Dec 13, 2021
TV: Sony investment in Bad Wolf brings ambitions of growth
Sony's Wayne Garvie said Bad Wolf had yet to reach its "Zenith" and would continue to grow. It is the largest UK production company outside London and will co-produce Doctor Who with the BBC from 2023.The investment by Sony Pictures is understood to be between £50m and £60m.Mr Garvie, Sony Pictures' president of international production, worked with Bad Wolf founders Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner at the BBC.Tranter and Gardner were responsible for bringing the production of Doctor Who to Cardiff in 2005, and cited that positive experience as one of the reasons why they established Bad Wolf in Splott in 2015.The name Bad Wolf is a reference to an entity in the first series of Doctor Who that was made in Wales. "One of the things we found really attractive about Bad Wolf was the passion they had for Wales, the people in Wales and their commitment to Wales," he added. Tranter, Bad Wolf's chief executive, said: "The kind of television dramas that Bad Wolf produces are huge. It is a very scary thing to do."We love it, and we want to go on and do bigger shows. Tom Ware, director of production and performance at the University of South Wales, said Bad Wolf had boosted the creative industries.
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