Exclusive: Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group is expanding its portfolio.
The production group has acquired Texas Crew Productions, the Austin-based producer behind Travel Channel’s recent reboot of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Oxygen’s Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins.
No financial terms were disclosed.
It is the most recent deal for Michaels’ company, which he bought back from Legendary in 2018 and restored the brand name in 2019, following the acquisition of Collins Avenue from Kew Media in 2020.
Texas Crew will sit under the Asylum Entertainment banner alongside unscripted producer The Content Group, scripted division Asylum TV and audio company Audity.
Other Texas Crew productions include History’s The 44th President: In His Own Words and ESPN 30 for 30 docs Brian and the Boz and Phi Slama Jama.
The acquisition is designed to “supercharge” Texas Crew’s development slate.
Texas Crew executives, including CEO David Karabinas, Chief Creative Officer and Head of Production Brad Bernstein,...
The production group has acquired Texas Crew Productions, the Austin-based producer behind Travel Channel’s recent reboot of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Oxygen’s Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins.
No financial terms were disclosed.
It is the most recent deal for Michaels’ company, which he bought back from Legendary in 2018 and restored the brand name in 2019, following the acquisition of Collins Avenue from Kew Media in 2020.
Texas Crew will sit under the Asylum Entertainment banner alongside unscripted producer The Content Group, scripted division Asylum TV and audio company Audity.
Other Texas Crew productions include History’s The 44th President: In His Own Words and ESPN 30 for 30 docs Brian and the Boz and Phi Slama Jama.
The acquisition is designed to “supercharge” Texas Crew’s development slate.
Texas Crew executives, including CEO David Karabinas, Chief Creative Officer and Head of Production Brad Bernstein,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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