Founded in 2011 by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, Imaginarium Productions is a UK-based film and television company dedicated to telling bold, character-driven stories across genres. From thrilling dramas like The Girlfriend, to acclaimed films like Next Goal Wins and fantasy series such as Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, our work is united by a commitment to imagination and craft.
We continue to expand our slate with ambitious projects: the upcoming animated adaptation of Animal Farm, the medical drama Brilliant Minds, and Scandi horror Blood Cruise. Each reflects our passion for collaborating with exceptional talent and creating stories that resonate with global audiences.
Andy Serkis is an award-winning actor who has earned acclaim from both critics and audiences for his work in a range of memorable roles. He gained legions of fans around the globe for his performance as Gollum in the Academy Award ® -winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson. Serkis won an Empire Award for his role, in addition to sharing in several Outstanding Ensemble Cast Awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award ® . He reunited with Jackson in the director’s epic retelling of King Kong, taking performance capture to another level as the title character of Kong. In February of 2020, Serkis was honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the 73 rd EE British Academy Film Awards with one the organisation’s highest honour, the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award.
In 2011, Andy co-founded The Imaginarium – a Performance Capture studio and Production Company dedicated to the art and craft of next generation storytelling. Serkis made his directorial debut with the 2017 release of Breathe, which brought to life the inspiring true love story between Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) and his wife Diana (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. In 2018, Serkis directed the feature film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” which was released by Netflix in theatres and on its global streaming platform. In addition to directing the film, Serkis played the character Baloo. Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in Black Panther (2018) from director Ryan Coogler and he reprised his role from 2015’s Star Wars: The Forces Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) for director Rian Johnson.
In 2021, Serkis helmed Venom: Let There Be Carnage for Marvel and Sony Pictures, which grossed $506M worldwide, and starred in The Batman (released 2022) portraying Alfred Pennyworth. He was seen in the feature instalment of the acclaimed crime series Luther, starring alongside Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo for Netflix and the BBC, and has recently completed production as both Director and Actor on an animated adaptation of Animal Farm, with an all-star cast including Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, and Gaten Matarazzo. Next up, Serkis will be Directing and starring in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, a new instalment in the series, taking him back to the world of the Shire.
After studying Modern History at Oxford University, Jonathan began his career in advertising where he ran the marketing for the launch of Channel 4 in 1982. He released his first film as producer December Bride in 1991, winning over 30 international awards, and followed this with many other commercially successful and critically acclaimed films, including Into the West, Gangster Number 1, Ordinary Decent Criminal and Croupier. 2001 saw the release of the globally successful Bridget Jones’s Diary, followed by the equally successful Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and then the award-winning Elizabeth: The Golden Age. For television, Jonathan has produced a wide variety of successful projects including the ratings hit Irish famine series The Hanging Gale, Emmy-winning Dirty Tricks and multi-Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Bernard and Doris.
In 2011, Jonathan joined forces with Andy Serkis to found The Imaginarium. He produced its first TV production Fungus the Bogeyman for Sky, closely followed by its first two movies, Breathe, directed by Serkis, and The Ritual, in 2017. In 2018, Jonathan produced Death and Nightingales, starring Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys, which was broadcast on BBC2, and the Andy Serkis-directed Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, released worldwide on Netflix in December 2018. Again, with Andy Serkis at the helm, Jonathan executive produced Venom: Let There Be Carnage for Marvel and Sony Pictures, which grossed $506M worldwide.
In 2021, Jonathan produced No One Gets Out Alive for Netflix and Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (2022) both for Netflix, and Next Goal Wins, for Searchlight, directed by Taika Waititi, which was released in December 2023. Jonathan has most recently worked produced an animated adaptation of Animal Farm, Directed by Andy Serkis, and produced psychological thriller The Girlfriend, for Amazon Prime Video, released in September 2025.
Phil has been been instrumental in the successful financing, physical production and development of more than 30 international feature films and television productions. He has recently been appointed Joint Managing Director of The Imaginarium.
For The Imaginarium, Phil has executive produced Animal Farm, The Girlfriend, Blood Cruise, Death and Nightingales, Breathe, The Ritual, No One Gets Out Alive and Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself. Other highlights from Phil’s career include executive producing the double Oscar nominated The Last Station with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, producing Black Death, starring Eddie Redmayne and Sean Bean and being the international line producer on Fox’s Emmy award winning Cosmos – a Spacetime Odyssey. For ten years he co-ran UK film independent Zephyr Films.
