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Topic Studios Hit With 20+ Layoffs, Shuts Down TV Division


EXCLUSIVE: Topic Studios, the award-winning production company behind titles like Theater Camp and 100 Foot Wave, has laid off over 20 employees, multiple sources tell Deadline. We hear that almost…

A subsidiary of First Look Media, Topic Studios was launched in 2017, with a mandate to develop, finance, and produce provocative and entertaining content for all platforms including theatrical, streaming, television, and podcasts. Previously, the company has produced such notable narrative features as Searchlight’s Sundance prize winner Theater Camp, Randall Park’s directorial debut Shortcomings, Brandon Cronenberg’s Neon horror Infinity Pool, Nikyatu Jusu’s breakout horror pic Nanny, Pablo Larraín’s Spencer starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, Vanessa Kirby starrer Italian Studies, The Mauritanian starring Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim, Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat, Prime Video’s The Report starring Adam Driver, Debra Granik’s award winner Leave No Trace, Sony Pictures Classics’ festival favorite The Climb, and Dan Gilroy’s Roman J. Israel, Esq. Best known on the TV front for its Emmy-winning docuseries 100 Foot Wave, which has been renewed for a third season, Topic has also previously produced Max’s Nuclear Family from Ry Russo-Young and Showtime’s true crime series Love Fraud.

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