Fascinating update from Deadline: Toei Company President & CEO Fumio Yoshimura has announced the studio’s $2 billion global expansion strategy. Long focused on the domestic Japanese market, Toei is now actively pursuing international co-productions, ramping up global sales of existing IP, and investing in major upgrades to its production facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Their goal? To shift international revenue from 30% to 50% of their total income by 2033, through original international content, remakes of top IPs, and collaborations across Asia.
This move underscores a growing trend in the financing and development space: global studios are looking for partners who can bring projects to international markets, and co-productions are becoming a major entry point.
Read more about it here: https://deadline.com/2025/04/toei-co-fumio-yoshimura-global-expansion-st...
For indie producers, financiers, and filmmakers: What does a shift like this mean for your financing strategy? Are you exploring partnerships outside your home market or looking for international collaborators to strengthen your pitch?
Let’s open it up. What global financing opportunities are you seeing in your corner of the industry?
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Good news on the international push to expand audiences!
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Globalism opens you up to new markets -- maybe engaging with international partners can bring more production back to the OG Hollywood -- CA. Since so much production is not even in CA anymore.