You've heard a thousand pitches.
Maybe one in a hundred
stops you cold.

The ones that do are almost always true.

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Know the feeling?

You've sat through the pitches. You've read the coverage. Another IP acquisition. Another franchise extension. Another project greenlit because it felt safe.

And somewhere in the back of your mind, while you're nodding through another derivative room, there's a question that doesn't go away:

Where are the real, compelling stories?
The endings that audiences will be talking about for years?

They exist. Finding them — the ones that are truly production-worthy — requires access, craft, and a particular kind of obsession that most productions aren't built around.

That's what we specialise in.

What we do

Think about the last story that genuinely surprised you.

Not the subject matter — the fact that it existed at all. The feeling of watching it and thinking: how did someone find this? How has this never been told before?

That feeling is what we chase.

The stories Red Blanket pursues are the ones hiding in plain sight — in archives, in communities, in rooms that most productions never get access to. They are verifiable, extraordinary, and almost universally met with the same reaction when people first hear them: "Why hasn't someone made this into a film?"

That's our lane.

The Team

Small by design. Selective by choice.

A particular set of skills, and no appetite for the ordinary.

Ilis Ward
Ilis Ward Founder

We refer to our founder as "Ilis Ward". The rest is intentionally private. His network spans studios, financiers, and decision-makers across the industry, built over decades of operating at levels where the right introduction matters more than the best pitch deck. If someone pointed you here, chances are Ilis is the reason why.

John Harrington
John Harrington Lead Writer

John has spent 20+ years in the writer's room, with credits including projects with the BBC and major studios. He knows the difference between a story worth telling and a story worth making — and he knows exactly what it takes to get from one to the other.

Chetan Rao
Chetan Rao Writer

Chetan is a writer with experience across long-form narrative and commercial production. He brings the instinct for what makes a story worth telling — and the experience of having told them across formats and audiences.

Current projects

We have several projects in active development right now.

We don't discuss the specifics until the time is right. If you know the industry, you understand why.

What we will tell you is that when the time comes, the people who hear about them first will be the ones who were paying attention.

Get in touch

Audiences are hungry for the real. For the unmistakable feeling that it happened — that the people in the story breathed and bled and made choices that mattered. If you believe that's worth a conversation, we'd love to hear from you. Your time isn't something we take lightly, and we expect the same in return.

hello[at]redblanketproductions[dot]com