eOne Ties Up with Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci & Wren Arthur

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has struck up a multiyear overall TV first-look deal with actors, directors and executive producers Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Wren Arthur’s Olive Productions.

Under the creative pact, the companies will be developing and producing premium scripted content. eOne will serve as the studio and will control worldwide rights to television projects produced out of the new partnership.

Arthur commented, “We’re excited to be in business with John Morayniss, Pancho Mansfield and the team at eOne. We’ve found a globally minded studio partner that shares in our commitment to bold, strong, irreverent characters. We look forward to reaching audiences around the globe through stories that matter.”

“eOne really get what we are about and are perfectly aligned with our sensibilities,” added Buscemi and Tucci.

Mansfield, the president of global scripted programming at eOne Television, said, “As producers, Steve and Stanley have an unparalleled sense for finding standout characters and bringing them to the screen. We’re thrilled to be working with them, and their brilliant partner Wren, as we continue in our strategy to share great stories with the world.”