Studios
Madison Wells Studios creates entertaining, character-driven film & television across genres. We shine a light on badass women, as well as people who love pushing boundaries, navigating uncharted waters to spotlight unique voices and pressing stories that need to be told.
Recent projects include NONNAS, which spent two consecutive weeks at #1 on Netflix with over 20M views globally and counting. Additionally, Madison Wells Studios brought the Sundance Audience Award–winning documentary PRIME MINISTER to audiences in partnership with Magnolia Pictures, HBO, and CNN, chronicling Jacinda Ardern and her groundbreaking tenure as New Zealand’s Prime Minister.
Select Projects
Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna.
The third season of the Emmy Award-winning anthology series, Genius, will explore Aretha Franklin’s musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world.
After uncovering a massive conspiracy, an embattled NYPD detective joins a citywide manhunt for two young cop killers.
Nine-year-old Sophie catches JJ, a hardened CIA operative, spying on her family during a routine surveillance operation.
Justice isn’t a crime. A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the water park.
The only way out is through. Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Based on a true story. Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated the human race in a previous invasion.
In 1995, a teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan discovers that her father is having an affair.
Starring Antonio Banderas. Pablo Picasso confronts the threat of fascism in Spain, and Young Pablo rejects traditional painting to search for his own voice.
From Ron Howard. The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
In Development
A TV adaptation of the Kate Stayman-London novel “Fang Fiction”. The world of your favorite fantasy novels is real, and you’re invited to visit. The only catch? It’s filled with thirsty vampires.
True story about an Air Force Major who, after having to hide her sexuality, is driven to successfully overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.
Bestselling international spy thriller starring an underestimated first female secretary of state, written by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny.
Recent News
Prime Minister, the HBO/CNN original documentary about popular New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, was named best documentary at Thursday’s Documentary Emmy Awards. The doc, directed by Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz, had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary.
The 47th News & Documentary Emmy Awards has concluded, with Madison Wells’ Prime Minister winning Best Documentary.
Andrew Rannells says getting to work with Allison Janney "felt like I had won the gay acting lottery" in their new movie, which debuts on HBO May 29.
After a secret screening at Sundance, Miss You, Love You, a film that stars Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells has found a home. HBO has snapped up the rights to the film, which was written and directed by Jim Rash.