MUMBAI: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard‘s Imagine Entertainment is among the leading Hollywood production companies to have signed development/production financing deals, entitled Creative Partnerships, with Reliance Big Entertainment.

The first project under the deal will be Mofos, a film about two 20-something best friends who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on their luck and decide to start up a business as Los Angeles‘ most unlikely male escorts. The film will be produced by Brian Grazer and written by Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.

Said Brian Grazer, "Ron and I are pleased to have signed this deal with our friends at Reliance. With their huge expertise in one of the most exciting film industries in the world, they bring a wholly different global perspective to our Hollywood based industry and we welcome the extra independence that their financing will give us."

Confirming the partnership, Reliance Big Entertainment‘s chairman Amit Khanna commented, "Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have forged Imagine as a major powerhouse in Hollywood and I‘m delighted to have been able to close this deal. Our ‘creative partnerships‘ have proven very attractive to filmmakers seeking innovative ways in which to develop and finance individual films. We are now looking forward to moving into the filmmaking stage on several projects.‘

"These creative partnerships will lead to Reliance co-financing with the US Studios where existing first-look deals are in place. From the conversations to date, we know that the respective studios welcome our development silos and our subsequent co-financing ability. We broke completely new ground by empowering some of the best talent in Hollywood and continue to do so,‘" Khanna added.

The deal was brokered by CAA on behalf of Reliance Big Entertainment and Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.