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HBO Developing South Beach Drama Produced By John Legend & Tony Krantz

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 4:56pm PDTTags: Down Lo, HBO, John Legend, Tony Krantz
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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, HBO has bought for development Down Lo, a drama project from singer-songwriter John Legend and producer-director Tony Krantz. Set in Miami’s South Beach, the edgy ensemble drama explores the intersection of three worlds — the party town’s popular music scene and sports and fashion circles. It deals with fame and secrets, with the stories told from multiple points of view. One of them will be that of a gay rapper living on the down low as homosexuality is still not readily accepted in the hip-hop community. (In an interview just this week, Snoop Dogg said he doubts that homosexuality will ever be accepted in the “masculine” rap world.) Down Lo also features top models as well as athletes with their penchant for big money, fast cars and beautiful women. Down Lo, which is expected to draw on Legend’s first-hand knowledge and great access to the music world, hails from Krantz’s Flame Ventures and Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co. It is being written by  playwright/scribe Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, who is executive producing with Krantz and Get Lifted’s Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius. Flame’s Reece Pearson serves as co-executive producer. READ MORE »

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John Legend To Produce Comedy For Fox Inspired By His Life Through Chernin Co.

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 10:01am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Chernin Entertainment, Fox, John Legend
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox has bought an untitled John Legend comedy project from 20th Century Fox TV, studio-based Chernin Entertainment and Legend’s production company Get Lifted. Written by Sons Of Tucson‘s co-creators Tommy Dewey & Greg Bratman, the single-camera … Read More »

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John Legend Signs Deal With Universal Cable Prods.

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 31, 2012 @ 9:28am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, John Legend, Universal Cable Prods
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John Legend Universal Cable ProductionsEXCLUSIVE: Universal Cable Productions has signed singer-songwriter John Legend and his Get Lifted Film Company to an exclusive pod deal to develop series for cable and broadcast networks. Under the pact, the nine-time Grammy winner and his partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius will work closely with UCP’s development team – SVPs Richard Rothstein, Chris Sanagustin and Maira Suro – who oversee the studio’s development for USA Network, Syfy and external networks, respectively.

The deal marks Legend’s first formal foray into the television series business. He called it “next step forward in building Get Lifted.” UCP has been very selective with its pod deals. Get Lifted joins a handful of other companies that have deals with the studio, including Hypnotic, which produces UCP’s USA dramas Covert Affairs and Suits and recently produced the studio’s critically acclaimed MTV comedy I Just Want My Pants Back for MTV; Tagline, which produces the long-running USA/UCP dramedy Psych, and recent roster addition, Gale Anne Hurd’s company Valhalla Entertainment (The Walking Dead). Read More »

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John Legend To Replace Lionel Richie On ABC’s New Music Reality Series ‘Duets’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 30, 2012 @ 11:30am PDTTags: Duets, John Legend
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John Legend DuetsJohn Legend has joined the quartet of star mentors on ABC’s upcoming music reality series Duets. He replaces Lionel Richie, who was originally tapped for the gig but has pulled out citing scheduling conflicts. Duets will feature … Read More »

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John Legend And Showtime Team For Potential Music Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 7, 2012 @ 4:16pm PSTTags: John Legend, Showtime
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EXCLUSIVE: John Legend is behind a music special, which is in series consideration at Showtime. The nine-time Grammy Award winner hosts and executive produces the project, which had a private taping recently at the historic EastWest Studios in Los Angeles. The untitled show features top artists from different genres who … Read More »

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