SMB’s Media Team have advised FAE Film and Television Limited on the production and financing of new film Save The Cinema for Sky Cinema. Based on a true story and inspired by the life of Liz Evans and her mission to stop The Lyric Theatre being demolished. The film’s cast list is an all-star British cast including Samantha Morton (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Adeel Akhtar (Enola Holmes) and Erin Richards (Gotham). Find more information here.
The deal was led by SMB Partner James Greenslade with Senior Associate Blaise Gaymer and Associate Annika Chauhan.
We’re delighted to have been recognised again as one of the UK’s Top law firms in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2026. SMB is ranked as one of the leading firms for Family, Crime and Company & Commercial law.
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Read moreWe’re delighted to have advised our client, John Gore Studios, on its majority investment into Hilltop Screen, the television production company recently founded by drama producer, Hilary Bevan Jones.
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