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There’s a limited series based on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella in the works from Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions, Skydance Television, and Concord Originals. The project is an original take on the musical to be written by Rachel Shukert (GLOW, The Baby-Sitters Club) who will also executive produce and…

EXCLUSIVE: Nuyorican Productions, the company led by Jennifer Lopez and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, has made a number of new hires and internal promotions, we’ve just learned. Natalie Haack Flores joins as VP of Development having previously worked at Legendary while Kevin Sauer joins Nuyorican as Director of…

Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix spanning feature films, TV series and unscripted content, with an emphasis on projects that support diverse female actors, writers and filmmakers. Lopez co-runs Nuyorican Productions with her producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-T…

Jennifer Lopez and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Nuyorican Productions has named Alex Brown Production Executive of the TV and film production company. Brown will join Lopez and Goldsmith-Thomas as producer across all of Nuyorican's existing and upcoming projects. Brown has been with Nuyorican for four years, working in…

Kristel Laiblin, executive producer of Netflix’s breakout teen drama series 13 Reasons Why, has been named Head of Development for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, which is led by Lopez’s producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. Laiblin will oversee development and production of scripted and unscripted TV…

As Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions is prepping competition reality series World of Dance for NBC, the company has hired its first dedicated unscripted executive. Veteran reality exec Andrew Strauser is joining Nuyorican Productions as head of unscripted programming. He will oversee creative and development of…

NBC and Jennifer Lopez are looking for dancers with million-dollar moves. The network today announced World of Dance, a competition series from Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and the nascent Universal Television Alternative Studios that will offer a seven-figure grand prize. In partnership with global dance brand World…

This time, it's personal. In May, Brian Schornak filed a breach of contract complaint against Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions that accused Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas of pushing him out of the company. At the time, the former senior producer at JLo's company didn't actually cite Goldsmith-Thomas as a defendant…

A former senior producer at Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions is taking the company to court for breach of contract. In a five-claim complaint filed today in LA Superior Court, Brian Schornak is alleging that he was removed from the company’s shows like The Fosters and South Beach Tow and eventually forced out. <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/jennifer-lopezs-production-company-sued-by-former-exec-over-alleged-treatment-from-producer-elaine-goldsmith-thomas/elaine-and-jlo/" rel="attachment wp-att-498492"…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez is developing an hour-long drama for ABC Family. The so far untitled series is about a lesbian couple who suddenly have their already child heavy household turned upside down when a wayward teenage girl moves in. One of the mothers is a cop, the other is a private school teacher. They have…

AOL unveiled its slate of original programming today featuring more than 15 Web series targeting specific audience demographics in partnership with the likes of Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions (Tiger Beat Entertainment), Mark Burnett (CliffsNotes Films) and Vuguru (Little Women, Big Cars). Each series will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is expanding its relationship with American Idol star Jennifer Lopez to the scripted side. The network has bought a family dramedy project from Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta, which he is executive producing with Lopez. Sony Pictures TV, where Horta is under an overall deal, is producing the dramedy…