{"id":12333,"date":"2019-11-21T05:07:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgates-swimming-sharks-gets-quibi-series-order\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:10:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:10:44","slug":"lionsgates-swimming-with-sharks-gets-quibi-series-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgates-swimming-with-sharks-gets-quibi-series-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate&#8217;s Swimming with Sharks Gets Quibi Series Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate has landed a series order for the drama<em> Swimming with Sharks<\/em>, to be written and produced by Kathleen Robertson (<em>Murder in the First<\/em>, <em>Boss<\/em>) and directed by Tucker Gates (<em>Homeland<\/em>, <em>The Morning Show<\/em>), with Quibi.<\/p>\n<p><em>Swimming with Sharks<\/em> is a contemporary update of George Huang\u2019s original film that both celebrates and skewers the Hollywood studio system. In this adaptation, a young female assistant is at the center of a studio filled with manipulators, schemers and intrigue, but little do they know she is poised to outwit them all.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Cowles\u00a0(<i>Chappaquiddick<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> Blockers<\/i>) will also produce. Dana Brunetti (<i>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/i> franchise) and Liz Destro (Lee Daniel\u2019s <i>The Butler<\/i>, <i>Cake<\/i>) will serve as executive producers as well as Jay Cohen and Stephen Israel, who executive produced the original movie. Production begins in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to partner with our friend Jeffrey Katzenberg and the incredible team at Quibi,\u201d said Lionsgate Television Chairman Kevin Beggs. \u201cThe series underscores our commitment to partnering with emerging platforms and expanding our valuable library properties like <i>Swimming with Sharks<\/i> into exciting new forms of storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate has landed a series order for the drama Swimming with Sharks, to be written and produced by Kathleen Robertson (Murder in the First, Boss) and directed by Tucker Gates (Homeland, The Morning Show), with Quibi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[211,3198],"class_list":["post-12333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-lionsgate","tag-quibi","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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