BPS 205: How to Cast, Finance and Package a Film Project with Courtney Lauren Penn

Courtney Lauren Penn co-founded and runs the multi-faceted
production company Renegade Entertainment with her
co-founder Thomas Jane. Courtney oversees content:
producing film, series and hybrid new media projects alongside
Jane. Renegade is a pioneering outfit that has been among
the most active production labels since launching in late 2019. The
company is active in several verticals – feature films, streaming
and TV series, and comic book and graphic novel publishing and
production.

Since its inception, Renegade has produced a slew of independent
feature films, a short form comedy series, a television and
streaming 8 episode series for the ABC in Australia and
IMDBtv/Amazon alongside AGC Television, is currently in production
on a comic book series THE LYCAN for ComiXology Originals at
Amazon; 3 features the duo produced releasing in 2022 and in
pre-production on several films for 2022.

The first film the duo executive produced was the western thriller
THE LAST SON, starring Thomas Jane, Sam Worthington, Colson Baker
(Machine Gun Kelly) (released December 2021), followed by horror
comedy SLAYERS, starring Abigail Breslin, Thomas Jane and Malin
Akerman (releasing September 2022). Courtney and Jane further
produced DIG starring Emile Hirsche, Thomas Jane and Harlow Jane,
bowing in June 2022, as well as MURDER AT YELLOWSTONE CITY,
starring Richard Dreyfuss, Gabriel Byrne, Isaiah Mustafa, and
Thomas Jane, set to premiere June 24, 2022. The company just
wrapped on ONE RANGER for Lionsgate in March 2022.

Among the myriad projects currently being developed by Courtney and
Jane is the long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s FROM A BUICK
8. The duo have a large slate including several best-selling novels
they are in development on. Adopting a material-first, platform
agnostic philosophy, Courtney embraces the growing disruption in
the entertainment ecosystem and together with Jane have built a
selective slate of compelling stories and edgy material with global
commercial appeal. She takes a transmedia approach to cultivating
IP and collaborating with gifted storytellers and partners to build
out her company’s diverse content slate.

Courtney attended the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently
studied Filmmaking and Direction at NYU’s Tisch School for the
Arts. She is a former National Chess Champion, Top 50 Women’s Chess
Player, Visiting Committee Member of Hematologic Oncology at the
Dana Farber Institute, Platinum Member of New York Women in Film
& Television, Member of the Producers’ Council of the Producers
Guild of America, and proud mother to her son. Courtney began her
career in sell-side mergers and acquisitions and corporate
restructuring on Wall Street.

Renegade participates annually in charitable giving to institutions
who directly participate in “research to bedside” care for children
with cancer and vulnerable children in high conflict zones. In
March 2022, Courtney & Jaime King teamed up and used Instagram
to promote the booking of AIRBNB’s in conflict zones in the Ukraine
as a means of getting funds directly to the people
mid-conflict.

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