The company, founded by Andrew Fried, has sold a stake to investment firm Shamrock Capital.
No one is commenting, but we understand that the deal is in the nine-figure range.
We havent made Boardwalk shows for so many other types of partners.
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Weve not really made Boardwalk shows with any cable networks.
Weve not weve not had partnerships with broadcast networks.
So we start to ask ourselves, what does a Boardwalk live event look like?
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He said that the non-fiction business has moved closer to the mainstream Hollywood entertainment world.
Covid probably was a catalyst.
Fried joked that the deal closed on the same day thatMad Mensfictional Sterling Cooper Draper Price was formed.
Boardwalk Pictures was represented in the deal by LionTree and Venable LLP.
Shamrock Capital was represented by ACF and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
