Exclusive: Elan Gale, the creator of FBoy Island and a long-time Bachelor producer, is getting into business with ITV America.
Gale and his TheYearOfElan Productions banner has struck an overall unscripted deal with the Love Island producer. He will develop and produce unscripted series under the deal, particularly in the dating and relationship space.
Gale spent 10 years working on The Bachelor franchise, starting as a segment producer on Season 4 of The Bachelorette and leaving after Season 23 of The Bachelor in 2019.
He then went on to create FBoy Island, which was one of HBO Max’s buzziest unscripted hits before Warner Bros. Discovery moved the streamer out of the unscripted space. The show has since been picked up by The CW.
He’s also behind The One That Got Away and Cosmic Love for Amazon and Taye Diggs-hosted Back in the Groove, which recently premiered on Hulu.
Gale also has...
Gale and his TheYearOfElan Productions banner has struck an overall unscripted deal with the Love Island producer. He will develop and produce unscripted series under the deal, particularly in the dating and relationship space.
Gale spent 10 years working on The Bachelor franchise, starting as a segment producer on Season 4 of The Bachelorette and leaving after Season 23 of The Bachelor in 2019.
He then went on to create FBoy Island, which was one of HBO Max’s buzziest unscripted hits before Warner Bros. Discovery moved the streamer out of the unscripted space. The show has since been picked up by The CW.
He’s also behind The One That Got Away and Cosmic Love for Amazon and Taye Diggs-hosted Back in the Groove, which recently premiered on Hulu.
Gale also has...
- 4/11/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse Television is scaring up even more moves into the world of unscripted.
The company has struck an overall deal with ITV America that covers non-fiction programming. It comes four years after ITV took a minority stake in the television arm of the horror hit factory.
The two companies are already preparing their first project together, horror competition format Escape The Maze (w/t).
The series will follow individual competitors who have been locked inside a dark and mind-scrambling labyrinth, designed by maze architect, Adrian Fisher and The Premier Mission Group, encountering a range of physical and psychological challenges devised to make the experience both frightening and frustratingly difficult.
It will be produced in association with Leftfield Pictures, the company behind survival series Alone, and the hope that it mixes Blumhouse’s horror prowess with Leftfield’s self-shot, isolating and emotionally-charged competition aesthetic.
The companies are currently taking the project out to buyers.
The company has struck an overall deal with ITV America that covers non-fiction programming. It comes four years after ITV took a minority stake in the television arm of the horror hit factory.
The two companies are already preparing their first project together, horror competition format Escape The Maze (w/t).
The series will follow individual competitors who have been locked inside a dark and mind-scrambling labyrinth, designed by maze architect, Adrian Fisher and The Premier Mission Group, encountering a range of physical and psychological challenges devised to make the experience both frightening and frustratingly difficult.
It will be produced in association with Leftfield Pictures, the company behind survival series Alone, and the hope that it mixes Blumhouse’s horror prowess with Leftfield’s self-shot, isolating and emotionally-charged competition aesthetic.
The companies are currently taking the project out to buyers.
- 6/24/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse Television and ITV America have struck an exclusive, multiyear deal for unscripted television, through which Blumhouse will create a new slate of projects in its signature style.
A dedicated Blumhouse team will work with ITV America to “bring the loudest, most intense and unexpected genre, paranormal reality and suspense-driven creative to unscripted,” according to the company. Blumhouse will also work with producers across ITV America’s labels to develop new concepts.
“Blumhouse is one of the most exceptional brands in the industry,” said ITV America CEO David George. “They bring a virtually untapped genre to our portfolio, and we are so excited they chose ITV America to help expand their empire. Their provocative sensibilities combined with our diverse production capabilities will create a slate of big shows and formats that will be like none other in the unscripted business. This is going to be edge of your seat and wild!
A dedicated Blumhouse team will work with ITV America to “bring the loudest, most intense and unexpected genre, paranormal reality and suspense-driven creative to unscripted,” according to the company. Blumhouse will also work with producers across ITV America’s labels to develop new concepts.
“Blumhouse is one of the most exceptional brands in the industry,” said ITV America CEO David George. “They bring a virtually untapped genre to our portfolio, and we are so excited they chose ITV America to help expand their empire. Their provocative sensibilities combined with our diverse production capabilities will create a slate of big shows and formats that will be like none other in the unscripted business. This is going to be edge of your seat and wild!
- 6/24/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kimmelot, the company formed by Jimmy Kimmel and Wheelhouse Group last year, has struck an unscripted production deal with ITV America.
The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! Host launched the company in November with Brent Montgomery, boss of Wheelhouse, which was set up in January 2018 when Montgomery left his position as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot serves as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content. ITV America, which produces shows including Netflix’s Queer Eye and the forthcoming reboot of Love Island for CBS, will be the production partner on Kimmelot’s unscripted slate.
The deal was unveiled by Scott Lonker, the former CAA agent who was named...
The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! Host launched the company in November with Brent Montgomery, boss of Wheelhouse, which was set up in January 2018 when Montgomery left his position as CEO of ITV America.
Kimmelot serves as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content. ITV America, which produces shows including Netflix’s Queer Eye and the forthcoming reboot of Love Island for CBS, will be the production partner on Kimmelot’s unscripted slate.
The deal was unveiled by Scott Lonker, the former CAA agent who was named...
- 3/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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