R.J. Cutler Signs First-Look Television Deal With Lionsgate

EXCLUSIVE: R.J. Cutler keeps growing his relationship with Lionsgate Television. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker (The War Room) and Emmy-winning television producer (American High), has signed a preliminary-look television deal with Lionsgate to develop and create scripted programming for broadcast and cable. Cutler first teamed with Lionsgate TV this development season on drama project Nashville, which provided to ABC and was recently acquired to pilot with Cutler executive creating and pointing. R.J.s fascination with growing his activities in scripted programming meshed perfectly with this particular have to continue coping with him beyond Nashville, mentioned Lionsgate TV Group leader Kevin Beggs. Hes an very creative and experienced producer and were searching toward developing other projects together after we still expand our television business. Put together by Oscar champion Callie Khouri, Nashville is known to love a household cleaning cleaning soap about love, new bands, family, politics and sex set in the backdrop in the Nashville music scene. Cutler and Khouri are executive allowing the pilot with Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment Lionsgate TV is co-creating with ABC Art galleries. Were getting such an enjoyable experience on Nashville that building round the relationship made an appearance an apparent next factor,” Cutler mentioned. “Lionsgate is the greatest home for your kind of scripted television If only to create and direct. Cutler, repped by CAA and attorney Jeanne Newman, is presently creating and pointing the feature documentary The Earth According to Dick Cheney for Showtime.