Access Entertainment

{{Short description|Entertainment investment company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Access Entertainment

| logo = Access Entertainment logo.svg

| logo_size = 190px

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2023

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Entertainment

| services = {{ubl|Film and TV finance|Private equity|Theatrical producer}}

| founded = {{start date and age|May 2016}}

| founders = {{ubl|Len Blavatnik|Danny Cohen}}

| hq_location_city = London, England

| hq_location_country = United Kingdom{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=2016-05-12 |title=Former BBC TV Boss Danny Cohen Joins Len Blavatnik to Launch Access Entertainment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/danny-cohen-oversee-access-entertainment-892395/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Danny Cohen (president){{Cite web |date=July 18, 2024|last=Bano|first=Tim|title=President of Access Entertainment Danny Cohen |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/big-interviews/president-of-access-entertainment-theatre-royal-haymarket-owner-danny-cohen |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Stage}}

| owner = Len Blavatnik

| parent = Access Industries

| website = {{URL|http://accessentertainmentmedia.com}}

}}

Access Entertainment is an investment fund management company focused on production companies, film, theatre, and digital content. The company, co-founded and led by Danny Cohen, is a division of Access Industries, a multinational industrialist group owned by Len Blavatnik. Notable films financed include the A24's Beau Is Afraid, The Zone of Interest, The Iron Claw, (all 2023) and Focus Features' Conclave (2024).

History

In late 2015, senior executive Danny Cohen in charge of television output for BBC Television left the company and joined Len Blavatnik's Access Industries. Cohen founded Access Entertainment in May 2016 to invest in the entertainment sector focusing on television and film dramas.{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2016-05-12 |title=Danny Cohen Resurfaces At Len Blavatnik-Backed Access Entertainment |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/bbcs-danny-cohen-joins-access-industries-film-tv-fund-len-blavatnik-1201754200/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=January 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114103631/https://deadline.com/2016/05/bbcs-danny-cohen-joins-access-industries-film-tv-fund-len-blavatnik-1201754200/ |url-status=live }} By August 2016, Access obtained a first-look deal to develop and finance feature films from Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell's newly formed indie production company, House Productions.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2016-08-08 |title=Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell Launch New U.K. Indie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tessa-ross-juliette-howell-launch-917898/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

In October 2016, the company entered into a $61.3 million investment deal with BBC Worldwide, allowing scripted shows greenlit by Access to be sold to international markets.{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2016-10-27 |title=BBC Worldwide Eyes $61.3 Million Drama Deal With Danny Cohen's Access |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/bbc-worldwide-drama-deal-len-blavatnik-access-1201902342/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108170127/https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/bbc-worldwide-drama-deal-len-blavatnik-access-1201902342/ |url-status=live }} In January 2017, Access, BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point jointly founded Benchmark Television, enabling producers to have their television series greenlit without the backing of a network or platform.{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2017-01-12 |title=BBC Worldwide, Access, Lookout Point Launch Benchmark |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/bbc-worldwide-access-lookout-point-benchmark-1201958481/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety}}

In March 2017, Access bought a 24.9% stake in British television production company Bad Wolf.{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2017-03-27 |title=Access Ent Takes Bite Of Bad Wolf; Tom Pullen Joins Dragonfly – Global Briefs |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/access-entertainment-bad-wolf-stake-amc-studios-dragonfly-hires-mip-1202052696/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811215122/https://deadline.com/2017/03/access-entertainment-bad-wolf-stake-amc-studios-dragonfly-hires-mip-1202052696/ |url-status=live }} Later in 2021, Sony Pictures Television took a majority stake in Bad Wolf for a reportedly $80 million, acquiring Access’s minority shares.{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2021-12-01 |title=Sony Confirms Acquisition of His Dark Materials Producer Bad Wolf, Buys Out Sky/HBO Minority Stake |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/sony-bad-wolf-acquisition-his-dark-materials-1235122744/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429134901/https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/sony-bad-wolf-acquisition-his-dark-materials-1235122744/ |url-status=live }} In April 2017, Access acquired James Packer's controlling stake in his and Brett Ratner's RatPac Entertainment company, which gave ownership of RatPac's film, television and documentary business, along with the deal of RatPac-Dune Entertainment venture to co-finance films for Warner Bros. Pictures.{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=2017-04-18 |title=Len Blavatnik's Access Entertainment Buys James Packer's Stake in RatPac |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/len-blavatniks-access-entertainment-buys-stake-ratpac-995037/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804012609/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/len-blavatniks-access-entertainment-buys-stake-ratpac-995037/ |url-status=live }} A year later, Warner Bros. bought RatPac-Dune Entertainments' film catalogue and its operations.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2019-01-02 |title=Warner Bros Exercises Matching Rights To Win RatPac Dune Library: $290M-$300M |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201527/https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Access began investing in A24 films.{{Cite web|last=Thomas |first=Daniel |date=2023-11-19 |title=Leonard Blavatnik's entertainment empire plans media acquisition spree |url=https://www.ft.com/content/da994d5f-b1bd-4643-8e37-bc05f0ada293 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Financial Times}} In June 2023, Access invested in A24's Euphoria makeup artist Donni Davy's beauty brand Half Magic, inspired from styles popularized by the series .{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |last=Raoti |first=Priya |title=The Makeup Artist At The Centre of Gen-Z |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/the-makeup-artist-at-the-centre-of-gen-z/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Business of Fashion |archive-date=March 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303223410/https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/the-makeup-artist-at-the-centre-of-gen-z/ |url-status=live }} As of March 2025, Access and Warner Bros. Discovery collectively hold a 26% stake in Israeli broadcaster Reshet 13.{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2025-03-17 |title=Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, Warner Bros. Discovery to Sell Controlling Stake in Reshet 13 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/len-blavatnik-warner-bros-discovery-1236165678/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Credits

