Fremantle Australia has announced a new multi-year partnership with Lantern Pictures that will provide an exclusive first look arrangement with the new Australian production company.
Lantern Pictures was founded in early 2024 by multi-award winning writer and showrunner Sarah Lambert – the name behind critically acclaimed and hugely popular series Lambs of God, Love Child and the global hit The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – director Jane Manning and TV executive Andrew Lambert as Australia’s first showrunnercentric, female-focused production company.
Carly Heaton, head of scripted at Fremantle said: “Fremantle and Lantern are creatively aligned so this partnership feels natural and right. I am excited to see what we can create together as I’m a huge admirer of Sarah’s work and have wanted to collaborate with her for a long time. Her love of story and her passion for character driven narrative is unsurpassed”.
Greg Woods, Fremantle Australia CEO said: “Creative relationships are key to Fremantle’s success both here and around the world and we are pleased to partner with the team at Lantern. Our goal is to provide the market with compelling content that reaches a wide range of audiences here in Australia with international appeal”.
Lantern Pictures’ Sarah Lambert said: “Lantern Pictures is thrilled to be aligning with Fremantle as part of their commitment to great storytellers and producing premium drama for both here and overseas. Being nurtured within the same dynamic creative enclave that Fremantle is building globally, alongside the excellent Australian team, is immensely exciting and provides our slate with rich opportunities”.
Christian Vesper, CEO Global Drama, Fremantle, added: “Fremantle welcomes this strategic new partnership with Sarah and the Lantern team as part of our ongoing commitment to discovering and producing award winning drama content from all around the world. We are collaborating at a pivotal time for the new company and look forward to working together.”
Lantern Pictures joins a prestigious collective of creatives under the Fremantle banner with other first look deals in place with the likes of Kristen Stewart’s Nevermind Pictures, BAFTA-winning Me+You Productions, Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula, Ash Atalla’s Roughcut Television, Luca Guadagnino, Paolo Sorrentino, Angelina Jolie, Rachel Weisz and Polly Stokes’ Astral Projection, Edward Berger and his label Nine Hours, Johan Renck and Michael Parets’ Sinestra, Patrick Daly’s Caledonia Productions as well as ongoing collaborations with acclaimed writers and directors including Michael Winterbottom.
Fremantle will soon begin shooting series three of the worldwide hit Netflix series Heartbreak High and recently wrapped a second season of the top-rating ABC
series Bay of Fires alongside partners Archipelago Productions as well as a third series of Rock Island Mysteries for Nickelodeon.
