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Gail Berman Inks Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television


Wednesday and Elvis producer Gail Berman, founder and CEO of The Jackal Group, has signed a three-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Wednesday and Elvis producer Gail Berman, founder and CEO of The Jackal Group, has signed a three-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Through The Jackal Group, whose slate spans scripted and unscripted television, feature films, and commercial theater, Berman has produced such projects as reality series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo for Netflix; The Addams Family 2019 animated feature film and its sequel, The Addams Family 2, for MGM; the Tim Burton-directed live-action spinoff series, Wednesday, which ranks as Netflix’s most popular English-language series of all time; and Baz Luhrmann’s musical film Elvis for Warner Brothers which earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. She segued into the job after serving as President of Entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company from 2000 to 2005, overseeing the network’s assent to the top of the ratings with such primetime additions as American Idol, 24, House, and Arrested Development.

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