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ {{sronly|List of films}}

scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Distributor

! scope="col" |Executive produced

! scope="col" |Gross

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

2018

| The 15:17 to Paris

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| {{No}}

| $57.1 million

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5a78fa22a374b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218215004/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5a78fa22a374b|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2018|title=The 15:17 to Paris (2018)|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=March 18, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=1517toparis.htm|title=The 15:17 to Paris (2018)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2018

| Rampage

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| {{No}}

| $428 million

|{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2019-01-03 |title=Warner Bros. Buys RatPac-Dune Library, Including Wonder Woman, Gravity |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/warner-bros-ratpac-dune-library-wonder-woman-1203098127/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423175118/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/warner-bros-ratpac-dune-library-wonder-woman-1203098127/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2122286593/|title=Rampage (2018)|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2021

| Zack Snyder's Justice League

| HBO Max

| {{No}}

| {{NA}}

|{{Cite web |date=March 18, 2021|title=Zack Snyder's Justice League Registration record PA0002285188|url=https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/32380676 |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System}}

2023

| Beau Is Afraid

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| $12.3 million

|{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-02-15 |title=Leonine & A24 Close All Rights Deal For Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid: EFM |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/a24-ari-aster-beau-afraid-germany-deal-joaquin-phoenix-1235259976/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1022984961/?ref_=bo_da_table_11|title=Beau is Afraid (2023)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2023

| The Zone of Interest

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| $52.8 million

|{{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=2024-07-30 |title=Zone Of Interest Backer Funds BBC Doc On Last Musician Of Auschwitz |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/zone-of-interest-access-the-last-musician-of-auschwitz-1236026257/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1134854913/?ref_=bo_da_table_15 |title=The Zone of Interest (2023) |access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2023

| The Iron Claw

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| $45.2 million

|{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=2023-09-21 |title=A24's The Iron Claw Wrestling Movie Gets SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement |url=https://www.thewrap.com/a24s-the-iron-claw-gets-sag-aftra-interim-agreement/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=TheWrap}}{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1537442561/?ref_=bo_da_table_5 | title=The Iron Claw (2023) | website=Box Office Mojo | access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2023

| A Kind of Kidnapping

| Bulldog Film Distribution

| {{partial|Cohen only}}

| {{NA}}

| {{Cite web |last=Film |first=Bulldog |date=June 11, 2023|title=A Kind of Kidnapping |url=https://bulldog-film.com/a-kind-of-kidnapping/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=Bulldog Film Distribution|archive-date=March 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323173448/https://bulldog-film.com/a-kind-of-kidnapping/ |url-status=live}}

2024

| MaXXXine

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| $22.1 million

|{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2024-06-26 |title=MaXXXine Review: Mia Goth and Ti West's Slasher Trilogy Wraps With a Torrid Love Letter to '80s Genre Filmmaking |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/maxxxine-review-mia-goth-ti-west-slasher-trilogy-1235930595/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt22048412/|title= MaXXXine (2024) |access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2024

| Bird

| Mubi

| {{Yes}}

| $1.6 million

|{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=2024-06-04 |title=Andrea Arnold's Bird Takes Flight With Global Distribution Deals |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andrea-arnolds-bird-secures-global-distribution-deals-1235914468/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825222745/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andrea-arnolds-bird-secures-global-distribution-deals-1235914468/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2987819009/?ref_=bo_da_table_27|title=Bird (2024)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2024

| Conclave

| Focus Features

| {{Yes}}

| $116.1 million

|{{Cite web |last=Tabbara2025-02-07T11:42:00+00:00 |first=Mona |title=House execs talk 'Conclave' challenges, BBC relationship and upcoming projects |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/house-execs-talk-conclave-challenges-bbc-relationship-and-upcoming-projects/5201690.article |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Screen Daily |archive-date=February 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211094838/https://www.screendaily.com/features/house-execs-talk-conclave-challenges-bbc-relationship-and-upcoming-projects/5201690.article |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Conclave (2024)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3898179585/?ref_=bo_da_table_3 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 27, 2025}}

