Red Rock Entertainment
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Red Rock Entertainment
Red Rock Entertainment Our Current And Previous Projects Introduction The UK film industry is a valuable part of the British economy and has doubled its GDP in the past 20 years in real terms. Extensive market research has shown that despite the recent recession in the UK, the film industry has continued to thrive. There are a number of UK films which have become mass market hits, generating a huge profit such as Skyfall and Harry Potter. The UK remains the third largest consumer market for filmed entertainment in the world, with an 11% share of the global box office market. According to the British Film Institute statistical yearbook 2014, the UK is predicted to overtake Japan by 2018. The British Film Industry has received a large number of awards for British film talent, according to Viscount Younger of Leckie, the minister for intellectual property “British creativity is highly marketable, awardwinning and sought after. Our creative industries that draw on it are among the most influential and successful in the world, contributing £71.4 billion per year to the UK economy.” At Red Rock Entertainment, film is at the heart of what we do, working in conjunction with a number of UK film production companies to raise equity for independent film projects. Red Rock Entertainment offer a number of film investment opportunities including: Private Equity, Distribution and EIS/SEIS. Our investors will benefit from uncapped upside potential and the availability of EIS Tax Loss Relief to help diminish downside risk. Contents 4 About Us 5 What We Do | What We Look For In A Film Project 6 | 7 About Elstree Studios 8 |11 Television Series No Easy Days | Dystopia | Boats ‘N Bikes | Endeavor 13 | 23 Films Eye Digress | The Comedians Guide to Survival | Dusty & Me The Last Scout | Extremis | Await Further Instructions | Heretiks London Heist | The London Firm | Breakdown | Ibiza Undead 24 | 27 Film Distribution The Night Train to Lisbon | Cottage Country | The Yank 28 | 29 EIS 30 | 31 SEIS About Us Red Rock Entertainment is a film finance company; we work in conjunction with a number of UK film companies to raise equity for Independent film projects. As well as film, we also raise funds for TV and Distribution. T he Production and Distribution companies hire us to finance their projects. We always have a number of SEIS, EIS, Equity and Distribution film or TV investment opportunities available. Our sole focus is on our products as an investment opportunity, and we ensure that we work alongside the directors and producers to make sure that our projects stay within their budget and timeline. All monies paid by investors are sent directly to the UK production company. We can arrange for our investors to visit the sets 4 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous during filming, as extras, and private screenings. appear attend We also arrange film investment seminars here at Elstree with guest speakers from the different film companies, along with qualified accountants who can discuss the various tax advantages of investing in the film industry. Our directors attend all the major Film Festivals and Film Markets including: The American Film Market, Berlin International Film Festival and Cannes International Film Festival, ensuring that we keep up to date with the latest film trends. What we do A n executive producer is someone who has either personally funded or arranged the funding for a motion picture or television show. Making a television show, or film can be a costly process and so the Executive Producer essentially acts as the financial backer, helping the production to raise the extra finances it needs to get to the distribution stage. On the film/television set our main role is to ensure that the project is proceeding according to the set schedule and budget. Although as an Executive Producer we don’t have control over how the film is executed we do have a say in anything which may affect the films schedule or marketability. What we Look for in a Film Project R ed Rock Entertainment specialise in films. We mainly work with film projects which are at an advanced stage and are looking for the final amount of financing. We focus on film projects that have a commercial appeal, an identifiable audience, moderately low and controllable costs and a sound financial structure. We also require that certain elements are in place before we will commit to any film project. www.redrockentertainment.com 5 About Elstree Studios E lstree Studios has firmly established itself as the number one Film and Television Studio in London, founded in 1925 by British film producer Herbert Wilcox and Hollywood producer J.D Williams. In the 1930’s Elstree launched the screen careers of stars such as Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Anna Neagle, Googie Withers, Ray Milland and Stewart Granger. Its output was enormous and included quota quickie films working with Hollywood Studios, and by 1939 had produced over 200 features. In its 87 year history, Elstree has been the studio of choice for many legendary producers and directors from Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick to Danny Boyle, Tom Hooper, Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn. Some of the most famous feature films have been produced at Elstree over the years which include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Superman, Moby 6 