Publicist Opens Firm Focused on LGBTQ Content – The Hollywood Reporter

Publicist Mitch Swan, who serves as president of his personal agency, Millennial PR, is increasing his workload with the launch of a brand new unbiased manufacturing firm.

Beneath the title Reckless Abandon Prods., Swan will develop and produce tasks with a concentrate on style and horror fare, dramas and tales that empower the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Reckless Abandon, based mostly in West Hollywood, launches with one venture already in growth.

Swan confirmed an choice on J.H. Trumble’s debut Don’t Let Me Go. The novel facilities on highschool senior Nate Schaper and follows his story as his older boyfriend, Adam Jeffries, graduates and accepts an off-Broadway position in New York. Nate insists Adam comply with his goals regardless of his coronary heart telling him in any other case. Trumble’s nonlinear plot reveals the influence of the previous within the current, pertaining to main occasions of past love, jealousy, temptation, long-distance relationships, homophobic assaults and heartbreak.

Swan mentioned he’ll adapt for the display whereas additionally packaging the venture with financing to return. The choice deal was negotiated by Stephen Moore of Paul Kohner, Inc. on behalf of Trumble, and by Joseph Lanius of Lanius Regulation & Associates for Swan.

Swan tells The Hollywood Reporter that he’s ecstatic to department out into manufacturing whereas additionally persevering with to function president of Millennial PR and managing the agency’s roster of purchasers and tasks. He provides: “Even with current main movies like Love, Simon, Name Me by Your Identify and Moonlight, I nonetheless imagine Hollywood is missing within the LGBTQ+ area. I’m proud to launch an organization that can assist guarantee compelling, well timed and fascinating LGBTQ+ tales are seen, heard and understood.”

Swan began his publicity profession in 2015 at Large Time PR, the place he labored on tasks with filmmakers like John Ridley, Susanne Bier, Jason Priestley, Sydney Freeland and Hal Hartley. He led campaigns for Slamdance titles and award winners comparable to Honey Buddies and Dave Made a Maze and the net sequence Her Story, the latter of which scored an Emmy nomination. In 2017, Swan left Large Time and launched Millennial, taking over narrative options at movie festivals together with Cannes, Sundance, TIFF, SXSW and Slamdance. His credit there embrace engaged on Andrew Patterson’s The Huge of Night time, which scored an viewers award at Slamdance and is streaming on Amazon Prime.