Mariska HargitayBetter known for its leading role in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, launches Mighty Entertainment, a production company with scripted and unicenized divisions. His beginnings as a director of feature films, “My mom Jayne“Is the first project of the company.
“My Mom Jayne” was presented at first at the Cannes Film Festival and will also make his debut next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. He will make his debut on HBO on June 27.
In the future, Hargitay, which also serves as an executive producer on “SVU”, will use powerful entertainment to “tell stories that connect us to our courage, our curiosity and our compassion”.
The powerful team includes Lauran Bromley as vice-president, Trish Adleic as documentary manager, Melissa Robyn Glassman as chief of Scripted, Sophia Erensel as operations director, and Peter Hermann will serve as a creative director. Hargitay, Bromley and Adleic first worked together in 2017 on the Doc HBO winning an Emmy “I am proof”.
“In Mighty Entertainment, we aim to tell stories that connect us to our courage, our curiosity and our compassion,” said Hargitay in a statement on Wednesday. “We will contest the perspectives and enlighten, all at the service of the exploration of our shared humanity. The launch of this production company resembles a natural extension of my long and deeply rewarded Journey Creative, which taught me that the narration is both a mandate and an invitation. It has been a privilege to amplify under-represented voices, and this personal mission will extend to this company. My experience of “My mom Jayne” My beginnings as a director, said for me how the universal can get out of the staff and the donations that come from the review of the accepted stories. I am delighted to build this company with a powerful team dedicated to telling important and convincing stories. »»
Hargitay has founded the Joyful Heart Foundation and in the past 20 years, has worked to change the conversation on sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse and to support survivors.
The name of the company, Mighty Entertainment and the logo with the girl on a bicycle, are personal for Hargitay. When searching for archives for “my mom Jayne”, she found a photo of her on a bike at 3 years old. “I lean forward, if determined and so clear:” I have that. I handle it. I sail it. I’m good. I saw this photo and it’s already me. Variety. “She doesn’t fuck.”
And as for the name, well, it was given to him decades ago: “I went out with someone in their twenties, and he was a friend with Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson said:” How is you powerful? “It was my favorite nickname, because I said to myself:” It’s true, Jack “and I may have met him twice.
The start of a production company “now looks like natural progression,” says Hargitay, after years to have the privilege of telling stories about sexual assault and domestic violence on “SVU”. She will work on scripted and not scripted films and television series – several of which are already in development.
Trish Adleic, Lauran Bromley, Melissa Robyn Glassman and Peter Hermann
“There are so many stories to tell – so many stories that are so basic for our humanity, like” my mom Jayne “. I want to tell stories that make the world feel a little safer, more comfortable and gives hope, while raising different voices that have been marginalized or people who are not ready to manifest themselves, “she says. “There is security to immerse yourself in the story of someone else.”
She continues: “It is a very nice way to balance what I do with” svu “and scratch this itching of doing something completely different, and now I feel like we are ability and that does not detract.”
Adleic adds that Hargitay is “not only one of the most emblematic actresses of television, but also a powerful storyteller and driver for social change whose creative vision has guided her for decades.” She continues: “The documentaries are powerful catalysts for change and we are impatient to continue our work together. Our goal is to defend the stories that celebrate authenticity and vulnerability as forces – echo with a visionary and sincere approach that Mariska brings to all her work. ”
Glassman notes: “We aim to amplify voices that exploit the power of history to explore essential perspectives and trigger significant conversations. Mariska’s passion for plea has always been inspiring, and it is extraordinary to see its channel this same energy in daring creative projects with the power to have a real impact. ”