July 12, 2019, 12:53 / Media

NMG became a co-owner of the company that co-produced the series “Kitchen” and “Eleon”

The holding studio received a 25% stake in Keystone Production Ksenia Boletskaya

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NMG Studio (part of the National Media Group, NMG) bought 25% of the Keystone Production film company, an NMG representative told Vedomosti. The deal is closed, he said, its financial terms are not disclosed.

The founders of the film company Keystone Production, Dmitry Dyachenko and Alexander Rubtsov, acted as producers of one of the biggest hits of the STS TV channel - the series “Kitchen”, as well as its continuation “Hotel Eleon”. Rubtsov confirmed to Vedomosti that NMG received 25% of his company and from other comments refused, it was not possible to contact Dyachenko.

channel The STS is part of the TV holding of the same name. Vyacheslav Murugov, who at the time of the release of “Kitchen” was the general producer of STS Media , was also the general producer of this series along with the founders of the Yellow, Black & White company Eduard Iloyan, Vitaly Shlyappo, Alexey Trotsyuk and Denis Zhalinsky. Now Murugov is the general director of STS Media and the president of NMG Studio.

As a director, Dyachenko directed the films “What Men Talk About,” “Super Beavers” and “The Last Hero.”

This is the second deal that NMG Studio announced this week - before that, the studio acquired a blocking stake in the animation studio Metrafilms, which produces the STS animated hit “Three Cats.” “NMG Studio” was launched last fall, NMG intends to create on its basis one of the largest producers of films and TV series in the country.

“Dmitry Dyachenko and Alexander Rubtsov were among the creators of “Kitchen,” an STS blockbuster that has grown into a whole universe of several spin-offs and two full-length films. Dmitry is a director who has a great feel for the Russian audience, as evidenced by the box office receipts of his hits, primarily “The Last Bogatyr,” Murugov said. “That’s why we are so pleased with the deal with Keystone and look forward to new joint projects that will be seen by millions of viewers on TV, in cinema and on NMG’s digital resources.”