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Dick, The Dam Busters, The Shining, Ice Cold in Alex, and Labyrinth. Over 800 feature films, and similar impressive numbers of television programmes, have been produced at Elstree Studios. Most recently Elstree has been the studio of choice for The World’s End starring Simon Pegg, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jnr, Brian Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer, Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson, the multi award winning The King’s Speech About Elstree Studios Strictly Come Dancing The Danish Girl starring Colin Firth, and most recently Grimsby and Paddington Bear. Not only are major feature films produced at Elstree, but also some of the highest rated TV shows in the UK such as Big Brother for Channel 5, Dancing on Ice, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Red or Black for ITV, The Voice for BBC, My Mad Fat Diary for E4, television specials such as ITV’s Michael Buble; Home for Christmas and children’s shows such as The Slammer for BBC and Bunnytown for Disney. Paddington The King’s Speech The Studios are also very popular for commercials having recently provided stage space for Morrison’s, Gucci, Stella Artois, Littlewoods, BT, River Island and NatWest to name but a few. Most recently Burberry shot their Christmas Commercial featuring Romeo Beckham in George Lucas Stage 1. The George Lucas stages are two of the tallest in Europe offering excellent grid loading and power. Internationally famous acts such as Take That, Alicia Keys, Kylie, Muse, Rihanna, One Direction, Jay Z, The Chemical Brothers, Chase & Status and many other artists find these stages ideal for their tour rehearsals enabling them to accommodate a full size stadium stage and lighting grid and to rehearse within a secure location. ITV’s Michael Buble; Home for Christmas www.redrockentertainment.com 7 Television Productions NO EASY DAYS No Easy Days has an intense storyline concerning the Presidents daughter. She is kidnapped by a man who appears to be a British Terrorist and is held for ransom. Navy Seal commandos are dispatched by the president to rescue his daughter since he cannot negotiate with terrorists. Without spoiling the excitement, something more sinister is at work here! GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Drama Sean Brosnan, Simon Phillips, Michael Hogan, Peter Outerbridge, Al Sapienza Paul Tanter Paul Tanter, Jonathan Westwood, Simon Phillips 8 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Television Productions DYSTOPIA It is the year 2037. Our world is dying, slowly, from a virus that has rendered mankind infertile. Not a single child has been born in 25 years. Governments are now powerless puppets for the biggest corporations and Biocorp, the world’s biggest, keeps promising a cure that never comes. A pair of scientists (Michael Copon and Simon Phillips) attempting to create the world first teleporter, manage to create something even more powerful: time machines. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Si -Fi Michael Copon, Simon Phillips, Sheena Colette, Eve Mauro Paul Tanter Paul Tanter, Paul Robert Lingas, Simon Phillips, Arkiesha Roberts www.redrockentertainment.com 9 Television Productions BOATS ‘N BIKES A quality factual entertaining full of fun and adventure, outstanding locations, glamorous presenters, great music and interesting people with a sprinkling of comedy. The models turned presenters, Joshua Kloss and Jessica Harbour, travel across the USA on a ultra cool HarleyDavidson motorcycle, reviewing yachts and motorcycles. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Adventure Jessica Harbour, Josh Kloss, Michael O’Dwyer Sebastian Lyte Sebastian Lyte 10 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Television Productions Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there JANUARY 2017 ENDEAVOR Earth, 2065. Nuclear missiles have just been fired, starting World War 3. People have less than 45 minutes to get to a bunker or get off the planet. People swamp spaceports and private ships, desperate to flee. The mining crew of the Endeavour just make it off in another craft after theirs is damaged. Once in space, all ships are issued with a mission and a destination: find humanity a new home. We follow the Endeavour space crew on their journey to uncharted regions of the galaxy. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Sci-Fi Michael Copon, Simon Phillips, Peter Woodward, Al Sapienza, Eve Mauro Paul Tanter Paul Tanter, Travis Seppala www.redrockentertainment.com 11 Film Productions 12 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions Eye Digress EYE DIGRESS (also known as The Special One) Eye Digress Is about a middle aged man who enjoys watching classic British films and TV shows from the 1960/70’s. He soon finds himself in prison for a crime that he believes that he didn’t commit and after many years in solitary confinement he begins to talk to his comedy heroes from the past as each one tries to help him remember what he’s done. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Comedy Timothy Spall Stephen Cookson Stephen Cookson, Falcon Fields, Timothy Spall www.redrockentertainment.com 13 Film Productions COMEDIANS GUIDE TO SURVIVAL Failed stand up comedian James Mullinger comes to a cross roads in his life, no one wants to see him perform, his wife is fed up, and his day time boss has given him an ultimatum; take a promotion and never do stand up again or, stick to the comedy and lose his job. To add salt to the wound, his boss, the editor of CQ, wants him to interview the greatest comedians in the UK and North America for an upcoming comedy special, with the added caveat that he must secure an interview with the ever-elusive Dustin Langer, the world’s greatest stand up, or the promotion is off the table. