CBS has given a pilot green light to To Whom It May Concern, a hybrid comedy from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group, and CBS TV Studios. Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan who sets out with his group of 20-something friends to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an…

Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group has sold two comedies to CBS – multi-cam The Folks with former Scandal star Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street producing, and hybrid To Whom It May Concern. CBS Television Studios is the studio for both projects. Written by Frank Pines, The Folks centers on what happens when a momma's boy…

The Jackal Group has snapped up the rights to produce the official biopic about legendary stand-up comedian George Carlin. Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter Stan Chervin is attached to write the project which will either be for theatrical, streaming or TV format. The Jackal Group's Chairman and CEO Gail…

Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group has optioned the rights to Ricardo Nuila’s upcoming book The Poor Unfortunates to develop for television. The book will be published by Scribner in 2019. The project is described as a medical procedural inspired by the patients and doctors at Ben Taub Hospital, Houston’s largest safety…

The Rose, the 1979 Fox film that scored four Oscar nominations including Best Actress Bette Midler, is eyeing Broadway. Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group said today it will produce a Broadway stage musical adaptation. Glen Ballard is already set to compose the music for the project. Berman and Joe Earley will produce…

Veteran business affairs executive Susan Lierle is joining TV/feature film/Broadway producers the Jackal Group as SVP Business and Legal Affairs. Lierle, formerly in various business affairs roles with 2oth Century Fox Television, NBCUniversal and Turner Entertainment, will oversee all business and legal matters at…

EXCLUSIVE: The Jackal Group has acquired the feature film rights to Terry McMillan’s bestselling novel I Almost Forgot About You, which like her other books — Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back — has gotten critical kudos. Gail Berman and Joe Earley will produce the project through their Jackal Group…

The Jackal Group has acquired TV rights to Ann Margaret Carrozza's upcoming book Love & Money: Protecting Yourself from Angry Exes, Wacky Relatives, Con Artists and Inner Demons, and will adapt it into an unscripted series. TV personality Carrozza, a former New York State assemblywoman, will serve as producer and…

NBC has put in development #Blessed, a single-camera workplace family comedy from @midnight executive producer Alex Blagg, the Jackal Group (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Sonar Entertainment and Universal TV. Written by Blagg, #Blessed follows an eccentric group of parent bloggers who work at a digital "mommy media"…

Chloe Benjamin’s upcoming novel The Immortalists is headed to the small screen. Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group has acquired the television rights to the book for development as a cable series. The novel will be published by Putnam/Penguin Random House in early 2018. The Immortalists is a family love story spanning…

FX is developing Ridin’ Dirty, a half-hour comedy centered in the world of horse jockeys, from writer, comedian and actress Allyn Rachel (Couple Time) and Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group. Written by Rachel, Ridin’ Dirty is centered on Vicky Gursky, the baddest chick in the business, who is determined to become the…

Veteran producer Hend Baghdady is remaining in the Fox fold, having been named SVP Production and Alternative Programming at the Jackal Group, Gail Berman's joint production venture with Fox Networks Group. In the newly created position, Baghdady will head the creative development and production of content for…