MONTREAL—Swiss-based production firm GF Productions is expressing interest in acquiring the Just For Laughs entertainment company with the aim of creating a global entity. Gregoire Furrer, founder and owner of GF Productions, says he wants to create an international comedy group and says banding together is essential for the future of the business. Article Continued Below“I am convinced that the transatlantic link is essential, in the digital age, to develop the largest international comedy group,” he said in a statement Monday. GF Productions has operated for 28 years and Furrer is producer of the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland. “With this in mind, we have told the management of the Just For Laughs Group our interest in acquiring it.”Read more about:

Source: thestar October 30, 2017 15:11 UTC