MRC FILM’S ROMANCE LABEL UNVEILS BISOUS PICTURES NAME

Label’s first film “Persuasion” to Premiere on Netflix on July 15, 2022 

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – July 15, 2022 – MRC Film today announced its romance label, led by Elizabeth Cantillon has unveiled its name - Bisous Pictures - and has hired Sydney Fleischmann as VP, Development and Production. Bisous Pictures focuses on the romance genre with a wide berth of stories that are inclusive and expansive, traditional and modern, original and literature based, and real-life stories that serve all audiences.

Fleischmann was most recently a development and production executive at Duplass Brothers Productions and served as an Executive Producer on HBO’s “Room 104.”

The label’s first film, “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding and Richard E. Grant with Mad Chance and Fourth and Twenty Eight Films is set to debut this Friday, July 15, 2022 on Netflix. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel by writers Alice Victoria Winslow and Ron Bass. Carrie Cracknell, who directed Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge to Tony nominations in 2019 in Sea Wall/ A Life on Broadway, makes her feature directorial debut.

“We’re proud to unveil our name, Bisous, the french word for kiss, which honors our label’s focus on the romance genre in all its various forms,” said Cantillon. “We also welcome Sydney, a fantastically talented exec, to our team as we continue to expand our label and we cannot wait to introduce our first film, ‘Persuasion,’ to audiences alongside our partners at Netflix this Friday” 

The label is in continued development on previously announced projects:

• “Photos of You,” based on Tammy Robinson’s novel, is being adapted for the screen by Tom Dean (2016’s Blacklist “The Time Traveler’s La Ronde”). Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton of “All This Panic” are attached to direct. After a devastating diagnosis, Ava breaks off her engagement, decides to throw herself a groom-less wedding, and becomes somewhat of a sensation and voice of empowerment. She discovers that it’s never too late to find the love of your life.
• “28 Summers,” adapted by Allie Hagan (2017’s Blacklist “When in Doubt Seduce”). Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s #1 New York Times best-selling novel, “28 Summers” explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair, its profound impact on the lovers and the lives of the people around them.
• “The Return,” adapted by Tom Dean. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel, which spent 22 weeks on the bestseller lists, focuses on an injured army doctor who moves into his late grandfather’s home in New Bern, North Carolina, where he encounters two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.

ABOUT MRC FILM

MRC Film is a leading independent studio known for championing singular filmmakers and emerging directors to make high-quality distinctive films and for its selective investments in major studio films, collectively which have earned more than $6 billion in worldwide box office and received accolades including 12 Academy® Award nominations and 11 Golden Globe® Award nominations. Upcoming projects include: “The Mothership,” starring Halle Berry and from writer and director Matt Charman for Netflix; “Persuasion,” starring Dakota Johnson and from director Carrie Cracknell for Netflix, and “Jerry and Marge Go Large” starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening from director David Frankel for Paramount+. Past films include the highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, “Ted,” the Oscar® and Golden Globe nominated “Knives Out,” the Oscar nominated “Baby Driver,” Oscar-winning “Babel,” and the comedy “The Lovebirds.” MRC Film has co-financed films including “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” the “Peter Rabbit” franchise, the second and third installments of “Hotel Transylvania,” “22 Jump Street,” “Think Like a Man Too” and “Fast & Furious 7.” For more information, please visit www.mrcentertainment.com