Hangtime International Pictures is making its first major plays since launching at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The transatlantic production company, which was founded by Frank Murray and Frida Torresblanco, has snapped up “She Will” producer Jessica Malik as its new head of development as well as inking a strategic partnership with Rebel Park Productions, the production company Malik founded in 2017 alongside Gemma Arterton and Jessica Parker. Malik joins Hangtime effective immediately, reporting to Murray.
She will be based out of the company’s London office where she’ll oversee development of high-end, specialist and mainstream content across film, television and documentaries. The first projects co-produced by Hangtime and Rebel Park are in advanced development and set to be announced in the near future. The partnership spans film and television.
At Rebel Park, which was launched in 2017 with the aim of boosting female filmmakers and producing female-led stories, Malik exec produced the first and forthcoming second seasons of “Funny Woman” for Sky, which starred Arterton and Rupert Everett and was based on Nick Hornby’s novel “Funny Girl.” She also produced “Leading Lady Parts,” a satirical short supporting the Time’s Up and #MeToo campaigns. It was broadcast on the BBC and starred Arterton, Catherine Tate, Gemma Chan, Florence Pugh and Tom Hiddleston.
Malik’s feature films include Alice Lowe’s “Timestalker,” Ben Kingsley-starrer.