Production company Vertigo Entertainment, whose film credits include The Departed and The Ring, has inked a first-look television deal with Lionsgate to develop and produce scripted programming for broadcast and cable.
Vertigo, which was formed in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison, has a track record of producing U.S. remakes of Asian films. In addition to best picture Oscar winner Departed and Ring, Vertigo has been a producer on the The Grudge and its sequel, The Ring Two and The Lake House.
The company recently entered the TV arena with the MTV series I'm With Rolling Stone. It also is making its first foray into scripted television with The Bates Motel, a re-imagining of Psycho that's being developed with Universal Media Studios, and a high-stakes gambling drama created by writer Matt O'Neal that is being shopped to networks.
Vertigo's agreement with Lionsgate expands the existing relationship between the companies, which are working together on The Eye, a thriller produced with Cruise/Wagner that stars Jessica Alba.
"Roy and Doug have tremendous creative instincts, outstanding relationships within the industry and the proven ability to recognize, acquire and develop high-quality material with widespread appeal," said Kevin Beggs, president of television programming and production at Lionsgate.
Vertigo, which was formed in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison, has a track record of producing U.S. remakes of Asian films. In addition to best picture Oscar winner Departed and Ring, Vertigo has been a producer on the The Grudge and its sequel, The Ring Two and The Lake House.
The company recently entered the TV arena with the MTV series I'm With Rolling Stone. It also is making its first foray into scripted television with The Bates Motel, a re-imagining of Psycho that's being developed with Universal Media Studios, and a high-stakes gambling drama created by writer Matt O'Neal that is being shopped to networks.
Vertigo's agreement with Lionsgate expands the existing relationship between the companies, which are working together on The Eye, a thriller produced with Cruise/Wagner that stars Jessica Alba.
"Roy and Doug have tremendous creative instincts, outstanding relationships within the industry and the proven ability to recognize, acquire and develop high-quality material with widespread appeal," said Kevin Beggs, president of television programming and production at Lionsgate.
- 6/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Guy Oseary's Maverick Television has inked a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV's alternative production arm Fox 21.
Under the one-year pact, Fox 21 will have first crack at Maverick TV's scripted and unscripted development.
In the two years since Maverick TV was launched under president Michael Rosenberg, the company landed its first scripted series with FX's The Riches and unscripted show with MTV's I'm From Rolling Stone.
Fox 21 senior vp Jane Francis said she has been discussing a possible collaboration with Oseary and Rosenberg since she read and was "really impressed" with the Riches pilot script.
"We have similar taste", Francis said. "Their (scripted) shows have a great offbeat sensibility that we as a studio have. They also dabble in reality, which is a great thing. They dabble in everything as we do too."
Rosenberg and Oseary also were drawn to Fox 21 by the common elements in their development strategies.
"What we focus on and what they focus on is similar," Rosenberg said. "It's reality and cable hours, and that's the world I want to live in."
Maverick already is busy developing new projects, including a dark single-camera family comedy with a twist from Riches creator Dmitry Lipkin and his wife, writer-director Colette Burson, who penned one episode of the show this season.
Under the one-year pact, Fox 21 will have first crack at Maverick TV's scripted and unscripted development.
In the two years since Maverick TV was launched under president Michael Rosenberg, the company landed its first scripted series with FX's The Riches and unscripted show with MTV's I'm From Rolling Stone.
Fox 21 senior vp Jane Francis said she has been discussing a possible collaboration with Oseary and Rosenberg since she read and was "really impressed" with the Riches pilot script.
"We have similar taste", Francis said. "Their (scripted) shows have a great offbeat sensibility that we as a studio have. They also dabble in reality, which is a great thing. They dabble in everything as we do too."
Rosenberg and Oseary also were drawn to Fox 21 by the common elements in their development strategies.
"What we focus on and what they focus on is similar," Rosenberg said. "It's reality and cable hours, and that's the world I want to live in."
Maverick already is busy developing new projects, including a dark single-camera family comedy with a twist from Riches creator Dmitry Lipkin and his wife, writer-director Colette Burson, who penned one episode of the show this season.
- 6/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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