org Unifrance.

“It’s very interesting for everyone, and producers (from Mediawan) who now have access to Plan B’s teams are raving about the level of standards that a company like Plan B has, being an independent production company which has won the most Oscars with such quality projects,” Capton continued. “We have a lot to learn and I think it will benefit our French ecosystem,” he added.

Going forward, Caption said Mediawan will aim to have an even bigger presence globally, in particular in the U.S. through strategic alliances with Brad Pitt and another prominent talent, Florian Zeller, the playwright-turned-filmmaker whose directorial debut “The Father” won two Oscars. Several months before scooping a majority stake in Plan B, Mediawan also struck a deal with Zeller and former CAA executive Federica Sainte-Rose to launch a new L.A.-based production outfit, Blue Morning Pictures. With both deals, Mediawan is buying more than stakes, it’s investing in talents and forming long-term partnerships with them. Under the pact with Plan B, Pitt and his partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner have taken a minority stake in Mediawan.

Capton said one of the major ideas behind this expansion in North America is to allow French filmmakers and producers that are part of Mediawan “to fulfill their ambition and find a larger resonance in the U.S.”