Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television have acquired the rights to Matthew Blake’s debut crime thriller novel Anna O. The series adaptation is in the process of being set up at Netflix for development, sources tell Deadline.
Blake is executive producing alongside Berlanti Prods.’ Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh Redman. Reps for Netflix and Wbtv, where Berlanti Prods. is under a deal, declined comment.
The high-concept thriller steeped in mystery follows the investigation of Dr. Benedict Prince, an expert in sleep-related homicide, into the case of the inexplicable Anna O, who murdered two people in cold blood four years ago and hasn’t woken up since.
Anna O is looking to succeed another Berlanti Prods./Wbtv thriller series for Netflix, hit You, which is headed into its fifth and final season.
Blake burst into the literary scene with Anna O, which sparked a...
Blake is executive producing alongside Berlanti Prods.’ Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh Redman. Reps for Netflix and Wbtv, where Berlanti Prods. is under a deal, declined comment.
The high-concept thriller steeped in mystery follows the investigation of Dr. Benedict Prince, an expert in sleep-related homicide, into the case of the inexplicable Anna O, who murdered two people in cold blood four years ago and hasn’t woken up since.
Anna O is looking to succeed another Berlanti Prods./Wbtv thriller series for Netflix, hit You, which is headed into its fifth and final season.
Blake burst into the literary scene with Anna O, which sparked a...
- 4/2/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The major broadcast networks are trying very hard this year to do what they do best – create franchise drama series built around the adventures of larger-than-life characters.
Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010.
This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.
Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010.
This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.
- 5/17/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Updated: The network upfronts are once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 15-17 for the springtime ritual of presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season.
Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year it’s even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers and many actors are sitting out the upfront presentations in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. The promise of WGA pickets surrounding all major events spurred Netflix to make a hasty decision to switch to a virtual presentation rather than an in-person event at the company’s Paris Theater.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, Disney, CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Fox, the CW and other major players in the upfront.
Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year it’s even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers and many actors are sitting out the upfront presentations in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. The promise of WGA pickets surrounding all major events spurred Netflix to make a hasty decision to switch to a virtual presentation rather than an in-person event at the company’s Paris Theater.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, Disney, CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Fox, the CW and other major players in the upfront.
- 5/15/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has finally released its schedule for the 2023 to 2024 TV season, and this time around new series from Jon Cryer and Tom Hanks are leading the charge alongside network staples. NBC’s fall schedule will include three new scripted series as well as a new night of Big Ten Football.
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
- 5/12/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. TV’s Leigh London Redman has been tapped as the new president for Berlanti Productions. The executive is expected to start her post in September, where she will be heading up television operations for the company and reporting to partners Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.
Redman previously served as the executive vice president of drama development at Warner Bros. Television, the flagship scripted programming unit of the Warner Bros. Television Group. She began the role in August 2020 amid the merger of Warner Horizon Scripted Television into Warner Bros. Television.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Leigh Redman to Berlanti Productions as our new president of television,” Berlanti and Schechter said in a statement. “We have had the great fortune to work with Leigh throughout her tenure at Warner Brothers Television and Warner Horizon. Leigh was instrumental in developing ‘You’ and ‘The Flight Attendant’ among many others.
Redman previously served as the executive vice president of drama development at Warner Bros. Television, the flagship scripted programming unit of the Warner Bros. Television Group. She began the role in August 2020 amid the merger of Warner Horizon Scripted Television into Warner Bros. Television.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Leigh Redman to Berlanti Productions as our new president of television,” Berlanti and Schechter said in a statement. “We have had the great fortune to work with Leigh throughout her tenure at Warner Brothers Television and Warner Horizon. Leigh was instrumental in developing ‘You’ and ‘The Flight Attendant’ among many others.
- 7/7/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Leigh London Redman has been hired as president of Berlanti Productions, Variety has confirmed.
London Redman takes over the role from David Madden, who departed the company in April. She will report to Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter in her new role, which will see her heading up television operations for the company. She was most recently executive vice president of drama development for Warner Bros. Television, where Berlanti Productions is based.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Leigh Redman to Berlanti Productions as our new President of Television,” Berlanti and Schechter said. “We have had the great fortune to work with Leigh throughout her tenure at Warner Brothers Television and Warner Horizon. Leigh was instrumental in developing ‘You’ and ‘The Flight Attendant’ among many others. She is smart, talented, kind and respected by talent and executives alike. Her story sense and intelligence is first rate. We are...
London Redman takes over the role from David Madden, who departed the company in April. She will report to Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter in her new role, which will see her heading up television operations for the company. She was most recently executive vice president of drama development for Warner Bros. Television, where Berlanti Productions is based.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Leigh Redman to Berlanti Productions as our new President of Television,” Berlanti and Schechter said. “We have had the great fortune to work with Leigh throughout her tenure at Warner Brothers Television and Warner Horizon. Leigh was instrumental in developing ‘You’ and ‘The Flight Attendant’ among many others. She is smart, talented, kind and respected by talent and executives alike. Her story sense and intelligence is first rate. We are...
- 7/7/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Warner Bros. TV’s Leigh London Redman, has been appointed as President of Berlanti Productions.
London Redman, who was who was EVP, Drama Development at the studio, succeeds David Madden, who Deadline revealed in April was stepping down after two years at the prolific production company.
She will oversee the company’s television operation, which for the last few years has been behind a staggering 15 shows including The CW’s The Flash, Riverdale and All American, Netflix’s You and HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant as well as upcoming series such as The Girls on the Bus, Green Lantern, Landing, Found, Strange Adventures, More, Providence, Dead Boy Detectives, a limited series about the life of screen icon Doris Day, and Anon Pls a drama series adaptation of the book written by Instagram celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi for HBO Max.
She reports to partners Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter...
London Redman, who was who was EVP, Drama Development at the studio, succeeds David Madden, who Deadline revealed in April was stepping down after two years at the prolific production company.
She will oversee the company’s television operation, which for the last few years has been behind a staggering 15 shows including The CW’s The Flash, Riverdale and All American, Netflix’s You and HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant as well as upcoming series such as The Girls on the Bus, Green Lantern, Landing, Found, Strange Adventures, More, Providence, Dead Boy Detectives, a limited series about the life of screen icon Doris Day, and Anon Pls a drama series adaptation of the book written by Instagram celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi for HBO Max.
She reports to partners Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter...
- 7/7/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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