The Hollywood Basic Crafts have officially wrapped the first week of negotiations on a new three-year agreement with the studios.
28.05.2024 - 09:07 / deadline.com
Will.i.am, The Handmaid’s Tale producer Warren Littlefield and Clarkson’s Farm EP Andy Wilman will speak at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.
Grammy-winning music artist and The Voice coach Will.i.am will be a headline speaker in a new Frontiers strand that will bring together the traditional TV sector with leaders from others, such as podcasting, tech and digital.
He will be in conversation with Dr Alex Connock, the TV-producer, Oxford University lecturer and AI expert. Will.i.am is the founder and CEO of FYI, a Web 3.0 AI platform aimed at harnessing the technology for creative production. The pair will discuss the future of creativity and what role AI will play in content creation, distribution and audience engagement.
Littlefield, the former network chief who oversaw the creation of NBC’s ‘Must See TV’ era, will discuss his career on both sides of the commissioning line. After overseeing the development of shows such as Friends, Seinfeld, ER and Cheers, he became an indie producer on shows such as The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo and Dopesick, and is making the upcoming Hulu drama about Amanda Knox, which counts Knox and Monica Lewinsky as co-producers.
Littlefield will talk about how his career has mirrored many shifts in the industry, the current state of scripted drama, talent relationships and where the next big shows will come from.
Wilmna, executive producer of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, will be in conversation with Nutopia CEO Jane Root, who greenlit his reboot of Top Gear while Controller of BBC Two back in the early 2000s. With The Grand Tour coming to an end, Jeremy Clarkson’s right-hand man will discuss creativity, talent wrangling and the secrets of success.
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The Hollywood Basic Crafts have officially wrapped the first week of negotiations on a new three-year agreement with the studios.
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