Exclusive: Television executive and producer Erynn Baldwin, most recently founder and CEO of the storytelling app Lugu, has joined Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Television as Vice President. In her new role, Baldwin will be responsible for bringing in new projects and developing series across comedy and drama.
Baldwin will be joining the television team which includes SVP James Seidman, VP Natalie Berkus, and Director of Development Nicole Scott, across a strong slate of projects.
“Erynn is going to be an incredible addition to the Imagine team,” said Kristen Zolner, Head of Imagine Television. “She is an excellent executive, who cultivates strong relationships with her creative partners through her curiosity and passion for storytelling.”
Baldwin launched Lugu during the Covid-19 pandemic. She built the app, which helps users create and share their life story, after seeing that there was no simple way for her grandmother to capture her legacy in the digital age.
Baldwin will be joining the television team which includes SVP James Seidman, VP Natalie Berkus, and Director of Development Nicole Scott, across a strong slate of projects.
“Erynn is going to be an incredible addition to the Imagine team,” said Kristen Zolner, Head of Imagine Television. “She is an excellent executive, who cultivates strong relationships with her creative partners through her curiosity and passion for storytelling.”
Baldwin launched Lugu during the Covid-19 pandemic. She built the app, which helps users create and share their life story, after seeing that there was no simple way for her grandmother to capture her legacy in the digital age.
- 10/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The scripted series about “Tiger King’s” Joe Exotic starring Nicolas Cage has been set up at Amazon for development, Variety has learned.
Variety exclusively reported the project was in the works from CBS Television Studios and Imagine Television in May. Amazon Studios has now boarded the project and will produce along with CBS TV Studios and Imagine TV.
The series is is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad. The story centers around Joe Shreibvogel (Cage), a.k.a. Joe Exotic, an eccentric exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
CBS TV Studios optioned...
Variety exclusively reported the project was in the works from CBS Television Studios and Imagine Television in May. Amazon Studios has now boarded the project and will produce along with CBS TV Studios and Imagine TV.
The series is is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad. The story centers around Joe Shreibvogel (Cage), a.k.a. Joe Exotic, an eccentric exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
CBS TV Studios optioned...
- 9/10/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tiger King lives on!
According to THR, a scripted series based on the hit Netflix docuseries, Tiger King, is in the works at CBS Television Studios.
We already know who will be suiting up as Joe Exotic.
Nicolas Cage has been tapped to play the man who became an overnight celebrity thanks to the roaring success of the Netflix series.
Cage had been in the running for the role since April, but is thought that negotiations took some time to finalize.
The eight-episode series will be shopped to potential buyers soon, and there's a good chance it will spark a bidding war.
The larger than life personalities at the wheel of the Netflix series found themselves propelled to stardom as people binged the series.
From wild twists to even wilder revelations being revealed about them in the media, the series certainly gave people a lot to chew on.
The Texas...
According to THR, a scripted series based on the hit Netflix docuseries, Tiger King, is in the works at CBS Television Studios.
We already know who will be suiting up as Joe Exotic.
Nicolas Cage has been tapped to play the man who became an overnight celebrity thanks to the roaring success of the Netflix series.
Cage had been in the running for the role since April, but is thought that negotiations took some time to finalize.
The eight-episode series will be shopped to potential buyers soon, and there's a good chance it will spark a bidding war.
The larger than life personalities at the wheel of the Netflix series found themselves propelled to stardom as people binged the series.
From wild twists to even wilder revelations being revealed about them in the media, the series certainly gave people a lot to chew on.
The Texas...
- 5/4/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
A scripted series centered around Tiger King‘s Joe Exotic with Nicolas Cage attached to star and executive produce is in the works, Deadline has confirmed. The project hails from American Vandal showrunner Dan Lagana, Paul Young (Key & Peele), Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios. The eight-episode limited series will go to market in the next few days.
Based on the Texas Monthly article Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild by Leif Reigstad, the story centers around Joe Shreibvogel, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
Lagana will write and executive produce. Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey will executive produce with Imagine,...
Based on the Texas Monthly article Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild by Leif Reigstad, the story centers around Joe Shreibvogel, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
Lagana will write and executive produce. Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey will executive produce with Imagine,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicolas Cage will portray “Tiger King” subject Joe Exotic in an eight-episode scripted series about the now-imprisoned big-cat breeder, TheWrap has learned.
The limited series — which is not to be confused with the Kate McKinnon “Tiger King” scripted show in the works at Ucp — hails from Imagine Television and CBS Television Studios. No network or platform is currently attached to the show, working title “Joe Exotic,” but an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap it will be taken to market in the next few days.
The series centers around Joe Shreibvogel (also known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage), “an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity,” per its logline. “The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
The limited series — which is not to be confused with the Kate McKinnon “Tiger King” scripted show in the works at Ucp — hails from Imagine Television and CBS Television Studios. No network or platform is currently attached to the show, working title “Joe Exotic,” but an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap it will be taken to market in the next few days.
The series centers around Joe Shreibvogel (also known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage), “an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity,” per its logline. “The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.
- 5/4/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Nicolas Cage is set to star in a scripted series centered on Joe Exotic, the subject of the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The eight-episode series is being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. It will be taken to market in the coming days. It is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad.
CBS TV Studios optioned the article in June of 2019. Dan Lagana will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer under his overall deal at CBS TV Studios with Paul Young executive producing via Make Good Content. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey will executive produce for Imagine. Cage will executive produce via Saturn Films. Scott Brown and Megan Creydt will executive produce for Texas Monthly. Imagine’s James Seidman and Natalie Berkus are overseeing the project for the company.
The eight-episode series is being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. It will be taken to market in the coming days. It is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad.
CBS TV Studios optioned the article in June of 2019. Dan Lagana will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer under his overall deal at CBS TV Studios with Paul Young executive producing via Make Good Content. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey will executive produce for Imagine. Cage will executive produce via Saturn Films. Scott Brown and Megan Creydt will executive produce for Texas Monthly. Imagine’s James Seidman and Natalie Berkus are overseeing the project for the company.
- 5/4/2020
- by Joe Otterson and Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
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