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Comedy James Buckley, Paul Kaye, MyAnna Burring, and a long list of top comedians Mark Murphy Mark Murphy 14 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions DUSTY & ME DUSTY & ME (also known as Slapper & Me) DUSTY & ME 1 Derek Springfield, an 18-year-old misfit, has just returned home at the end of his studies to wait for his Oxbridge results he kills time during the summer by walking a no-chance greyhound, Slapper, and admiring out-of-his league beauty Chrissie from afar. Under Derek’s loving care Slapper gets faster - so fast she’s stolen for her racing potential. A miserable Derek is beside himself; just when he thinks he will never see her again, Slapper escapes from her furious captors at an illegal “flapper” track and finds her way back to Derek. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Comedy | Family Luke Newberry, Genevieve Gaunt, Ian Hart, Iain Glen, Lesley Sharp Betsan Morris Evans Rob Isted www.redrockentertainment.com 15 Film Productions THE LAST SCOUT A devastating nuclear war between America and China renders planet Earth uninhabitable. Those with access to commercial and private spacecraft escape the planet and the two sides each decide to search for a new home In 2065, the crew of the Pegasus are searching for a new home for humanity. As they approach their potential new world, the discovery of another ship could be the key to their salvation, or doom them and the rest of humanity to extinction. GENRE: Sci-Fi STARRING: Blaine Gray, Simon Phillips, Rebecca Ferdinando, Deji LaRay, Rita Ramnani, Paul Thomas Arnold, Peter Woodward DIRECTOR: Simon Phillips WRITER: Paul Tanter 16 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions EXTREMIS Alex, a successful executive, returns home to his wife and daughter and their beautiful country home. But something is wrong within this house. An unspoken discord that whispers of a terrible tragedy that happened here. Then our focus shifts from the unspoken pain of this family to a great cataclysm that is unfolding “out there” in the surrounding landscape. GENRE: Thriller STARRING: David O’Hara, Isabelle Allen, Lisa Gormley, Neil Pearson, Toyah Willcox, Nick Cornwall, Bill Fellows, Stuart Sessions DIRECTOR: Steve Stone WRITER: Steve Stone www.redrockentertainment.com 17 Film Productions AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS It’s Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something monumental is clearly happening right outside their door, but what exactly? Descending into terrified arguments, they turn on the television, desperate for any information. On screen a message glows ominously: ‘Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions’. As the television exerts an ever more sinister grip, their paranoia escalates into bloody carnage. GENRE: Horror STARRING: David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Sam Gittins, Holly Weston, Grant Masters, Neerja Naik, Kris Saddler DIRECTOR: Johnny Kevorkian WRITER: Gavin Williams 18 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions A PAUL HYETT FILM H e r et i ks HERETIKS In a darker age, superstition overrules common sense and faith is tested to its limit. Amid such darkness, the currency is fear and suspicion. At the heart of our story is a young woman, Persephone. Her past is a mystery that we feel compelled to discover. Her present, in contrast, cannot be clearer as we find Persephone accused of the murder of her master and mistress; her apparently devoted employers and protectors. Surely only supernatural forces in this age of Her etiks 1 extreme darkness could have created such a desperately sad scene. GENRE: Horror STARRING: Clare Higgins, Ania Marson, Rosie Day, Hannah Arteton, Katie Sheridan, Emily Tucker, Michael Ironside DIRECTOR: Paul Hyett WRITER: Gregory Blair www.redrockentertainment.com 19 Film Productions LONDON HEIST (also known as Gunned Down) Jack Cregan, career criminal, family man and vicious armed robber, is on a mission for revenge. When Jack’s father Alfie is brutally murdered and their money from the Heathrow airport heist stolen, Jack, his cousin Sammy and other gang members Eddie and Frank, realise there is more to the stolen money and Alfie’s murder than meets the eye - and once Jack begins to dig, he knows that his life will never be the same again. GENRE: Action | Thriller STARRING: Craig Fairbrass, Nick Morgan, James Cosmo, Steve Berkoff, Mem Ferda, Tony Denham, Nathalie Cox, DIRECTOR: Mark McQueen WRITER: Craig Fairbrass 20 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions THE LONDON FIRM (also known as AB Negative) Two hitmen become the subject of a sadistic game after waking up in the back of a truck, drugged and confused. A mysterious female assassin attempts to play them against one another in what becomes a bloody tale of duplicity. As the action unfurls, the two men sink further and further into the seedy underworld. ‘The London Firm’ is a stylish gangster thriller that delicately balances elongated scenes of calculated dialogue with explosions of violence and action. GENRE: Crime | Thriller STARRING: