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EXCLUSIVE: Jax Media is planting a flag in Atlanta. The Search Party and Emily in Paris producer is expanding its footprint, opening a base in Georgia and has hired Atlanta line producer Alex Orr as head of production for Jax Atlanta. It comes after the company wrapped its first production in the city – HBO Max pilot C…

Brooke Posch has been upped at Jax Media. The Search Party and Emily in Paris producer has named Posch as President of the company. It comes after co-founder Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns were promoted to Presidents of Jax Media owner Imagine Entertainment, although the pair will continue to lead Jax Media as CEO and…

Tony Hernandez & Lilly Burns, co-founders of Emily in Paris producer Jax Media, have been promoted at Imagine Entertainment. The pair will become President of Imagine Entertainment and will oversee film and television at the Brian Grazer and Ron Howard-run company. This comes after Imagine acquired Jax Media, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has confirmed it has greenlit genre-busting marriage murder series Wedding Season. The eight-part original is being lined up for Star, Disney+’s international home for grownup drama. Deadline first revealed Disney+’s plans for Wedding Season last month, and the rom-com action-adventure series hails…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is close to unveiling its next UK scripted series, which hails from The Salisbury Poisonings producer Dancing Ledge Productions and Emily In Paris outfit Jax Media. Deadline understands that the two companies are gearing up to go into production on Wedding Season, though the project has not yet been…

UPDATED, 10 AM: Quibi today handed a formal series order to Trip, a romantic comedy set on New York’s Fire Island, from Joel Kim Booster (The Other Two, Sunnyside) and Jax Media (Russian Doll, The Other Two). EXCLUSIVE: Quibi has put in development Trip, a romantic comedy set on New York’s Fire Island, from Joel Kim…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Seth Cohen (Bless the Harts) has signed a first-look deal with Full Frontal and Russian Doll producer Jax Media, a pact that marks the first EP deal for the company’s TV group. Cohen will be working out of Jax Media’s L.A. offices. Over the past year, Cohen as an independent producer has sold…

EXCLUSIVE: Gayme Show is coming to Quibi, honey! The comedy competition series hosted by Las Culturistas podcast co-host Matt Rogers and stand-up comedian Dave Mizzoni has been greenlit by the mobile platform and will be produced by Jax media. Gayme Show, which has existed as live comedy show, uplifts and celebrates…

Search Party producer Jax Media is expanding internationally and has hired Molly Seymour from Alan Partridge producer Baby Cow to run a UK division. The Imagine Entertainment-owned producer, which is also making forthcoming Pop comedy Florida Girls and produces Netflix's Russian Doll and Comedy Central's The Other…

John Hodges, one of the founders of A24 who exited soon after the indie studio’s Moonlight won the Best Picture Oscar in 2017, has found a new gig. Jax Media, the TV production company behind TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Netflix’s Russian Doll and ABC’s The Conners among several other TV series, is expanding…

EXCLUSIVE: UK producer Séamus Murphy-Mitchell has joined Imagine Entertainment’s JAX Media, the production company behind Netflix’s Russian Doll, Broad City, and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. Murphy-Mitchell will serve in the newly carved out role of executive producer non-scripted as the company adds the new…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is expanding its footprint in scripted TV comedy by acquiring a controlling stake in Tony Hernandez’s Jax Media to develop, produce and finance film and scripted television projects in the comedy space. The strategic investment, whose size has not been…