{"id":434951,"date":"2025-12-09T05:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434951\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T05:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:59:16","slug":"john-wayne-life-rights-acquired-by-teton-ridge-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/434951\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wayne Life Rights Acquired by Teton Ridge Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/teton-ridge-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_teton-ridge-entertainment\" data-tag=\"teton-ridge-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teton Ridge Entertainment<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/twg-global\/\" id=\"auto-tag_twg-global\" data-tag=\"twg-global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWG Global<\/a>-owned film and TV studio, has pacted with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/john-wayne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-wayne\" data-tag=\"john-wayne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Wayne<\/a>\u00a0Enterprises\u00a0for the exclusive life rights of the Oscar-winning Hollywood star across film and TV, scripted and unscripted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe deal gives the studio, which has a focus on American West content, access to John Wayne Enterprises\u2019 extensive archives including letters, journals, photos and home videos. TWG Global is co-chaired by Mark Walter and Thomas\u00a0Tull.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBill Gerber\u00a0(A Star is Born, Gran Torino)\u00a0brought the rights to and will act as producer alongside Teton Ridge Entertainment. Ethan Wayne will executive produce for John Wayne Enterprises. EVP Jen Gorton and Vice President Brandon Mattingly will oversee for Teton Ridge Entertainment.\u00a0Teton Ridge Entertainment is led by President Jillian Share.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTeton Ridge has several recently announced projects in the Western space, including the rights to the iconic\u00a0Lonesome Dove\u00a0franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cNobody embodies the American spirit quite like John Wayne and we are honored to partner with Ethan Wayne and John Wayne Enterprises to carry his enduring legacy forward,\u201d said Share. \u201cAt Teton Ridge Entertainment, we view our upcoming collaboration as both a privilege and a deep responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI lost my father when I was 17, an age when a young man needs a strong father figure,\u201d Ethan Wayne said. \u201cThis project allows me the opportunity to look deeper into the characters he portrayed to the world, as well as the man he was off-screen \u2013 masculinity personified, rooted in integrity, grit and genuine kindness. It also gives our family a chance to introduce John Wayne to a new generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWayne, aka \u201cThe Duke,\u201d starred in more than 170 films, primarily Westerns and war movies. With over 1 billion movie tickets sold, he became the quintessential symbol of the rugged American cowboy and patriot. His career spanned six decades and he earned three Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actor in 1970 for\u00a0True Grit. Wayne died in 1979 at age 72.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMichael Moskowitz negotiated the deal on behalf of Teton Ridge Entertainment. George Tobia of the law firm BlankRome negotiated the deal for\u00a0John Wayne Enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Teton Ridge Entertainment, the TWG Global-owned film and TV studio, has pacted with John Wayne\u00a0Enterprises\u00a0for the exclusive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":434952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,51224,201514,149106,201515,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-434951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-john-wayne","11":"tag-teton-ridge-entertainment","12":"tag-thomas-tull","13":"tag-twg-global","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115688083594925723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}