Century Fox is now attempting to build a new kind of production entity that is guided by the mantra “curate excellence.” On the latest episode ofpodcast “Strictly Business,” Snider details the steps that led her to team with Murdoch and Featherstone, and she outlines the company’s focus on film and TV production as well as investments in other digital media companies.
“We’re fiercely independent. We believe that independence is an asset to the creator,” Snider says. “They’re paid to incubate and develop material. When it’s ready and only when it’s ready, we can go find a home that really understands their show.” “When they are sleeping, we’re working , and when we’re sleeping, they’re working,” she says. As the trio got to know one another before formally launching Sister in the fall of 2019, Snider felt she truly had found kindred spirits.
Sister has a broad slate of TV series and movies in various stages development. One of the company’s selling points to creatives is that Sister can give writers and producers the time to work with material and decide the best format for a given project. Snider said she’s been thinking a lot about the future of movies and the recent debate over what defines a movie these days.