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‘American Idol’ Production Company Working on Project With ‘thirtysomething’ Co-Creator About the Rise of One of the Most Hated Men in History
FremantleMedia, the production company behind “American Idol” and “X Factor,” is working on a project about the rise of one of the most hated men in history.
Okay, so not really a guarantee, but get your novel to ’em pronto. It’s a start…
FremantleMedia, the producer and distributor of several of the world’s most widely-watched television series, and Random House, Inc., the U.S. division of Random House, the world’s largest trade-book publisher, both companies of Bertelsmann AG, announced today a major new creative and strategic partnership to develop scripted television programming for the U.S. and international markets based on the fiction and nonfiction books published by Random House’s imprints in North America and internationally.
The first-look deal with FremantleMedia will reside within Random House Television, a newly created part of Random House Studio, the publisher’s rebranded and expanded entertainment division led by Peter Gethers, President. Random House Television will work together with Random House’s editors and publishers, and their authors’ agents, to identify and acquire performance rights for the full range of broadcast network, cable, and premium television scripted formats.