CBS TV Studios Inks Overall Deal with Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman

Novelists and production executives Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) and Ayelet Waldman have signed a multiyear overall production pact with CBS Television Studios.

CBS TV Studios will have exclusive rights to produce television content created and developed by the husband-and-wife duo across all platforms under the agreement, which includes a commitment for a limited series from Showtime for an adaption of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kavalier and Clay. Chabon and Waldman will serve as showrunners and are writing and executive producing the series.

Writer/producer/directors Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman are also attached to the project as executive producers. The Kavalier and Clay series will be produced by Paramount Television and CBS Television Studios.

David Stapf, president of CBS Television Studios, said: “Ayelet and Michael are two of America’s pre-eminent writers. From award-winning novels and non-fiction to their television and film collaborations, they have a remarkable body of work. We’re thrilled to have them on our incredibly talented roster.”

Waldman and Chabon added: “The team at CBS Studios is the best we’ve ever worked with. We’re looking forward with so much excitement to this next phase of our collaboration.”