Sonar Pacts with Team Downey

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with the production company founded by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey.

The deal with Team Downey, encompassing scripted and non-scripted content, kicks off with Singularity, which was created by Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall. Downey will direct the first episode of the series and Hall is set to star in the show.

“We are excited about Team Downey’s vision for developing and producing a broad scope of original premium content,” said Thomas Lesinski, CEO of Sonar. “Sonar is thrilled to partner with Robert, Susan and the entire team—it is another example of our commitment to forge creative collaborations with the most dynamic talent in the industry.”

Sonar also has first-look deals with George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures and StoryBy Entertainment.