Thunder Road Films founder Basil Iwanyk and partner Erica Lee are combining with the Lit Entertainment Group to launch TR/AK, a new media company for original stories, creators and film and TV projects for global audiences.
The new venture brings together Thunder Road, producers on the John Wick franchise, The Town, Sicario and Wind River, with Lit Entertainment, the management and production company led by veteran literary manager and founder Adam Kolbrenner.
Kolbrenner’s representation/production company has on its roster writers and creators like Justin Marks (Shogun, Top Gun: Maverick), Dave Andron (Snowfall, Justified), and Matt Lopez (Father of the Bride). The Thunder Road and Lit brands, while remaining independent after the TR/AK launch, have recently collaborated on three movies from spec screenplays by Lit clients.
These are Roshan Sethi’s The Surgeon, starring Michelle Yeoh and Martin Freeman, and to world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival; Marc Webb’s Day Drinker for Lionsgate from screenwriter Zach Dean; and By Any Means, a Sept. 4 release from writer Sascha Penn. Lit Entertainment clients include David Guggenheim, Aaron Guzikowski, Ben Jacoby, Matt Lieberman and Justin Rhodes.