Vincent Regan, Kumud Pant, Jon Campling, Stephen Marcus, Robert Cavanah DIRECTOR: Neil Horner WRITER: Allen Beever, Neil Horner www.redrockentertainment.com 21 Film Productions BREAKDOWN Alfie Jennings. Loving father. Faithful husband. Professional contract killer. Haunted by horrific visions of the men he has killed, Alfie spirals towards the brink of madness as his past catches up with him. One of the founding members of elite hitman fraternity, Homefront, Alfie’s panic attacks now compromise this once ruthless ex-elite soldier and leader of men. His tense family life rapidly approaching boiling point, a sheltered daughter on the brink of womanhood, a beautiful, neglected wife on the brink of despair, Alfie is lost, desperately trying to hold everything together. GENRE: Drama | Thriller STARRING: Craig Fairbrass, Emmett J Scanlan, James Cosmo, Mem Ferda, Amanda Wass Tamer Hassan, Olivia Grant, Bruce Payne, Rab Affleck DIRECTOR: Jonnie Malachi WRITER Jonnie Malachi 22 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Productions IBIZA UNDEAD A group of young people head to Ibiza for the holiday of a lifetime - all the sun, sea and sex they can handle. After only one drunken evening, the friends desperately need to find a way off the island when a zombie outbreak quickly spreads amongst the revelers. GENRE: STARRING: DIRECTOR: WRITER: Comedy | Horror Cara Theobold, Emily Atack, Algina Lipskis, Jordan Coulson, Homer Todiwala Andy Edwards Andy Edwards www.redrockentertainment.com 23 Film Distribution Distribution Investments Some films are exhibited directly to the public through a movie premiere and will remain in the theatre for a number of weeks; others will be released straight to television, VOD and or DVD and Blu-Ray discs. Red Rock Entertainment work with film projects that are almost finished and are looking for the final amount of financing to cover the distribution costs such as the theatrical release and film promotion. We have a number of Film Distribution Investments available in which investors will be able to see a return on their investment plus a share of the profit from the DVD and Blu-Ray sales, Video-on-Demand and Rental Subscriptions. 24 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Distribution THE NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON The story follows Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor (Jeremy Irons) who, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life. GENRE: Mystery | Romance |Thriller STARRING: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Lee, Lena Olin, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck DIRECTOR: Bille August WRITER: Pascal Mercier (novel), Greg Latter & Ulrich Herrmann (screenplay) www.redrockentertainment.com 25 Film Distribution COTTAGE COUNTRY Todd (Labine) wants everything to be just perfect at the family cottage where he plans to propose to Cammie (Akerman). But things go awry with the arrival of Todd’s slacker brother Salinger (Petronijevic) and his free-spirited girlfriend Masha (Punch). When Todd accidentally dispatches his irksome sibling with an axe, Cammie is determined not to let murder stand in the way of their happiness. GENRE: Comedy | Crime | Horror STARRING: Malin Akerman, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, Dan Petronijevic, Benjamin Ayres Kenneth Welsh, Nancy Beatty DIRECTOR: Peter Wellington WRITER: Jeremy Boxen 26 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous Film Distribution THE YANK Shot on location in Cleveland, Dublin and County Clare, Ireland, “The Yank” is a farcical satire on Irish America and it’s “paddywhackery.” It’s the story of Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Cleveland bachelor whose view of Ireland comes from The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne. He also tends to let the expectations of his family get in the way of finding true love. So when his best friend, Marty, decides to get married in Ireland, Tom’s family and friends send him off on a side splitting epic adventure. Tom does not know it yet, but he’s about to come face to face with the real Ireland. GENRE: Comedy STARRING: Colm Meaney, Fred Willard, Kevin P. Farley, Nicole Forester, Martin Maloney, Lynette Callaghan, Annie Kitral DIRECTOR: Sean Lackey WRITER: Sean Lackey www.redrockentertainment.com 27 EIS Investments In the UK there are two kinds of government sponsored investment schemes, offering generous tax benefits to investors, The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). These were set up by the government to make it easier for investors to invest in small high risk businesses which are not listed on the stock exchange. Enterprise Investment Scheme The EIS scheme was introduced by the government in 1994 with a main objective to help small UK companies raise capital from private investors. Whilst investing in EIS is not without risks, the incentives for investors looking at tax planning opportunities are attractive, these benefits include: Income Tax Relief You can claim a tax rebate (30% of the amount in which you have invested) on the income you have paid in the last year or on tax which you still owe in the current tax year. Relief can be claimed up to a maximum of £1,000,000 invested in such shares, giving a maximum tax reduction in any one year of £300,000 providing you have sufficient Income Tax liability to cover it. 28 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous EIS Investments Capital Gains Tax If the investment