Ashland Hill Backs Four Films, Including Horror Reboot ‘Return To Silent Hill,’ Hires VP of Investments: EFM

EXCLUSIVE: Ashland Hill Media Finance will co-finance a selection of four films at different stages of production, including the horror reboot by Christophe Gans Return to Silent Hillbased on the hit Konami video game.

Producers Victor Hadida and Molly Hassell are behind Return to Silent Hill, for which The Veterans handles international sales. We covered the project at AFM. Filming should start soon.

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The Jesse V. Johnson actor is also receiving funding. Station master, starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko, and currently in post-production; Liam O’Donnell’s Radial horizon line, the fourth installment of the Skyline franchise sold by Foresight Unlimited; and the animated film by Rob Edwards Sneak whose cast includes Laurence Fishburne, NBA star Chris Paul, Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Chloe Bailey and rapper Quavo.

Los Angeles and London-based Ashland Hill, which specializes in debt, deficit and bridge financing, aims to support 25 films per year. The company is led by managing partners Joe Simpson, Simon Williams and Jonathan Bross.

Credits to date include The crow, 3 days in Malay, Floodingthat of Neil Marshall Duchessthat of Philippe Noyce Quick Charlie with Pierce Brosnan, 57 seconds starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman, and shark thriller, Deep fear.

The company, which has expanded its ranks in recent months, also hired Andy Wang as vice president, Investments. Wang, who will be based in Toronto, comes from the Royal Bank of Canada where he was relationship manager on the media and entertainment banking team.

Before joining RBC, Wang worked with Simon Williams at British investment firm Ingenious. He began his career working at Protagonist Pictures, Voltage Pictures and UTA.

Simon Williams commented: “We are delighted with the progress we have made in our first year and look forward to continued growth in 2023. I am particularly excited to be working with Andy Wang again. He has a proven track record of deal-making and once again exemplifies the high caliber of leaders we are adding to our ranks.

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