Fox Entertainment Studios (FES) has struck a first-look deal with former Fremantle executive Jeffrey Levine and his production banner Bronson Canyon Pictures.
Levine, who was most recently Fremantle’s senior VP of scripted development, and FES will develop and produce scripted series for broadcast, streaming and other platforms under the multi-year deal.
FES and Bronson Canyon Pictures have already secured the rights to develop a pair of books: Pat Kelly’s Rifle Season, about a legendary big-game hunting guide whose life spirals after a tragic accident leaves him with an involuntary manslaughter conviction; and Thomas Mullen’s Darktown trilogy, a historical crime thriller set in Atlanta in 1948 following two of the city’s first black police officers.
During his time at Fremantle, New York-based Levine was responsible for acquiring, packaging and selling series to major streaming platforms. He worked on titles such as American Gods, Little Bird and the upcoming Amazon UK series Kill Jackie starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Before that, he was a producer at Paula Weinstein’s Spring Creek Productions and previously held executive posts at Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Network Television and The Zanuck Company.
“Jeffrey is a proven creative talent with exceptional taste, extensive industry relationships, and a producer’s instinct for finding stories audiences want to see,” said FES’s head of scripted Hannah Pillemer.
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