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HarbourView Funds Fifth Season, Greenlights Dev Patel Thriller

5/16/2026

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Fifth Season signed a financing deal with HarbourView Equity Partners.
The medieval-India thriller The Peasant, co-written and co-directed by Dev Patel with screenwriter Will Dunn, will be released by A24 while Nightwatching, starring Mila Kunis and Clancy Brown, adapts Tracy Sierra’s novel and is produced by Picturestart and Scott Free.
President Chris Slager said the deal will help scale Fifth Season’s slate, including the Netflix film Animals starring Ben Affleck.

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Fifth Season signed a financing deal with HarbourView Equity Partners.
The medieval-India thriller The Peasant, co-written and co-directed by Dev Patel with screenwriter Will Dunn, will be released by A24 while Nightwatching, starring Mila Kunis and Clancy Brown, adapts Tracy Sierra’s novel and is produced by Picturestart and Scott Free.
President Chris Slager said the deal will help scale Fifth Season’s slate, including the Netflix film Animals starring Ben Affleck.