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Access Entertainment is an investment fund management company focused on production companies, film, theatre, and digital content. The company, co-founded and led by Danny Cohen, is a division of Access Industries, a multinational industrialist group owned by Len Blavatnik. Notable films financed include the A24's Beau Is Afraid, The Zone of Interest, The Iron Claw, (all 2023) and Focus Features' Conclave (2024).
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In late 2015, senior executive Danny Cohen in charge of television output for BBC Television left the company and joined Len Blavatnik's Access Industries.[3] Cohen founded Access Entertainment in May 2016 to invest in the entertainment sector focusing on television and film dramas.[4] By August 2016, Access obtained a first-look deal to develop and finance feature films from Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell's newly formed indie production company, House Productions.[5]
In October 2016, the company entered into a $61.3 million investment deal with BBC Worldwide, allowing scripted shows greenlit by Access to be sold to international markets.[3] In January 2017, Access, BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point jointly founded Benchmark Television, enabling producers to have their television series greenlit without the backing of a network or platform.[6]
In March 2017, Access bought a 24.9% stake in British television production company Bad Wolf.[7] Later in 2021, Sony Pictures Television took a majority stake in Bad Wolf for a reportedly $80 million, acquiring Access’s minority shares.[8] In April 2017, Access acquired James Packer's controlling stake in his and Brett Ratner's RatPac Entertainment company, which gave ownership of RatPac's film, television and documentary business, along with the deal of RatPac-Dune Entertainment venture to co-finance films for Warner Bros. Pictures.[9] A year later, Warner Bros. bought RatPac-Dune Entertainments' film catalogue and its operations.[10]
In 2023, Access began investing in A24 films.[11] In June 2023, Access invested in A24's Euphoria makeup artist Donni Davy's beauty brand Half Magic, inspired from styles popularized by the series .[12] As of March 2025, Access and Warner Bros. Discovery collectively hold a 26% stake in Israeli broadcaster Reshet 13.[13]
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- A View from the Bridge (2024; Theatre Royal Haymarket)[43]
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (2025; Broadway)[44]
- The Deep Blue Sea (2025; Theatre Royal Haymarket)[45]
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- Blavatnik produced through AI Film, while Cohen executive produced through Access. Released at a film festival only.
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