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    Bicoastal production house Anonymous has signed director Mark Romanek, who comes over from bicoastal/international Satellite….Word is that director Geoffrey Barish is about to hook up with bicoastal/international Propaganda Films….After stints wih Portland, Ore.-based Wieden + Kennedy and Amsterdam-based 180, agency creative Larry Frey has signed on as a commercial director with bicoastal/international @radical. media….Director Anouk Besson, formerly of bicoastal/international The End, has joined bicoastal Epoch Films…..Metro Pictures, with bases of operation in Marina del Rey, Calif., and Hong Kong, has-via the latter office-taken on Asian market representation for director Marcus Nispel, who continues to be repped stateside by Los Angeles-based Morton Jankel Zander….Director Dan Appel has joined Green Dot Films, Santa Monica…..Director Mark Rowen has signed with Tropix Films, Santa Monica…. Rosemary Street Productions, New York, has made a $17 million equity investment in worldwide independent film distributor Overseas Filmgroup. Rosemary Street is the investment vehicle of New York-headquartered commercial production and studio facilities company EUE Screen Gems….Venice, Calif.-based FDG-I, an original content production studio for the Internet, has entered into a strategic partnership with bicoastal Paradise Digital Group, a division of publicly traded Paradise Music & Entertainment (NASDAQ: PDSE). The association marries FDG-I’s original content creation with the production and distribution resources of Paradise Digital….Smoke/Flame artist Joe Wenkoff and lead designer Nancy Narimatstu have come on board Spy Post, San Francisco….

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    HBO Inks Two-Year First-Look Deal With Sharon Horgan and Her Production Company Merman

    Friday, February 28, 2025

    HBO has signed a two-year first-look television deal with BAFTA-winning and Emmy®-nominated actor, writer, and producer Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters,” “Catastrophe”) and her multi award-winning production company Merman. HBO has also given a straight-to-series order for a new original comedy series, the first project under this deal, from Horgan and produced by Merman, with Horgan serving as writer, star, and executive producer.

    This comedy series follows a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love while juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son.

    Amy Gravitt, executive VP, HBO & Max Comedy Programming, said, “We’re thrilled to be reunited with Sharon. Her willingness to offer up her own experiences through the characters she creates makes us all feel a little less lonely, that is what sets her comedy apart so brilliantly. She also has such a sharp eye for material and a strong desire to shepherd other people’s stories, we’re looking forward to the new talent she will bring into the fold.”

    Horgan said, “I’m so happy to once again be working with Casey [Bloys], Amy, Francesca [Orsi] and the team at HBO, and really excited that Merman get to continue to tell stories for a company that’s been home to some of the most iconic television shows ever created.”

    Horgan has created and starred in such series as “Pulling,” “Catastrophe,” “Motherland,” “Amandaland” and BAFTA and Peabody winning series “Bad Sisters,” which recently released its second season. She received Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (“Catastrophe”), Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (“Bad... Read More

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