ISA of the Day: The Exchange Launches a Production Division and HIres Producer Tom McNulty
International Sales Agent of the Day: First of an occasional pre-Cannes series highlighting the “sellers” whose lineups in Cannes will bring in buyers and who are breaking the normal boundaries of what an ISA is.
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, a leading sales and film finance company, has hired producer Tom McNulty (“The Spectacular Now”, “Date Night” ) to launch their first ever film development and production division.
Collaborative and transparent, The Exchange is an international sales and finance company committed to creating strong relationships between filmmakers, film financiers and distributors through the exchange of product, information and commerce. Created Brian O’Shea, the company specializes in high quality, commercial films that appeal to North American audiences and the ever-evolving global film market. Check out his Cannes offerings at Cinando.
With more than $2 billion at the box office under his belt, Tom McNulty’s upcoming projects include Universal’s action-adventure “The Real McCoy”, starring Chris Pratt (“Jurassic World”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”) written by Bill Dubuque (“The Accountant”, “The Judge”), STX’ romantic heist film “Septillion to One” directed by Mark Romanek and DreamWorks’ comedy “The Escort”. McNulty is currently in pre-production for the independent thriller Beef, starring Thomas Mann (“Me and Earl and The Dying Girl”, “Kong:Skull Island”) Jai Courtney, (“Suicide Squad”, “Terminator: Genisys”) and Timothy Olyphant (“Justified”, “The Santa Clarita Diet”).
Previously, McNulty was President of Production at Global Produce, a Universal Studios based film production company. While there he produced the award winning Sundance hit “The Spectacular Now” starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley and Brie Larson directed by James Ponsoldt.
Prior to that he ran Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment at 20th Century Fox where he produced “Date Night” and “The Rocker” and was a production executive on the hugely successful “Night at the Museum” Night. At Sony Pictures, McNulty was Executive Vice President of Production for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions, where he oversaw the entire film slate, including “Mr. Deeds”, “Anger Management”, “50 First Dates”, “Click” and “The Longest Yard”. McNulty got his start working as a creative executive for former AMPAS president Sid Ganis’ Out of the Blue Entertainment, where he developed “Big Daddy” for Sony and the original “Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo” for Disney.
“By bringing Tom on, we are taking a big step toward our feature film production and development goals. We had such a great experience with Tom on “The Spectacular Now” it was easy to see him as part of the team. Tom’s taste is exceptional, his talent relations are very strong, and he brings to our growing company some outstanding projects. We could not be more excited about his future at The Exchange,” said O’Shea.
“I’m thrilled to be a part of The Exchange team, with the goal of spearheading a new production initiative. I look forward to building out this new division immediately and continue to work with world class filmmakers and talent,” said McNulty
