K.J. Yossman Wendy Morgan‘s animal welfare docu-drama “Mercy” has been picked up by Los Angeles-based distributor All Channel Films, Inc.
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Reservation Dogs co-creator Sterlin Harjo has signed an overall deal with FX Productions.
Harjo, who also serves as executive producer, showrunner, writer, and director on the series, will develop new content for FX under the new deal.
He’s already developing an untitled limited series that he will co-write with bestselling novelist Jonathan Lee and executive produce alongside Garrett Basch. Harjo would also direct the project.
“Reservation Dogs is brilliant and can’t return soon enough,” said Nick
K.J. Yossman Wendy Morgan‘s animal welfare docu-drama “Mercy” has been picked up by Los Angeles-based distributor All Channel Films, Inc.
Boat Rocker has acquired a minority equity stake in TeaTime Pictures, founded by Dakota Johnson and former Netflix executive Ro Donnelly, which has had a first-look deal with the Canadian TV studio since 2019. Under the agreement, Boat Rocker will extend its current first-look deal with TeaTime to develop and produce scripted and unscripted television and digital content.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt was an “Offer” that writer/producer Nikki Toscano couldn’t refuse. Toscano has sealed a three-year overall deal with Paramount Television Studios, where she’ll develop premium TV series for the studio across all platforms.
The Offer executive procucer/showrunner Nikki Toscano has signed an overall deal with the studio behind the upcoming Paramount+ series, Paramount Television Studios.
EXCLUSIVE: Pantaya signed an overall deal with Mexican actress Fernanda Castillo under which she’ll star in and co-produce original series and films (via Pantaleon Films) for the company.
Amazon Prime Video has closed a multi-year agreement with Inkblot Studios, a leading production company out of Africa that has produced some of Nigeria’s biggest box office hits.
Kathy Hilton is back and better than ever as far as Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is concerned.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBanijay Rights has signed a package deal with Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) ahead of the launch of its Viaplay streaming service in the U.S. on Dec.
Ashley Nicole Black, who wrote and produced season two of Ted Lasso, is staying in business with Warner Bros. Television.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAshley Nicole Black, the Emmy-winning writer, actor and producer who has worked on multiple talk and sketch series, has sealed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, the studio announced on Tuesday.
Selome Hailu editorNetflix has signed a multi-year overall deal with Kalinda Vazquez, who will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer.As her first project under the deal, Vazquez is developing and writing “Arbor Hall,” a young adult mystery thriller.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo has signed an overall deal with FX.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning writer-playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, creator of the acclaimed series David Makes Man, has teamed up with actor-producer Glenn Davis, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, to launch Chatham Grove, a production company which has inked an overall deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
The Upshaws co-creator Regina Hicks is expanding her relationship with Netflix with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer. For her first project, Hicks is developing an untitled comedy series with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina Hicks has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.Hicks is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Netflix multi-cam comedy “The Upshaws” starring Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. The show debuted in May and was renewed for a second season in June.Under her deal, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and projects for Netflix.
The American Film Institute on Wednesday revealed its Top 10 TV shows of the year in handing out its annual AFI Awards, with HBO’s Emmy-winning Succession part of an eclectic list that includes fellow Emmy winner Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, as well as Disney+’s WandaVision, FX’s Reservation Dogs and Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad from Amazon.
Selome Hailu editorHBO announced that director, writer and producer Craig Zobel has extended his overall deal for three additional years.Most recently, Zobel directed the 2021 HBO limited series “Mare of Eastown,” which stars Kate Winslet as a police detective in a Philadelphia suburb investigating the recent murder of one girl and year-long disappearance of another.
Prolific director, writer and producer Craig Zobel is continuing his relationship with HBO, extending his overall deal for an additional three years. He previously signed a two-year overall deal in January 2020.
EXCLUSIVE: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has entered into an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Disney companies Marvel Studios and Hulu’s Onyx Collective. The filmmaker is already in development with Marvel Studios on a new MCU series for Disney+.
EXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions has signed producer Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures to an overall deal, Deadline has learned.