{"id":18887,"date":"2022-10-17T04:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:20:20","slug":"lionsgate-in-first-look-deal-with-high-on-the-hog-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/lionsgate-in-first-look-deal-with-high-on-the-hog-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate in First-Look Deal with High on the Hog Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate has entered a first-look deal with producers Karis Jagger and Fabienne Toback (<em>High on the Hog<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will see the duo develop and produce unscripted and documentary programming under their production banner, Hey Sistah Productions. Lionsgate\u2019s Pilgrim Media Group will provide development support and serve as production services entity for sold projects.<\/p>\n<p>Jagger and Toback are longtime friends who began collaborating in 2011, producing and directing a series of shorts for <em>The New York Times<\/em>. They were inspired to adapt Dr. Jessica Harris&#8217;s <em>High on the Hog<\/em>, optioning the book and partnering with Pilgrim Media Group and Roger Ross Williams\/One Story Up to turn the property into a hit Netflix series, which is in production on its second season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs early champions of <em>High on the Hog<\/em>, we couldn\u2019t be more excited about our partnership with the Lionsgate Pilgrim family. We can\u2019t wait for this new chapter and look forward to expanding our reach with stories that matter,\u201d said Jagger and Toback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaris and Fabienne have a unique ability to identify IP that uses the exploration of the past as a tool to highlight timely cultural themes,\u201d said Craig Piligian, president of Lionsgate Nonfiction Television and Pilgrim CEO and chair. \u201cWe look forward to helping them create a broad range of content.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate has entered a first-look deal with producers Karis Jagger and Fabienne Toback (High on the Hog).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[221],"class_list":["post-18887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-lionsgate","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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