Exclusive: Writer Olivia Purnell (Y) has signed an exclusive multi-year overall production deal with Skydance Television to create, develop and produce original scripted series for the studio. Purnell currently has multiple projects in development with Skydance that will be announced in the coming months.
“We fell in love with Olivia’s writing while working with her in the writers’ room for Foundation and knew immediately this was a creative talent we wanted to partner with,” said Marcy Ross, President of Skydance Television. “Olivia has a powerful point of view for both her characters and her storytelling. We’re thrilled to have her join our team and couldn’t be happier she chose Skydance as her creative home.”
Most recently, Purnell was a writer on Y, based on Y: The Last Man DC comic book series at FX. Prior to that, she was a staff writer on Foundation the Skydance Television...
“We fell in love with Olivia’s writing while working with her in the writers’ room for Foundation and knew immediately this was a creative talent we wanted to partner with,” said Marcy Ross, President of Skydance Television. “Olivia has a powerful point of view for both her characters and her storytelling. We’re thrilled to have her join our team and couldn’t be happier she chose Skydance as her creative home.”
Most recently, Purnell was a writer on Y, based on Y: The Last Man DC comic book series at FX. Prior to that, she was a staff writer on Foundation the Skydance Television...
- 8/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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