{"id":611524,"date":"2025-12-04T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611524\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:19:13","slug":"vice-studios-head-on-scripted-taking-gangs-of-london-to-more-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611524\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Studios Head on Scripted, Taking ‘Gangs of London’ to More Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAmy Powell<\/a>, president of Vice Studios<\/a>, discussed building a \u201crisk-taking\u201d business that is a \u201cfully-fledged studio\u201d for the new era on the final day of the Content London<\/a> industry gathering on Thursday. \u201cBeing a branded studio is a really distinctive opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to play it safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe discussed her excitement about joining Vice Studios about six months ago from Amazon after her tenure running Paramount Television and having such scripted series as Atomic<\/a> and Gangs of London<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Powell also shared that the studio is exploring bringing the Gangs of franchise to other cities around the world. Given that gangs are a form of family, she said the company has \u201cthe ability to explore what other versions of that we can make beyond the borders of London. Can we make a Gangs of Miami, a Gangs of a different city, and take that IP and expand it with [the] ambitions, as ridiculous as it might sound, of what Marvel does? They\u2019re so smart about how they take a piece of IP and exploit it as much as they can.\u201d After a question about her interest in African content, she also mentioned that a Gangs of version set in Johannesburg or Cape Town could possibly be considered.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShowing a world from the inside out\u201d is a core focus for her when picking Vice Studios series, calling HBO\u2019s Industry<\/a> her favorite show and also mentioning the likes of Euphoria and Succession as great examples.<\/p>\n

\n\tAsked about Vice getting a credit facility from\u00a0Western Alliance Bank\u00a0after its 2023 acquisition<\/a> by a consortium led by Fortress Investment Group, Powell said: \u201cWestern Alliance Bank and Fortress are our primary sources of that production facility, and it allows us to fund, over the next five years, $500 million worth of content.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tNext year, Powell is eyeing expanding her team\u2019s scripted output to eight series, she mentioned.<\/p>\n

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