{"id":17967,"date":"2022-12-09T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:15:02","slug":"lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with Dahvi Waller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate Television Group has signed a multiyear overall deal for high-end premium scripted series with Emmy-winning writer and producer Dahvi Waller and her new Federal Engineering banner.<\/p>\n<p>Waller was the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the award-winning series <em>Mrs. America<\/em> and served as a writer and producer on <em>Mad Men<\/em>. Additionally, she was co-executive producer on <em>Halt and Catch Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Waller has tapped Irene Marquette to serve as head of development at the newly formed company. Marquette, formerly creative executive at K&amp;L Productions, is executive producer of the upcoming film Del &amp; Charna and served as associate producer on Amazon Prime\u2019s Cinderella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be back in business with the Lionsgate family,\u201d Waller said. \u201cThey\u2019re wonderful people, and they make wonderful television. I am excited for the sophisticated, boundary-pushing and most importantly, entertaining shows we\u2019re going to create together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDahvi is an exceptional talent and one of the best writer-producers in the business. We\u2019re thrilled to work with Federal Engineering and re-team with Dahvi, who has a longstanding relationship with Lionsgate dating back to <em>Mad Men<\/em>,\u201d said Scott Herbst, head of scripted development and executive VP of Lionsgate TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate Television Group has signed a multiyear overall deal for high-end premium scripted series with Emmy-winning writer and producer Dahvi Waller and her new Federal Engineering banner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5574,5575,5576,5577,5578],"class_list":["post-17967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dahvi-waller","tag-federal-engineering","tag-irene-marquette","tag-lionsgate-television-group","tag-scott-herbst","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with Dahvi Waller - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with Dahvi Waller - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionsgate Television Group has signed a multiyear overall deal for high-end premium scripted series with Emmy-winning writer and producer Dahvi Waller and her new Federal Engineering banner.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T14:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T14:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/LionsgateTVGroup-DahviWaller-1222.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/\",\"name\":\"Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with Dahvi Waller - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-09T14:00:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T14:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-tv-inks-overall-deal-with-dahvi-waller\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with Dahvi Waller\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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