Solis Studios, Kodiak Pictures to Co-Finance Defiant Studios Slate

Eric B.

Fleischman’s Defiant Studios has landed film slate financing from Solis Studios and Maurice Fadida’s Kodiak Pictures, Variety has learned.Defiant, behind genre titles like “The Knocking” (pictured above during production) and “Offseason,” will make multiple features under the partnership, with the first to shoot this summer.This is the first significant move by Solis, the film division of the media and tech collective led by former “One Tree Hill” star Brett Claywell and Brendan de Kauwe.

The company’s goal is to create “deeper layers of engagement between content and the communities who consume it,” their mission statement says, including the utilization of blockchain technology.

Solis also counts Polygon Studios as a technology partner.“Over the past year we have truly aligned with this team and have become fans of their work, so we couldn’t be more thrilled to launch Solis Studios with this slate of films,

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