FremantleMedia, Jackie Collins Team for Romantic TV Dramas

BURBANK, February 12: FremantleMedia
North America (FMNA) has inked a one-year first-look deal with best-selling
fiction novelist Jackie Collins for the creation of new romantic television
dramas based on her original ideas and existing novels.

“This partnership is the perfect
creative marriage,” says Cecile Frot-Coutaz, the CEO of FremantleMedia North
America. “We are excited to work with a literary legend whose ingenious ideas
match our expertise in developing and producing original programming.”

Collins’ previous TV adaptations
have included Lucky/Chances, starring
Nicollette Sheridan, and Lady Boss,
starring Kim Delaney, both for NBC; as well as Hollywood Wives for ABC and Hollywood Wives: The New Generation for CBS. Collins will release her 25th book, in July,
entitled Drop Dead Beautiful: The Continuing Adventures of Lucky Santangelo, which will be published by St. Martin’s Press.