US Briefs: Paramount strikes deal with Elisabeth Murdoch’s Locksmith Animation

Paramount Pictures and the UK’s Locksmith Animation announced on Wednesday they are moving ahead on three projects under a development and production partnership.

Locksmith has been developing the projects since its inception in 2014 and the partners plan to start production within the next 12 months and release the first film in 2020. The goal is for further projects to emerge.

Writer-director Sarah Smith and producer Julie Lockhart founded Locksmith and launched in 2014 with the backing of Murdoch.

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