EXCLUSIVE: Power may be coming to an end with this summer's sixth season but co-showrunner Gary Lennon is plugging into to a new creative source. Having helmed several episodes of the well-watched Courtney Kemp-created Starz drama, EP Lennon is now set to direct his first feature, I've learned. Coming off the mean…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer/producer/director Gary Lennon, who was recently named co-showrunner on Season 6 of Starz’s high-rated series, Power, has sold his script, A Family Film, to Liz Levine and Adrian Salpeter, co-founders of the production company, Random Bench. The film is described as a brutal, darkly humorous and…

EXCLUSIVE: Just over a week after its well watched Season 5 premiere, Power is plugging in for next year with executive producer Gary Lennon set to become co-showrunner with Courtney Kemp. It is part of a new overall deal Lennon has signed with Starz. "I am thrilled that Gary Lennon's contribution to Power has finally…

Starz is developing P-Town, a drama series with a lesbian lead that touches on the current opioid epidemic. The project hails from former Gotham writer-producer Rebecca Cutter, Power executive producer Gary Lennon and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Written and executive produced by Cambridge, MA-born Cutter, with Lennon on…

Gary Lennon, executive producer of Starz’s hit drama series Power, has signed a two-year overall deal with the premium cabler. Under the pact, Lennon will develop new projects for the network. He also will continue as EP on Power. The third season of Power delivered a record 8 million multiplatform viewers in Live +…

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has teamed with RuPaul and reality production company World of Wonder (RuPaul’s Drag Race) for a half-hour dramedy series project, a fictionalized version of RuPaul's rise from club kid to drag queen, gay icon, and global star. Written by Power executive producer Gary Lennon, the drama is set in…

EXCLUSIVE: Gary Lennon has signed on to write the book for a new untitled stage musical informed by the professional and personal accomplishments of rock stars Pat Benatar and her guitarist/husband Neil Giraldo. The musical, which will be produced by Jamie Cesa (Pippin and Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking), has its…

EXCLUSIVE: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment just picked up the option on Gary Lennon’s play Change for producer William Horberg (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, Milk). Lennon, who currently serves as executive producer and writer on Starz’s No. 1 rated series’ Power, is not only a writer, a Peabody and PGA winner…