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Fifth Season Inks Deal With Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films, Studio Toppers Talk TV Contraction, Streaming’s Distribution Opportunities & More
Fifth Season studio heads talk about contraction in the TV industry, streaming's distribution opportunities and more.
The new limited series for Apple TV+ is the first production under a first-look deal Fifth Season Television has made with Chastain’s Freckle Films( George & Tammy), run by President Kelly Carmichael, to develop and produce projects. Leaning into its deals, the indie studio was among the first to take out TV projects when the strikes ended, landing multiple sales, including Made Up Stories’ The Good Daughter, starring Jessica Biel, ordered to series at Peacock; and two projects from Comins’ Creative Engine, Lena Dunham’s Covers, which went to to Netflix, and The Holdout starring Amy Adams, now in development at HBO in collaboration with Bond Group. And last month, Fifth Season started selling more than $1B worth of Apple TV+ content including Jason Momoa-starrer See, Nicole Kidman‘s Roar and M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant, in second window to local linear networks.
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