Exclusive: AMC Studios has closed exclusive, multi-year overall deals with writers-producers Peter Ocko and J. David Shanks. Both have worked on AMC Studios series for AMC — Ocko was executive producer/showrunner on the praised Lodge 49, which aired for two seasons; Shanks serves as executive producer of the upcoming 61st Street, which has a two-season order.
Under the pacts, Ocko and Shanks will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies.
“The world of television is much better when creative talents like Peter and David are in it, telling unique and original stories that inform, entertain and elevate viewers,” said Dan McDermott, President of Original Programming for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and Co-President of AMC Studios. “We are so pleased to extend these creative relationships and to be the studio home of these two remarkable writers and creators.”
Ocko and Shanks join...
Under the pacts, Ocko and Shanks will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies.
“The world of television is much better when creative talents like Peter and David are in it, telling unique and original stories that inform, entertain and elevate viewers,” said Dan McDermott, President of Original Programming for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and Co-President of AMC Studios. “We are so pleased to extend these creative relationships and to be the studio home of these two remarkable writers and creators.”
Ocko and Shanks join...
- 10/23/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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