Lionsgate Land First-Look Deal With Tucci, Buscemi Company

Olive Production Pact Covers Projects For Cable, Broadcast

John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 4/9/2009 3:20:15 PM

Lionsgate has struck a first-look deal with Olive Productions, the company formed by Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi with production partner Wren Arthur.

The deal will be for scripted programming for both broadcasting and cable. Olive is based in New York.

Lionsgate produces original cable series Mad Men for AMC,Crash for Starz and Weeds for Showtime. It also distributes South Park, Family Feud and Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Tucci's TV credits include Emmys for Monk and Winchell. Steve Buscemi's TV acting credits include The Sopranos and the upcoming Boardwalk Empire for HBO.

Arthur produced Tanner on Tanner for The Sundance Channel, updating Robert Altman's Tanner '88 for HBO. Arthur worked for Altman on theatricals, including Kansas City, Gingerbread Man and Gosford Park.

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