Former Qwerty head of production and development Oliver Kassman has left the company to set up production outfit Escape Plan Productions, reports ScreenDaily.
The first film to go into production is The Lesson writer-director Ruth Platt’s Martyr’s Lane, a psychologically driven haunted house film, which Kassman hopes to shoot in summer 2016.
“Working at Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films has been the perfect training for running a smart and ambitious film and TV company,” Kassman told Screen “Escape Plan is built on generating and acquiring only the most potent and original stories, catering for those audiences hungry for compelling entertainment.
“With a select but broad range of film and TV projects with some of the most exciting creative talent based in the UK in development, I look forward to announcing more of the slate before too long. Right now I’m delighted to say that the first production will be maverick writer/director Ruth Platt’s second feature, Martyr’s Lane; a haunting, arresting horror shooting summer 2016.”
The Lesson is to premiere at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.