See-Saw Films, the company behind Widows, was founded in 2008 by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. Having received its world premiere in Toronto last month, Widows is McQueen’s first feature since the multi-Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, released in 2013. McQueen and Canning had met when the latter worked in an executive role on his first film, the IRA-protest drama Hunger. See-Saw has also had to grapple with other dramatic changes in the film and TV businesses over the past decade. Television has raised the game in drama to such a degree that for something to be theatrically released it has to be a really compelling proposition – for people to pay babysitters and get out of the house.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 06:56 UTC