Director-actress-producer Sadie Frost and producer Simon Jones have launched Frost & Jones, a manufacturing firm growing premium documentary and scripted movie and tv.
The enterprise follows the vital and business efficiency of Frost’s documentary “Twiggy” and is designed to span each scripted and unscripted codecs with a watch on worldwide markets.
The anchor venture is “The Story of Quadrophenia,” a characteristic documentary directed by Frost and developed alongside Prolonged Play’s Rachel Fuller, Common Music Group’s Marc Robinson, Submarine Leisure’s Daniel Braun, Movie Soho’s Chris Greenhill and Nick Hamson and Parallax Soho’s Chris Wooden.
The documentary examines the enduring cultural legacy of the Who’s album ”Quadrophenia” and its persevering with evolution. It additionally captures behind-the-scenes entry from a 2025 rock ballet adaptation of the fabric. Early conversations on worldwide gross sales and distribution are underway with Submarine, Common and Studio Soho. The Who’s Pete Townshend has given the venture his full backing, together with his supervisor Invoice Curbishley additionally on board. The movie is at the moment in manufacturing and has secured contributions from Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels, Gary Kemp, Lesley Ash, Toyah Willcox and Franc Roddam, amongst others.
“After ‘Twiggy,’ I wanted to keep exploring the people and moments that define our culture — stories that feel intimate, human and emotionally honest, but also cinematic and bold,” Frost stated. “Frost & Jones is about making work that stays with you — that connects across generations and feels relevant right now.”
Additionally within the documentary pipeline is “Zandra,” developed with Derek Taylor and Rogan Prods.’ James Rogan and Clio David. The movie traces designer Zandra Rhodes’ profession from the Nineteen Sixties and her affect on vogue, music and artwork.
On the scripted aspect, the corporate is growing “All Too Beautiful,” a biopic of Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott directed by Frost and written by Paolo Hewitt, tailored from Hewitt’s personal award-winning ebook. The venture is in improvement in affiliation with Rosy Cross Prods.’ Tom Keenan. Additionally on the scripted slate is “Faded Grace,” a female-led psychological thriller co-written by Frost and Zoe Lewis, set throughout the current day and the Nineteen Nineties. That venture is being developed with Dreamtown Leisure’s Ben Charles Edwards, Kirsty Bell and Phil McKenzie, alongside producer Emma Comley of Hooligan Dreamers.
Frost & Jones can be in energetic improvement with ITN Prods. — represented by Gorana Jelovina, Ricardo Pollack and Natalie Chow — on a characteristic documentary a few outstanding British cultural determine, as but unnamed, described because the nation’s most iconic “It Girl.” Being developed alongside a key member of the family, the venture will draw on beforehand unseen private archive materials from the topic’s formative years.
“This is about building a modern production company with real intent — creatively ambitious, commercially focused, and globally minded,” Jones stated. “We’re developing projects with scale, with partners who can move quickly, and with a clear eye on audience. There’s a real appetite for these stories internationally, and we’re already seeing strong early interest across the slate.”
The tasks have been unveiled on the Cannes Film Market.
