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EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the John Fusco spec script Phantom, a package that includes producers Harvey Mason Jr of Harvey Mason Media, and John Legend and his Get Lifted Film Co producing partner Mike Jackson. Pic will be an adaptation of the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel Phantom of the Opera, set in…

HGTV has closed on a deal for a new show starring Property Virgins spouses Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson. They’ll front Married to Real Estate, a working-titled reality series slated to air early next year. The eight hourlong episodes will follow the couple as they juggle their busy professional and personal lives…

The City of Philadelphia's long and bloody conflict with the MOVE organization, a "radical" back-to-nature group that followed the teachings of John Africa, forms the backdrop to the HBO documentary 40 Years a Prisoner. In 1978, the Philadelphia Police Department stormed the MOVE compound with armored vehicles…

EXCLUSIVE: John Legend's Get Lifted Film Co and Nia Long are teaming with Sony Pictures TV to bring the saga of power, race and political intrigue of Goldie Taylor's 2018 bestseller Paper Gods to ABC. Fatal Affair and Dear White People’s Long will star and executive produce the project, now in development with Get…

EXCLUSIVE: Sherman's Showcase has just wrapped up on IFC and Get Lifted Film Co. has hip-hop competition series Rhythm + Flow coming to Netflix next month, but right now the company is dropping some big hires. Michael McDonald has joined the John Legend, Mike Jackson, and Ty Stiklorius-led company as their Head of…

BREAKING: In his first public appearance since an allegedly racial and homophobic assault earlier this week, Jussie Smollett was defiant and declarative tonight onstage. "The most important thing that I can say is to keep it simple and say thank you and I'm OK," the Empire actor said to massive cheers at a totally…

EXCLUSIVE: Get Lifted’s John Legend and Mike Jackson, the Emmy-winning executive producers of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, have signed on to produce the family holiday musical Jingle Jangle for Netflix. The film is directed by David E. Talbert, who has written the script and will produce with Lyn…

EXCLUSIVE: "As far as the type of projects that we're doing at Get Lifted, we just really like to shine a light on really important moments in time, and people that help create those moments," Underground executive producer Mike Jackson says of where his company is coming from — and going. In the five years since Get…

"I think what the Academy did this week is a step in the right direction but it's going to be a slow moving change because the Academy reflects in a large degree what the industry looks like," said 2015 Oscar winner and Underground EP John Legend today at the Sundance Film Festival. In Park City for both the upcoming…