Fremantle Inks Exclusive Pact with Catch-22’s Richard Brown

Fremantle and the award-winning producer Richard Brown have entered into an exclusive multiyear deal with Brown’s newly formed production company Passenger.

Brown was the driving force behind HBO’s True Detective anthology series and has served as executive producer on all three seasons of the critically acclaimed drama. Most recently, he developed and executive produced the Hulu-Sky Italia-Channel 4 limited series Catch-22, starring George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott and Hugh Laurie.

Based in New York and London, Passenger will develop and produce scripted drama series, with Fremantle co-producing and distributing the projects worldwide.

Brown commented: “Fremantle’s expertise, exciting vision, creative culture, outstanding leadership and global reach provide me with the ideal home for this new venture, and I couldn’t be more thrilled for this opportunity and partnership.”

Andrea Scrosati, COO of Fremantle, added: “This deal further strengthens Fremantle’s commitment of working with the best minds in the business. Richard has been a pioneer in the industry, with a unique understanding of global creative opportunities. In today’s competitive market the difference is made by great ideas, outstanding talent and world-class execution capacity and the partnership between Fremantle and Richard delivers exactly that.”