Skydance Launches New Film & TV Label

SANTA MONICA: Skydance Media has launched a new label, Uncharted, with a slate of film and TV projects that includes AMC’s Dietland.

Dietland, which is based on the 2015 novel by Sarai Walker, is set against the backdrop of the beauty industry, exploring society’s obsession with weight loss and beauty. Uncharted also has on its series roster Ten Days in the Valley on ABC. Ten Days in the Valley follows Jane Sadler (Kyra Sedgwick), an overworked television producer and single mother in the middle of a fractious separation.

The first feature film title under the Uncharted label is Paramount’s Baywatch, which is scheduled for release on May 26. Baywatch follows devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchanan (Dwayne Johnson) as he butts heads with a brash new recruit (Zac Efron).

The Skydance label will continue to produce content that is driven by action-adventure, science fiction, fantasy and world-building. Uncharted will focus on opportunities to tell stories that fall outside the borders of Skydance’s genre-specific focus.

“Launching Uncharted expands our content production work in exciting new directions as we continue to grow and diversify our business on a global basis,” said David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance Media. “While Skydance as a label will continue to build imaginative new worlds and transport audiences to faraway places, Uncharted will strive to tell equally compelling stories—across other genres and subject matters—that bring the conviction and passion of our visionary creative talent to life.”