I think that's so particularly exciting about this moment in time is all the new platforms that are now existing, the Netflixes and the Hulus and Amazons and so and so forth; I mean they are really doing what pay… — Colin Callender Copy Share
The theater is a communal experience, and whatever the emotional connection between an audience member and the actors onstage, it ripples through the whole… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think that's so particularly exciting about this moment in time is all the new platforms that are now existing, the Netflixes and the Hulus and Amazons and so and so forth; I mean they are really doing what pay TV was doing twenty years ago. So a show like Dancing On The Edge gets to have a digital life… — Colin Callender Copy Share
When I did Nicholas Nickelby originally, that was a co-production between the new Channel 4, Polygram in Europe and Mobil Oil in America, and I have been involved in working on co-productions for years on both sides of the Atlantic and that's very much at the core of what Playground is doing. So marrying, finding projects that can be co-produced… — Colin Callender Copy Share
At heart, I'm really interested in this marriage of theater, film and television and I think what happened in the UK and obviously is… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
The White Queen in many ways it is representative of the sort of drama that I'm talking about. The books by Philippa Gregory were… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
In this new digital landscape, this sort of international marketplace, it's come full circle, and I wanted to take advantage of my talent relations… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think that the marketplace has changed in many dramatic ways but actually in some sense it's remained the same because the challenge of… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
When I started producing it was right at the beginning Channel 4 in England. Nicholas Nickelby which was my first credit as a producer… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
You never know, until you put a play up for an audience, whether it's going to work. Things you think will work don't, and… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore… — Colin Callender Copy Share
I've had a long association with the theater over the years but I had never produced a play and it was something that I'd always wanted to do.The movies moved away from dramas, and I think that I'm very excited by the opportunity to take smart writing that takes risks and see it on stage. It's exciting to see that… — Colin Callender Copy Share
My career has sort of been characterized by taking advantage of the changes in the marketplace, sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