2024

| Starve Acre

| Brainstorm Media

| {{Yes}}

| $160,498
(limited)

|{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2023-10-30 |title=Folk Horror Starve Acre, Starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark, Sells to Multiple Territories, Including North America |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/starve-acre-matt-smith-morfydd-clark-1235773141/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214193449/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/starve-acre-matt-smith-morfydd-clark-1235773141/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt17521612/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Starve Acre (2024)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 23, 2025}}

2025

| The Last Musician of Auschwitz

| Cosmic Cat

| {{Yes}}

| {{NA}}

| {{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=May 7, 2025 |title=BBC's Last Musician Of Auschwitz Lands Theatrical Release |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/bbc-last-musician-of-auschwitz-lands-theatrical-release-1236387030/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

2025

| The Legend of Ochi

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| $3.4 million

| {{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Justin |date=2025-01-27 |title=The Legend of Ochi Review: A24's Family-Friendly Fantasy Is a Richly Imagined, Gorgeously Designed Throwback |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-legend-of-ochi-review-willem-dafoe-finn-wolfhard-helena-zengel-1236115716/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=February 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211070518/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-legend-of-ochi-review-willem-dafoe-finn-wolfhard-helena-zengel-1236115716/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title= The Legend of Ochi – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Legend-of-Ochi-The-(2025)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers |access-date=May 20, 2025}}

== Upcoming ==

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|+ {{sronly|List of upcoming films}}

scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Distributor

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! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

2025

| Materialists

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| {{Cite web |date=March 18, 2025|last=Smart|first=Jack|title=Dakota Johnson Must Choose Between Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal in Dramatic Materialists Trailer |url=https://people.com/materialists-trailer-dakota-johnson-chris-evans-pedro-pascal-11690971 |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=People}}

2025

| Eddington

| A24

| {{Yes}}

| {{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=May 16, 2025|title=Eddington Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/eddington-review-joaquin-phoenix-pedro-pascal-ari-aster-1236219580/ |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

{{TableTBD}}

| Young Stalin

| {{TableTBA}}

| {{Yes}}

|{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=May 15, 2025 |title=Shōgun Star Cosmo Jarvis to Lead Young Stalin Biopic From Zone of Interest Producer Access Entertainment (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/cosmo-jarvis-joseph-stalin-biopic-young-stalin-1236398702/ |access-date=May 20, 2025|website=Variety}}

{{TableTBD}}

| The Deb

| {{TableTBA}}

| {{Yes}}{{efn|Blavatnik produced through AI Film, while Cohen executive produced through Access. Released at a film festival only.}}

| {{Cite web |last=Ravindran |first=Manori |date=March 24, 2023|title=Rebel Wilson Directing Her First Movie The Deb, An Australian Musical Comedy About a Debutante Ball Set in the Outback |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/rebel-wilson-the-deb-directing-1235624040/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=Variety}}

{{TableTBD}}

| The Match

| {{TableTBA}}

| {{partial|Cohen and Emily Blavatnik produced}}

| {{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=May 13, 2025 |title=Liz Maccie Tapped To Pen Feature Adaptation Of The Match Book On Groundbreaking Tennis Stars Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton; Venus Williams & Serena Williams Among EPs |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-match-movie-from-liz-maccie-venus-serena-williams-in-works-1236395476/ |access-date=May 20, 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood}}

=Television=

  • Red Skies (2023; Reshet 13){{Cite web |last=Balaga |first=Marta |date=2023-03-17 |title=Access Entertainment Invests in Israeli Series Red Skies, Co-Created by Euphorias' Ron Leshem (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/len-blavatnik-danny-cohen-ron-leshem-1235557236/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Variety |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113020814/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/len-blavatnik-danny-cohen-ron-leshem-1235557236/ |url-status=live }}

=Theatre=

  • A View from the Bridge (2024; Theatre Royal Haymarket){{Cite web |title=Dominic West-Led A View From The Bridge Begins Performances in London's West End May 23 |url=https://playbill.com/article/dominic-west-led-a-view-from-the-bridge-begins-performances-in-londons-west-end-may-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113000830/https://playbill.com/article/dominic-west-led-a-view-from-the-bridge-begins-performances-in-londons-west-end-may-23 |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Playbill |url-status=live }}
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (2025; Broadway){{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2024-05-10 |title=Breaking Baz: Sarah Snook Signs For 2025 Broadway Run Of Her West End Hit ''The Picture Of Dorian Gray' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/sarah-snook-broadway-picture-of-dorian-gray-1235912101/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
  • The Deep Blue Sea (2025; Theatre Royal Haymarket){{Cite web |date=March 3, 2025|last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=Hadley Fraser and Selina Cadell Join the Cast of The Deep Blue Sea|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Hadley-Fraser-and-Selina-Cadell-Join-the-Cast-of-THE-DEEP-BLUE-SEA-20250303 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}