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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Apple has landed The Big Door Prize, a half-hour comedy based on M.O. Walsh’s bestselling novel, with a 10-episode straight-to-series order. The project hails from Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek writer/executive producer David West Read, Skydance Television and…

Skydance Television, the company behind Netflix's Grace and Frankie, is searching for emerging writers after striking a first-look deal with Brian Grazer & Ron Howard's Impact. It is similar to a film deal that Impact signed with Netflix last year. The two companies are now searching for global writers to pen premium…

Skydance Television has acquired the rights to P. Djéli Clark's novella Ring Shout in a competitive situation. Kasi Lemmons (Harriet, Eve's Bayou) is set to serve as showrunner and will write and direct the television series based on the historical fantasy while Kiki Layne (The Old Guard, If Beale Street Could Talk)…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Skydance TV’s hourlong series starring and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed at Netflix, I have learned. The deal is still coming together and when all is said and done, I hear the project, also starring Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick), will head into…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has put in development a half-hour comedy drama revolving around an Arab mother and her gay son, from writer-producer-actor Lewaa Nasserdeen (The Goldbergs, Vinyl) and Skydance Television, where Nasserdeen is under a deal. Written by Nasserdeen, the project, loosely inspired by his life, follows…

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Television is developing an original hourlong series headlined and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first major foray into scripted television, I have learned. Created by Scorpion creator Nick Santora, the series is said to be a global spy adventure with a father (Schwarzenegger)…

Skydance Television is adapting Korean fantasy drama Hotel Del Luna as a series after teaming with CJ ENM, the studio behind Oscar-winning Parasite. Altered Carbon showrunner Alison Schapker, who has an overall deal with Skydance, will oversee the adaptation. It comes after CJ ENM invested in Skydance earlier this…

EXCLUSIVE: Former AMC Studios executive Drew Brown is joining Skydance Television as EVP, Physical Production. He replaces Carol Turner, who recently exited to head up production at ABC Studios. It is one of several executive hires and promotions in the indie TV studio’s creative development, global physical…

Scorpion creator Nick Santora, showrunner of Skydance Television’s upcoming Jack Reacher series, is expanding his relationship with the studio, signing an exclusive, multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Santora will create, develop and produce event-level original scripted series for Skydance TV. Santora currently…

Amazon has put in development a series based on James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels for television. The crime, mystery, and thriller New York Times bestselling novels focus on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. The book…

EXCLUSIVE: Marcy Ross, who launched Skydance Television and has built the TV division of David Ellison's film production and financing company into a bustling indie studio, is exiting her post as Skydance TV president after six and a half years. She is transitioning to producing with an overall deal at Skydance…

Prolific writer-producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Da Vinci’s Demons) is expanding his relationship with Skydance Television, signing a multi-year overall deal with the studio. Under the pact, Goyer will create, develop and produce original scripted series via his Phantom Four production banner headed by Keith…