See-Saw Films and The King's Speech

See-Saw Films
See-Saw Films is an independent film production company founded in 2008 by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. See-Saw operates out of both London and Sydney. See-Saw has established a first-look deal with Momentum Pictures in the UK and a film finance/equity deal with Paramount Pictures. In addition, See-Saw has worked closely with sister company Transmission Films, an Australian/New Zealand distributor and has a co-development deal in which Buckland Films works with See-Saw to co-finance the development of See-Saw's production slat
See-Saw launched an internet TV service in the UK which allows viewers to catch up on programmes from channels such as BBC, Channel 4, and Five, for free. 


The King's Speech
The film was originally written by David Seidler, who suffered from a stammer as a child. His research began in the late 1970's but it was only in 2005 that he finally wrote the screen play. His wife suggested that he rewrite it as a stage play and then sent it off to a few people for feedback. In early 2006, one of the people Seidler sent his play to passed it to Joan Lane, of Wilde Thyme, a production company in London. Lane saw the script as a potential screen drama as well as stage play, and showed it to Simon Egan of Bedlam Productions, who recorded the first rehearsed read-through. Tom Hooper's - the director -  mother was among the few people who witnessed the read through and immediately informed her son. The film was then sent to Geoffrey Rush for his interest, the script was then passed onto Iain Canning at See-Saw Films. The UK Film Council awarded the production £1 million in June 2009. A script read-through was held on 11 November, ahead of the beginning of filming on 13 November. Principal photography, scheduled to last seven weeks, concluded on 17 January 2010