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Searchlight Exec Katie Goodson-Thomas On Being Priced Out Of Working With Filmmakers Like Emerald Fennell: “We Can’t Be Competitive With Netflix Or Amazon” — London Film Festival
Katie Goodson-Thomas headlined the London Film Festival's industry forum.
Its just not gonna happen,” she said adding that she would personally like to work with new filmmakers like Emerald Fennell but Searchlight has been entirely priced out of a conversation with her. Goodson-Thomas later added that she believes Searchlight has been able to remain steady despite the growing influence of streamers because of it’s “humanity and face-to-face” relationships with filmmakers at all levels of the production process. Goodson-Thomas told the packed industry forum crowd here in London that her Searchlight team consists of eight people, four of which she said are lawyers.
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