Katie Goodson-Thomas Leaves Searchlight to Lead LuckyChap International Film Slate

Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined LuckyChap International as President of Film, a role she takes up in the new year, Yahoo reported. She was most recently Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Production and Development at Searchlight Pictures.

Goodson-Thomas's Searchlight Record and LuckyChap Role

Goodson-Thomas spent more than a decade at Searchlight Pictures. Her production and development oversight covered Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite and Poor Things, Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin, and the upcoming Wild Horse Nine. She also worked on All of Us Strangers, The Roses and Alice Birch's forthcoming directorial debut Sweetsick, starring Cate Blanchett.

At LuckyChap Entertainment she will lead the company's film slate in close partnership with Co-Managing Directors Mona Qureshi and Tanya Qureshi, the company said.

LuckyChap's U.S. partners, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara and Milan Popelka, said Goodson-Thomas brings "undeniable creative talents, vision and depth of experience to LuckyChap International." They added: "She's such a kindred spirit culturally, and we've long admired her ability to spot exceptional filmmaking talent and champion their projects from the very beginning all the way through."

Goodson-Thomas said: "The LuckyChap team has exceptional taste, fearlessness and a creative identity entirely its own, as well as an infectious sense of possibility about what the company can achieve."

LuckyChap's Studio Partnerships and Slate

According to akta.pro company records, LuckyChap Entertainment is a private film and television production company co-founded by Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley in 2014, with headquarters in Los Angeles. The same records list Bradley Down as Head of Development for International.

LuckyChap has active projects with Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Apple Original Films and Amazon MGM Studios, spanning theatrical film and streaming series. In June 2026 it partnered with Lionsgate and Hasbro Entertainment to develop a Monopoly movie, and it is partnered with Apple Original Films on an untitled movie directed by Megan Park and starring Zoë Kravitz.

Film Leadership Moves Across the Sector

Sony Pictures hired YouTube executive Fede Goldenberg to lead Screen Gems, its genre film division, Yahoo reported on October 9, 2026. The label will include theatrical projects from digital-native creators, with Ashley Brucks moving to producing.

Andrew Haas joined Andrew Lauren Productions as Head of Production and Development, Deadline reported on October 14, 2026. He previously led television slates for Alcide Bava Productions and Denver & Delilah Productions.

LuckyChap's Dated Film Plans

A theatrical release date of June 25, 2027 is set for the Warner Bros.-distributed Ocean's Eleven prequel starring and produced by Margot Robbie, with Bradley Cooper directing, according to akta.pro company records.