Who Is Rendezvous Capital?
“Our whole idea came from being filmmakers.”
People watching will have no idea who Rendezvous Capital is.
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What do you want to tell people about the company?
We are mostly focused on story.
We aren’t looking for name talent.
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At some point, we had so much trouble finding money, and I think everybody does.
It’s a tough industry when your odds of making your money back aren’t that great.
What we’re trying to do is trying to improve that.
We’re trying to do creative financing.
We utilize something that filmmakersneedto be utilizing, which is called tax code 181.
If you don’t know about it, like do your research on it.
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Your investors will be very happy.
[Laughs] Our cap space per project is anywhere from $3-5 million.
We wanted to build out a hedge fund style that allows the best probability for us to be successful.
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If one film is successful, it could pay for the whole slate.
So that’s kind of our model.
It started in finishing funds, but now we’re really more interested in everythingdevelopment, pre-production.
What Brought Rendezvous Media to Collider?
“If you want to make an impression, let’s come to Sundance.”
PERRONE: This is the perfect time to shoutout the best publicist in the entire world, David Manning.
WAYNE: Thank you, David.
Did you debate it?
WAYNE: You’re right.
That’s why we did this.
How does it work with interest rates now being so high?
Does that play a factor or not at all?
PERRONE: Not really.
It’s not necessarily a factor.
What’s a big factor is the tax incentives all over the world, and they’re constantly changing.
We’re going to go down to 20% or 10%.
PERRONE: It’s usually involving the politics of that place.
But that’s why you’ve got the option to shoot your movie anywhere.
It’s movie magic, right?
At some point, you could just continue to move around and find where the best tax incentive is.
Also, you’re waging whether it’s smart to fly all these people out to this island.
Is it going to cost more money?
Is it worth it?
It’s a game of numbers at the end of the day.
PERRONE: Listen, we areinundatedwith scripts.
We want to make memorable pieces work.
Whatever you’re able to put in front of us to actually be taken seriously.
We’ve learned that lesson and that’s kind of what we’re trying to do now.
Finding Investors With Rendezvous Media
“Come to the film industry.”
Kiss of the Spider Womanwas in yesterday.
Bill Condon directed, and he made the film with Artists Equity with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
How much have you guys looked at that?
How much is that something that you do?
PERRONE: That would be the filmmakers decision.
In a way, we are the middlemen between our online grid of investors.
Again, we’re not a public offering.
If someone came to me with that financing plan, I think that would be fantastic.
I think that sounds like a great project to invest in.
PERRONE: Of course.
Is this information wrong?
WAYNE: Youre right on.
It’s the best way to use your dead money.
People don’t realize this.
And I’m like, What are you talking about?
This makes no sense.
We’re a cinema company.
We have other divisions.
Rendezvous Capital Holdings has about nine different divisions that make money all over nine different industries.
So, we can afford losses in the film industry if it means supporting a really incredible film.
But when you see them, they will never leave your mind.
That’s the punch in of stuff we’re looking for.
“This is going to make you freak.”
I know some people at agencies that sell movies after festival acquisitions.
People heard about them.
WAYNE: We’re notunaware of how dicey the film business can be in general.
We’re very aware of all that stuff.
That’s why we stick to story.
So we’re here for whatever happens.
We’re just going to go for the gusto.
PERRONE: It’s been 10 years of it.
We’ve been watching it and tracking it.
Personally, horror films scare the shit out of me.
WAYNE: He doesnt like them very much.
I make him watch them
PERRONE: I don’t.
I hide in my room while he watches them.
But I think horror films are great, too.
They give you two different types of thrill rides.
You’re watching a storyline and also, “When am I going to be scared?”
That emotional roller coaster is great, and that genre is doing very well.
It’s owning up to who we really are as people.
I’ve been saying the thing about horror films for years and years now.
So, we are definitely in the horror game.
One of the things that premiered here is the Helen Harper TV show.
They filmed all eight episodes and the show isfor salehere, and it has big stars in it.
It’s a completely crazy thing because someone can just pick up a whole TV show.
How much are you guys looking at TV?
Is that part of the model?
PERRONE: A lot.
We haven’t executed it just yet.
We are in the business of talking to a couple of distribution companies to acquire.
Movies are making money; they just have so many people to pay.
So, if we have more than one piece of the pie, we’ll make more money.
That’s why we have this 360 model in place.
WAYNE: It started, always, with film.
Then it’s like, is there a second season?Does the second season fall off?
Primarily, right now, though, we are mostly interested in film.
How To Contact Rendezvous Capital
“We’ll take everything under consideration.”
PERRONE: Call us directly.
[Phone number redacted] I will answer.
I will answer any call, any day.
We are humble people.
We are not saying no to anybody.
We’ll take everything under consideration.
WAYNE: So, yes, phone numbers, we have anInstagram.
PERRONE: How did you know that wasnt my ex-girlfriends number?
WAYNE: It wasn’t.
I know your phone number.
Also, our website is currently under construction right now, which will be out very, very soon.
I was going to say the website’s probably important.
Luckily, we are filmmakers.
I made my first feature when I was 19 years old.
It was starring Ethan Slater, Andi Matichak, and Katrina Lenk.
All of those stars were just actors coming into auditions at that point.
We don’t want to take away from the art.
I’m grateful, sincerely, that you guys partnered up with us here at Sundance.
I really, really wish you guys nothing but the best, and again, thank you.
PERRONE: We’re not going anywhere, so we’ll see you next year.
