FilmRise has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to Sprinter, a coming-of-age drama executive produced by Will and Jada Smith.

Wheelhouse Entertainment CEO Brent Montgomery has appointed five people to the company’s senior leadership team, including new COO Julie Souza.

Isabel San Vargas has been promoted to the newly created role of president of production and operations at Propagate.

Marta Fernandez has been promoted to the role of executive VP of originals programming at Starz.

IFC has picked up Fleabag, the BAFTA-winning dark comedy series from multihyphenate Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

A new comedy series from Josh Thomas, the creator of Please Like Me, has been picked up to series by Freeform.

Alfred Haber Television has acquired the exclusive international distribution rights to A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy.

A new single-camera comedy series starring Lake Bell and Dax Shepard has been picked up to series by ABC Television Network.

Amazon Studios’ forthcoming anthology series Modern Love is set to feature among its cast Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway and Emmy Award winner Tina Fey.

Endemol Shine North America has named former Critical Content executive Brad Carr as the company’s new senior VP of production.