Liz Brixius Inks Overall Television Deal With Miramax

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorDave Kajganich (AMC’s The Terror, Amazon’s Suspiria) has signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios to create, develop and produce series for network, cable and streaming platforms.“Dave Kajganich has been one of our favorite writers for some time now and one of the people we are most often asked about by the platforms around town,” said Bert Salke, president of Fox 21 TV studios, a division of Disney TV Studios.

Will Thorne Staff WriterDave Kajganich, the writer and producer who created the first season of AMC’s “The Terror” and penned Luca Guadagnino “Suspiria,” has signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios.As part of the deal, Kajganich will work with Fox 21 to create, develop and produce series for network, cable and streaming platforms.

Idris Elba is set to produce TV shows and films as part of a first-look deal with bosses at Apple Tv+.The actor will develop original content under his production company, Green Door Pictures.He joins a long list of celebrities who have partnered with executives at the new streaming service, including Oprah Winfrey, Alfonso Cuaron, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Simon Kinberg.Elba has been busy as of late – the Hobbs & Shaw star recently completed production on Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy, The Long

Peter White Television EditorThe Jungle Prince of Delhi, a New York Times expose about the fake royal family of Oudh, is in development at Amazon.The streamer has secured the exclusive rights to the story, which was also profiled on the paper’s podcast The Daily and was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist.Mira Nair, who recently directed six-part BBC drama A Suitable Boy, is attached to direct and exec produce.

It is the second week in a row that regional leaders have had the most up-to-date testing data from the government, allowing authorities to paint a clearer picture of their local Covid-19 situation.

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday announced an overall first-look deal with Colin Kaepernick.

Also Read: 'Mission: Impossible 7,' 'The Batman' and 4 Other Blockbuster Shoots to Resume in UKReeves’ 6th & Idaho currently has a first-look film deal with Netflix and was previously set up with 20th Century Fox Television on the TV side.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Batman director and Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. The rich pact had quietly closed months ago, and is now being confirmed.Under the overall agreement, Reeves will develop new television programming for all platforms via his 6th & Idaho production company: streaming services, including HBO Max; broadcast, premium and basic cable networks.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Batman” director Matt Reeves is expanding his relationship with Warner Bros.Reeves and his 6th & Idaho production company have signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNetflix has renewed its popular dark comedy Dead To Me for a third season. Series creator Liz Feldman will return as executive producer/showrunner under a big overall deal she has signed with the streamer.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersUnder the multi-year pact, Feldman will also develop new original series and other projects for Netflix.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorColin Kaepernick has signed an overall first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company via his Ra Vision Media. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and the quest for equity, and will provide a new platform to showcase the work of Black and Brown directors and producers.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Writer/producer LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands) has signed a major exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.WBTVG landed Morgan in a competitive situation.

Dirty Films — the production banner from Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton — has signed a first-look film deal with New Republic Pictures. New Republic, run by producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, was behind the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Sam Mendes' World War I drama 1917.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Apple has signed an overall deal with Defending Jacob creator, executive producer and showrunner Mark Bomback. Under the multi-year pact, Bomback will develop new TV projects exclusively for Apple TV+.The overall deal comes a month after thriller Defending Jacob, starring Chris Evans, wrapped its eight-episode run.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Writer Kenneth Lin has closed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSpringHill Entertainment, the production company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios.“SpringHill Entertainment makes the shows LeBron and I want to watch,” Carter said. “We look at every project as a way to connect with our community and ask ourselves if it will entertain and empower them.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSpringhill Entertainment, the production company founded by NBA superstar LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has signed a two-year overall deal for scripted television with ABC Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios.James and Carter started shopping for a new home earlier this year after being based at Warner Bros. since 2015.

Also Read: River Road Entertainment Taps MACRO Producer Kim Roth as Chief Creative Officer“One of the most important aspects of what we do at MACRO is to identify and uplift Black voices in front of and behind the camera,” added MACRO TV Studios president Marta Fernandez who is overseeing both series for the studio. “Kevin is an exciting new producer with fresh ideas and a point of view not always put forward in television.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Comedy writer-producer Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, whose credits include HBO Max’s Love Life and Pop TV’s One Day At A Time, has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSalma Hayek has signed a two-year first-look deal with HBO Max. As part of the pact, the actress, producer, director and Oscar nominee will first bring projects to the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service for potential development via her Ventanarosa production company.