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Will Packer has been named Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards, set for March 27. This will be the first Oscar show to be produced by Packer, a prolific producer of numerous films and TV projects including Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along, Girls Trip, the Think Like a Man films and the television remake of Roo…

Will Packer Productions and Mo Abudu's EbonyLife Studios are teaming to develop an untitled project based on Evan Ratliff’s Bloomberg article, “The Fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master.” The companies won the rights in a highly competitive situation and have set up the project at Universal Pictures. Ratliff’s article…

As NBCUniversal starts its summer movie nights across its linear and digital portfolio, it has launched a partnership with Target and producer Will Packer that aims to spotlight BIPOC creators. The Scene in Color Film Series will be hosted by Packer, whose many credits include Girls Trip. and Straight Outta Compton…

EXCLUSIVE: The story of an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight is the subject of a new true-crime podcast series from Will Packer. The Girls Trip producer has teamed with iHeartMedia and Jeff Keating's Georgia-based production company Doghouse Pictures for Fight Night. The series…

Julissa Bermudez and Sanya Richards-Ross will return to dish and offer insights on the latest in entertainment and pop culture when Central Ave returns for its full 2020-21 season starting Saturday. The nationally syndicated entertainment analysis show, from Debmar-Mercury and Will Packer, will return to highlight…

EXCLUSIVE: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has lined up two new unscripted series for fall — Put A Ring On It, from Ready For Love producers Will Packer and Lighthearted Entertainment, and Behind Every Man, from Carlos King and Kingdom Reign Entertainment — and is expanding its unscripted programming roster to two nights…

After a staggering 1,500 applications (the largest number of the submissions for the program ever), Universal's Global Talent Development & Inclusion has selected Jennifer Coates, Angela Delgado, Satinder Kaur and Larry Santana as the participants in this year’s Universal Writers Program.  In addition, 2019 program…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development Free Will, a one-hour family drama from writer Kirk A. Moore (American Crime, 13 Reasons Why) and Will Packer Media. Quinton Peeples (11.22.63, Runaways) is aboard as showrunner. Fox Entertainment is the studio. Written by Moore, Free Will is a provocative family drama that…

Spring 2014 undoubtedly will be counted as a watershed moment in NBA history. The racial comments that were made public from former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling set in motion events that changed the league in unprecedented ways. Now Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, along with players including…

With his Quibi short-form series Blackballed, executive producer Will Packer set out to explore the intersection of race and sports, in the context of an explosive and pivotal moment in American sports history. Directed by Mike Jacobs, the show dissects five days during the 2014 NBA playoffs, when Los Angeles Clippers…

Chad Sanders and Chris Spencer are set to write the Universal Pictures-Will Packer Productions sports drama One and Done.  One and Done will center around one of the nation’s top high school athletes and his unprecedented decision to attend an HBCU. "This is a timely story about a young man’s journey of discovery at…

EXCLUSIVE: Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl, will be the subject of a new sports movie biopic from Night School and Girls Trip producers Will Packer Productions. The groundbreaking Los Angeles based production company has secured exclusive rights to the life story of groundbreaking QB…