is a success and you make a profit on the sale of your shares you will be exempt from Capital Gains Tax on the amount of profit you have made. If you have any Capital Gains Tax or Inheritance Tax liability to pay in the current or next tax year or if you have paid either of these in the last 2/3 years you can claw back or defer tax equivalent to 28% of the capital you have invested in the EIS film. EIS Capital Gains Tax Deferral The payment of tax on a capital gain can be deferred where the gain is invested in shares of an EIS qualifying company. The gain can arise from the disposal of any kind of asset, but the investment must be made within the period one year before or three years after the gain arose. There are no minimum or maximum amounts for deferral. There is no minimum period for which the shares must be held; the deferred capital gain is brought back into charge whenever the shares are disposed of, or are deemed to have been disposed of under the EIS legislation. www.redrockentertainment.com 29 SEIS Investments The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) complements the existing Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), offering a range of tax reliefs to individual investors who purchase shares in small, early stage companies. SEIS is intended to recognise the particular difficulties which very early stage companies face in attracting investment, by offering tax relief at a higher rate than that offered by the existing EIS. Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme As with an EIS investment, you can reclaim a percentage (50%) of the cost of your investment against your Income Tax liability for the tax year in which the investments were made. The maximum you can invest through SEIS in any tax year is £100,000. As with EIS there is no Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax or Loss Relief Tax to be paid on an SEIS investment opportunity. SEIS Income Tax Relief Income Tax Relief is available to you if you subscribe for qualifying shares in a company which meets the SEIS requirements, and if you have UK tax liability against which to set the relief. However, there are some rules: Your shares must be held for a period of 3 years from date of issue for relief to be retained. If they are disposed of within that 3 year period, or if any of the qualifying conditions cease to be met during that period, relief will be withdrawn or reduced. Relief is available at 50% of the cost of the shares, on a maximum annual investment of £100,000. The relief is given by way of a reduction of tax liability, providing there is sufficient tax liability against which to set it. A claim to relief can be made up to 5 years after the 31st January following the tax year in which the investment was made. 30 About Red Rock Entertainment | Current and Projects Previous SEIS Investments Who can Participate in SEIS? For connected shareholders Income Tax Relief and the CGT exemption are not normally available. Connection may be by financial interest or by employment with the company. Financial interest occurs where the subscriber and their associates (such as parents, children and business partners) control more than 30% of the company. Employment includes directorships and also precludes the employment of associates. However there is an exemption for business angels who become Directors.The above is set out as a brief guide online, Red Rock Entertainment are not financial advisors, as with any investment or tax related issue it is important that you seek advice from a financial advisor. Now the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme has become one of the most revered government-backed schemes ever created. Some of the most important points to consider are: SEIS investors can place a maximum of £100,000 in a single tax year, which can be spread over a number of companies. The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) offers great tax efficient benefits to investors in return for investment in small and early stage start-up businesses in the UK. SEIS was designed to boost economic growth in the UK by promoting new enterprise and entrepreneurship. The scheme was introduced in the Chancellor George Osborne’s 2011 Autumn Statement which heralded a big shake up of tax incentives for investors, with the Enterprise Investment Schemes and Venture Capital Trusts also being revamped. A company can raise no more than £150,000 in total via SEIS investment. Investors cannot control the company receiving their capital, and must not hold more than a 30% stake in the company in which they invest. The company seeking investment must be based in the UK, and have a permanent establishment in the British Isles. The company must have fewer than 25 employees. If the company is the parent company of a group, that figure applies to the whole group. The company must be no more than two years old, and have assets of less than £200,000. 50% Tax Relief for current or previous Tax Year (from date of Share Certificate). 50% Capital Gains write off from current Tax Year No Inheritance Tax after 2 years. No Income Tax or Capital Gains on any Profits. Loss Relief on any monies lost at your current tax rate. Monies must remain in the company for 3 years to benefit from the above. www.redrockentertainment.com 31 Contact Details Red Rock Entertainment Ltd, Suite 12 Elstree Studios, Shenley Rd, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 203 745 5380 [email protected] www.redrockentertainment.com