Jim Thalman is the Managing Director of i*Deal Films, a film finance fund that provides first monies to curated high concept independent feature films. i*Deal’s current slate of films include “MISERIA” (“The Mummy” meets “Murder on the Orient Express”) and “Psychopathy” (“Dinner at Andre’s” with serial killers.) In addition, Jim is overseeing the development of three more optioned scripts scheduled for production in 2025 & 2026.
Jim is also the President of MoviVue, a premiere genre streaming service that went live in October of 2024. MoviVue is backed by Wealth of Geeks a mini-major conglomerate that owns hundreds of websites including Media Decision, a CNN affiliate. WoG is a member of the AP, syndicated on 5000 stations and has a average reach of 120 million unique monthly visits. Jim has partnered with WoG to develop MoviVue as the answer to an industry-wide problem where streaming platforms pay mediocre rates to filmmakers.
Jim is also a founding member and volunteer President of the Board of Directors for HExTC; a multimedia company that produces both theatre and film with the notion of “What is American.” Stories that reflect the American dream as told through the lens of ever changing communities that reflect the American landscape. Our most recent film “La Cafeteria” is set in NJ,1984 during the height of the Cuban Italian mob wars when the DiNapoli and DeLa Cruz families form an uneasy alliance while executing an FBI informant. The only problem is the four juvenile delinquents who witnessed the murder. The film is told through two generations of the same families and is trilingual. HExTC is registered 501c3 in New Jersey and has been incorporated since 2003.
Jim has 73 film & TV titles to his credit as per IMDB and dozens more in New York Theatre. His films have screened at hundreds of Festivals globally including Berlin, Cannes & Tokyo and have been distributed Worldwide.