Will Tennant is the Head of Development for Imaginarium Productions, overseeing the film and television development slate. Most recently Will was a producer on the film No One Gets Out Alive which was released on Netflix in 2022 and served as Executive Producer on Next Goal Wins and the television series Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself. Prior to this Will was involved in the development of the feature film Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis and starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy and was instrumental to the development of The Ritual, directed by David Bruckner and starring Rafe Spall, serving as Imaginarium’s Executive Producer.
Prior to joining the Imaginarium, Will worked for Mel Gibson's Icon Entertainment.
Sarah's is a consulting Executive Producer for The Imaginarium. Her focus is on the origination, support and development of TV projects. Working closely with the Senior Management Team, she feeds into the creative strategy of the company whilst seeking new opportunities for them.
Sarah joins us from a Commissioning Editor maternity cover role for Channel 4, and she also works for Climate Spring, where she develops projects that address the relationship with our planet. Sarah was the Head of Development at Kudos, and prior to that Senior Script Executive with BBC Northern Ireland where she managed an extensive slate. Sarah’s previous roles have included script editing and executive producing across a range of BBC Dramas including Paula on (BBC 2), Jamaica Inn (BBC 1), and On Expenses (BBC4). She has also initiated and run several new writing programmes and awards including the 360° Script Writing Festival in Belfast and The Tony Doyle Award for television writers.
As an in-house Producer, Catherine works across Development and Production on all projects and heads up Publicity and PR for the Company. After graduating from the University of St Andrews in 2011, Catherine began working at The Imaginarium, assisting Andy Serkis on Star Wars: Force Awakens; Avengers: Age of Ultron; and numerous other projects, and also working for Jonathan Cavendish and the Executive Producers for the Andy Serkis directed films; Breathe (Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy), and the Netflix film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch).
In 2017 Catherine produced the short film, Wale, which was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Short Film in January 2019, and shortlisted for the 2019 Academy Awards.
In the last few years, Catherine has worked as Associate Producer on a number of Imaginarium's projects – including Netflix TV series - Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself - written by Joe Barton, which was released in October 2022, Andy Serkis’ animated film adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and on Scandi-horror series Färjan (Blood Cruise), starring Tuppence Middleton, Kolbjörn Skarsgård and Björn Bengtsson, released in September 2025.
Sophie joined the Imaginarium in 2015, working alongside the Producers and Executive Producers on an array of projects, including; Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis and starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, The Ritual, directed by David Bruckner, starring Rafe Spall and Death and Nightingales, a television series for BBC2, directed by Allan Cubitt and starring Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly and Jamie Dornan. Sophie worked as Associate Producer on No One Gets Out Alive for Netflix, directed by Santiago Menghini and starring Cristina Rodlo and Marc Menchaca and Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi.
Most recently Sophie worked as Associate Producer on the Swedish horror TV series Färjan (Blood Cruise) for SVT and CBS Studios, directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby and starring Tuppence Middleton, Kolbjörn Skarsgård and Björn Bengtsson and Co-Producer on Imaginarium's TV series The Girlfriend for Amazon Prime, directed by Robin Wright and Andrea Harkin, and starring Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke.
Elisa joined Imaginarium in 2016 as a Reader for Film and TV and worked as a Researcher on the supernatural horror The Ritual directed by David Bruckner and starring Rafe Spall. Previously, she interned at a number of production companies including Heyday Films, BBC Films and Wildgaze Films.
She also worked as a freelance Script Reader for BBC Studios and Big Light Productions. She graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with a MA in Screenwriting in 2015.
Lucy joined the Imaginarium in 2020, and works as part of the development team across both TV and film projects. In 2025, she served as Story Editor on Amazon’s The Girlfriend, starring Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke, and in the same year took on the role of Co-Executive Producer on Färjan (Blood Cruise), the Swedish horror TV drama from SVT starring Tuppence Middleton, Kolbjörn Skarsgård and Björn Bengtsson. She was previously Script Editor for Joe Barton’s YA Netflix series Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, released in October 2022.
Zoe began at the Imaginarium in 2022 as a Reader and Researcher. Before joining, she freelanced as a script reader for several other production companies, including Working Title and Neal Street Productions.
Whilst studying Theology at Durham University she gained experience as a runner on the set of BAFTA nominated His House. However, it was her internships at companies such as Origin Pictures and 42M&P that informed her decision to work in scripted development.
Her focus now is on identifying exciting new material as part of the development team.
