Writer/producer Matt Barber and Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta award-winning Downton Abbey producer Liz Trubridge launch new London production and development house NEW EMPIRE PICTURES

New Empire Pictures (New Empire) today announced the launch of the joint venture company that sees SAG award-winning actor Matt Barber re-united with his Emmy, Golden Globe, PGA and BAFTA award-winning Downton Abbey producer, Liz Trubridge (Lockerbie, The Last Kingdom), with the support of Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment as Strategic Sales Consultant.

New Empire is a new creative powerhouse, merging strategic finance with creative excellence and precisely targeted sales and distribution strategies across its slate of projects, from inception to completion. Developing and supporting a carefully curated portfolio of the highest calibre content spanning diverse genres, formats and media, New Empire will leverage the proven expertise of its team and associates to overcome barriers in the production process, harnessing the U.K.’s exceptional talent and infrastructure to deliver world-class entertainment to a global audience.

CEO, Matt Barber says, “New Empire Pictures is committed to creating and supporting the highest-quality cross-media projects with a clearly defined route to market. By fostering sustainable investment partnerships and collaborating with exceptional associates to develop and support projects through the entire production process, we aim to accelerate green lights for the very best content available. Bringing first-class investors, outstanding producers and incredible creative talent to projects assessed through a robust commercial lens provides a great opportunity to build a scalable platform that enables the highest quality output and generates value across the production cycle. Moving forward, we hope to play a significant role in promoting and protecting the wealth of world-class talent we have here in the UK and bringing it to the global stage.”

Executive Producer and Consultant Strategic Advisor, Liz Trubridge says, “I am truly excited about what New Empire can achieve, and I look forward to building a creative and progressive relationship with the company for unique and long-lasting partnerships with collaborators old and new.  New Empire Pictures aims to be a nurturing and creative hub for the best and most exciting ambitious stories and as part of that creative process they are committed to championing creative opportunities for those entering the industry.”

Edoardo Bussi, founder of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment; Executive Producer and Strategic Sales Consultant says: “New Empire Pictures is an exciting new venture that revolves around a fundamental aspect of Film & TV entertainment – development. These early stages of a creative’s vision life are at times overlooked. Matt’s ambition to invest extra focus on this aligns perfectly with what the industry currently needs. I am thrilled to support Matt and his team on this goal and eagerly anticipate exploring potential synergies with industry colleagues and friends.”