James Patterson Inks Multi-Project Development Deal With Audible; Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel to Star in First Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Act star Joey King has closed a first-look deal with Hulu.

Tenderfoot TV, the studio behind the Up and Vanished podcast, has agreed to a multi-project deal with iHeartMedia. Under the terms of the deal, Tenderfoot TV will create a slate of nine new original podcasts for the iHeartPodcast Network over the next two years.

Fast and the Furious franchise, and romantic comedies with Mindy Kaling’s television adaptation of . Next up, the British actor can finally add comedy to her résumé with Quibi’s Die Hart, a series set at a school for actors who yearn to be the next action star—think Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Charlize Theron, or Tom Cruise.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorJames Patterson and Condé Nast are teaming to revive vintage crime fighter The Shadow in a series of books that will also aim to be adapted for the screen.Hachette Book Group imprint Little, Brown will publish the original series, whose first installment is due out in the fall of 2021.

Peter White Television EditorChris Grabenstein, author of children’s books including the Mr. Lemoncello series, and a frequent collaborator of The President Is Missing author James Patterson has signed with talent agency APA.The move will see the agency help secure adaptations of the New York Times bestselling author’s books for film and TV.Grabenstein has written over forty books in the last 15 years including Escape From Mr.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMrs. America‘s Cate Blanchett is expanding her relationship with FX Productions, signing a first-look TV production deal with the studio behind the critically praised limited series via her Dirty Films, an independent film and TV production company co-founded by Blanchett and Andrew Upton.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorViola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is staying in business with Amazon Studios. The company has expanded its exclusive first-look deal to include television, in addition to extending its film deal.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: The Loudest Voice showrunner Alex Metcalf is staying in business with Blumhouse, signing an exclusive overall deal for television and film with the studio behind the the Showtime limited series.

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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorColin Kaepernick has signed an overall first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company via his Ra Vision Media. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and the quest for equity, and will provide a new platform to showcase the work of Black and Brown directors and producers.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorESPN’s Pablo Torre signed a multi-year contract extension to become the new host of the ESPN Daily podcast.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerCate Blanchett and Andrew Upton-founded production company Dirty Films has entered into a first-look feature production deal with a production and financing company New Republic Pictures, led by founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer.Dirty Film is the executive producer of the new FX series, Mrs.

ViacomCBS and TV station giant Sinclair Broadcast Group unveiled amulti-year renewal of CBS network affiliations for eight Sinclair stations. Financial details of the deal, announced on Tuesday, weren't disclosed.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a landmark deal, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has inked a multi-project development deal with acclaimed Chilean writer and author Jose Ignacio ‘Chascas’ Valenzuela, a prominent voice in the LGBTQ community.The three-project deal kicks off with “El Filo de Tu Piel,” a gay-themed romance based on Valenzuela’s eponymous novel.“A prolific screenwriter, Chascas’ impeccable storytelling talent is essential to bringing such important LGBTQ representation to the small

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNBCUniversal International Studios’ UK production outfit Monkey Kingdom has signed a development deal with educational YouTuber MC Grammar.Monkey will work with school teacher Jacob Mitchell to create animated and live-action content after he went viral for rapping children’s book The Gruffalo and later appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.Represented by Encanta Talent Management, MC Grammar teams learning with music and broadcasts live weekly sessions on his

Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton gifted her younger brother, James Middleton, a birthday present nearly a decade ago, and it is still dear to his heart. The 33-year-old entrepreneur has opened up about his beekeeping hobby that helps keep him grounded, he said in a lengthy essay released on June 28 via Daily Mail.

Eric O'Connor, Dimitri Hurt and Luis Arellano, started out as a company that represented YouTubers. Eventually, says Arellano, president of MPM Latin, “we shifted our business strategy to focus on creating our own intellectual property.