Writer-Producers Bridget Kyle & Vicky Luu Ink Overall Deal With Universal Television

Famed music producer Rick Rubin has signed a deal with Endeavor Content to further bring his Shangri La recording studio into film and TV.

Rick Rubin has got some stories and he’s going to start telling them in film and TV.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan will stay at Sony Pictures Television for another four years, signing an extension to his existing overall deal.Gilligan has been with Sony TV for more than 15 years.

Vince Gilligan has signed a new four-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, the studio said Monday.Sony Pictures TV has been the “Breaking Bad” creator’s home for the last 15 years, producing now just the iconic AMC series, but also its spinoff “Better Call Saul” and its sequel movie “El Camino: ,” which launched on Netflix.“Recently I was talking to my excellent agents (at ICM Partners,) and they reminded me my current deal was at its end.

EXCLUSIVE: One of the longest ongoing creative partnerships between a showrunner and a studio is set to continue. Vince Gilligan, creator of the blockbuster Breaking Bad franchise, which has spawned two hit series and a movie, has re-upped his overall deal with Breaking Bad producer Sony Pictures Television.

not move forward with a second season of “Lovecraft Country.”Based on the novel by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” starred Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett and Courtney B. Vance and debuted in August to critical acclaim.

Turns out the grass is greener up in Cupertino, at least figuratively and literally for Misha Green.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Lovecraft Country” creator Misha Green has signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple in a competitive situation.Under the deal, Green will create and develop television projects for Apple’s streaming platform. News of the deal comes just days after it was announced that “Lovecraft Country” will not return for a second season at HBO.

Michael Starrbury continues his collaboration with Netflix as he inks a multi-year overall deal with the streamer to develop new series programming.

The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King are staying at their longtime studio home, CBS Studios. But this was not a straight-forward overall deal renewal. The big new five-year pact, said to be in the high eight figures with a potential to cross the nine-figure mark in success, came after months of negotiations.

Kate Aurthur editorRobert and Michelle King, the creative team behind “Evil” and “The Good Fight” for Paramount Plus, have signed a new five-year overall producing deal with CBS Studios for their King Size Productions. The Kings also created “The Bite” for Spectrum, and are the showrunners and executive producers for all three shows — they executive produced the limited series “Your Honor” for Showtime as well.

EXCLUSIVE: In another blockbuster streaming deal with a major movie studio, Amazon’s Prime Video and IMDb TV have closed a licensing agreement with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. No one would comment on the financials, but we hear the multi-year deal is estimated to be in the ten-figure range.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJanine Nabers has signed an overall deal with Amazon, Variety has learned.Under the deal, Nabers will develop, produce, and write television projects for the streamer.

Janine Nabers, who has written on HBO’s Watchmen and Netflix’s Away, has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.

Netflix has greenlighted Echoes, a twin sisters limited series from 13 Reasons Why writer/executive producer/showrunner Brian Yorkey. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer will serve as executive producer and co-showrunner on the psychological thriller as part of a multi-year overall deal with the streamer for series and other projects.

Naman Ramachandran The life and times of Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone is the subject of “Lucky!,” an eight-part documentary series by Manish Pandey, writer/executive producer of BAFTA-winning documentary “Senna.” Pandey has been given exclusive rights by Ecclestone, who built the Formula 1 franchise, and has also been granted unprecedented access to tens of thousands of hours of archival footage from Formula 1 management.Ecclestone, now 90, was extensively filmed at his home in Gstaad

Nedaa Sweiss, co-showrunner of The Tonight Show, is staying in the NBCUniversal family.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNedaa Sweiss has signed a multi-year overall deal with Universal Television.Sweiss currently serves as co-showrunner on the NBC late-night series “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” She will continue in that role under the deal while also developing new projects for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.“We’ve greatly admired Nedaa’s contributions to late night television over the years, and are excited to be collaborating with her as she expands her reach into

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer-director Liz W. Garcia has signed an overall deal with Entertainment One. Under the multi-year pact, Garcia will develop television series for broadcast, cable, and streaming, including projects by and about women, people of color and members of the LGBTQIA community.

Blumhouse Television is scaring up even more moves into the world of unscripted.