{"id":16019,"date":"2021-04-14T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-tamra-simmons\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:45:06","slug":"blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ant Studios Inks Development Deal with Tamra Simmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Ant Studios has signed a new development deal with Atlanta-based producer, writer, talent director and entrepreneur Tamra Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>Per the deal, Simmons will work with Blue Ant Studios to identify and develop a slate of unscripted projects that explore diverse perspectives and experiences. Simmons is executive producer at LA Productions and has earned international accolades for her production work across true crime, social justice and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 portfolio as a producer includes <em>Surviving R. Kelly<\/em>, <em>Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning<\/em>, <em>Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta<\/em> and <em>Growing Up Hip Hop: LA<\/em>, and <em>Mary Mary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Harkness, senior VP of unscripted content at Blue Ant Studios, said: \u201cThe passion and expertise that Tamra brings to her exceptional work across so many arenas add value to any project she is a part of. We couldn\u2019t envision a better collaborator to bring her unique perspective to our slate as we continue to grow our unscripted business and develop creator-driven content that challenges, entertains, and amplifies a broad range of experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons added: \u201cThe content we consume shapes our minds, drives our decisions and informs our outlook on the world. It is imperative that our content options provoke our thoughts and remove us from our homogeneous bubbles thereby giving us a true reflection of the world. I\u2019m excited to partner with Blue Ant Studios because I\u2019m confident that our synergy will do more than just give audiences something else that\u2019s just like everything else to watch. We will produce diverse, intriguing and unique television that will leave a memorable and lasting imprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laura Michalchyshyn, co-president of Blue Ant Studios, said: \u201cTamra\u2019s work has so much heart, and her relationships with diverse talent and storytellers are impressive. We can\u2019t wait to partner with her to produce projects that tell important, urgent, and entertaining stories about the world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Ant Studios has signed a new development deal with Atlanta-based producer, writer, talent director and entrepreneur Tamra Simmons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[345,4024,5457],"class_list":["post-16019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blue-ant-media","tag-blue-ant-studios","tag-tamra-simmons","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Ant Studios Inks Development Deal with Tamra Simmons - TVREAL<\/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\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue Ant Studios Inks Development Deal with Tamra Simmons - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blue Ant Studios has signed a new development deal with Atlanta-based producer, writer, talent director and entrepreneur Tamra Simmons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-14T14:32:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-14T14:45:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Tamra-Simmons-blue-ant-421.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=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Ant Studios Inks Development Deal with Tamra Simmons - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-14T14:32:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-14T14:45:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blue-ant-studios-inks-development-deal-with-tamra-simmons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blue Ant Studios Inks Development Deal with Tamra Simmons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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