Lewis Hamilton is making a change to honour his mother. The Formula One driver recently shared that he will soon be racing under a new name.
Sports Group Eleven Sets U.S. Leadership For Neo Studios; Lewis Hamilton Extreme-E Docuseries Among Inaugural Development Slate
01.03.2022 - 20:51 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: NEO Studios U.S., the production arm of sports media group Eleven, has set its leadership team and unveiled its inaugural development slate.
The company has named Anouk Mertens as Global CEO of NEO Studios and tapped Melanie Capacia Johnson as President, NEO Studios, U.S. Jill Johnson has been named EVP, Entertainment with Mike Basone set as Head of Unscripted Development and Francesca Smith as Senior Director of Scripted Development & Production.
It comes as the group has brought together four separate Eleven-owned businesses – Whistle Studios, Tiny Horse, Vertical Networks and New Form – under the Neo Studios umbrella.
Mertens was previously Group COO of Eleven, former Viacom exec Capacia Johnson, who will lead all IP development and production services for Neo Studios U.S., co-founded marketing and production company Tiny Horse, while former Syco Entertainment exec Johnson served as its GM. Basone was previously head of unscripted for Whistle Studios, where he worked on series including Roku’s Benedict Men and former New Form exec Smith exec produced series including Snap’s Two Sides.
The Santa Monica-based company, which is part of the Aser Ventures family, which part owns Premier League team Leeds United, has also set its debut programming development slate.
It is working up The Academy, which follows the real-life stories of young athletes, and has partnered with the NFL Alumni Academy in the U.S. and with Premier League’s Leeds United in the UK.
It is developing Race for Change (w/t), a docuseries that will track the inaugural season of the all-electric rally Extreme-E, as former F1, Rally and RallyCross champions compete on the most remote and environmentally fragile terrains to raise awareness for the
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