Liz Hannah Launches Production Company With Overall Deal At Civic Center Media/MRC Television

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated director-producer Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) has teamed with executive/Emmy-winning producer Cheryl Bloch (Northern Exposure) to launch Backyard Pictures. The new company will be based at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with a first-look deal. Under the pact, Backyard Pictures will develop new television series spanning broadcast, cable and streaming. They already have multiple projects in the works.

Liz Watts, exec producer of Netflix’s Cate Blanchett drama Stateless, has struck an overall deal with NBCUniversal’s Matchbox Pictures.

Doug Schwalbe has launched The Co-Production Company, a boutique production firm specializing in finance and distribution arrangements for international productions.

EXCLUSIVE: Following critical acclaim that recently earned him multiple accolades including a SAG nomination, Nicholas Hoult is looking to stay in business with The Great producers for the long haul. Hoult has signed a first look television deal with MRC Television and Civic Center Media via his newly formed production company, Dead Duck Films.

Taiwan's four largest movie theater chain companies are joining forces to get into the production business. The companies have united to form Bole Film, through which they plan to produce three to five theatrical films per year.

Endeavor Content partner and executive vice president Lorenzo De Maio is stepping down from the company to launch his own production venture. The L.A.-based De Maio Entertainment, announced Monday, is back by an exclusive long-term partnership deal with global TV powerhouse Fremantle.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterEndeavor Content partner and executive vice president Lorenzo De Maio is exiting the company to launch a new venture, De Maio Entertainment, which has backing from Fremantle through an exclusive long-term partnership deal.Based in Los Angeles, De Maio will work closely with both Fremantle’s senior leadership team and a broader group of independent labels and producers to grow the company’s scripted at factual slate and explore new strategic opportunities with

One of ABC Signature’s top showtunners, Krista Vernoff (Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Rebel) is staying put with a new multi-year overall deal for her company Trip the Light Productions. Closing a new big three-year pact with Vernoff represents a key piece of the complex effort to bring Grey’s Anatomy back for Season 18.

Chrissy Teigen and Kris Jenner have teamed up to launch a home cleaning product line called Safely! The collaboration, which is formulated without harsh chemicals, features plant-powered cleaning products with natural aromatherapy scents.The direct-to-consumer products are now available to shop on the Safely website, and it's the perfect time as we're all cleaning and sanitizing a lot more lately.

Sarah Monteith has been named CEO of Baby Cow, the TV and film production company founded by Steve Coogan. Monteith, a veteran Brit TV exec who joins from BBC Studios, replaces Christine Langan, who stepped down last year after four years to set up her own venture.

Grab your torches! After multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Survivor season 41 is officially underway after being pushed a full year. Host Jeff Probst shared the news in a video posted via his social media accounts on Monday, March 22.

Natalka Znak, who recently produced Fox competition series Ultimate Tag, is setting up a new venture.

Home Team, the UK indie production house founded by Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, has hired Jessica Hill as Senior Development Executive.

Paris Hilton is getting into business with Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, signing an exclusive two-year overall deal with the studio.

the company said in a statement posted on Twitter. “We are proud of the talented cast and crew behind COLOR OUT OF SPACE.

Tencent Games, the video game division of China's media conglomerate Tencent, has partnered with Its Just Us Productions to expand cross-promotional opportunities inPlayerUnknown's Battleground Mobile. The Los Angeles-based Its Just Us, an independent production and finance company, will identify opportunities for PUBG Mobile'sin-game and offline platforms.

Boat Rocker Studios and former Sirens Media and USA Network executiveJessica Sebastian-Dayeh are teaming to launch a production and media company called Maven. The new venture will initially focus on unscripted content, developing for all platforms and emphasizing female-led stories and projects from emerging voices.

Jessica Sebastian-Dayeh, who was previously President of ITV America-owned Sirens Media, has set up her own production company with Boat Rocker Studios.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Angela Robinson has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television GroupUnder the terms of the agreement, the director and writer of the GLAAD Media Award and Saturn Award-nominated independent drama “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” will develop and create original scripted television programming for all Warner Bros.