{"id":10345,"date":"2021-06-16T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/susannah-grant-first-look-tv-deal-lionsgate\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:26:08","slug":"susannah-grant-in-first-look-tv-deal-with-lionsgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/susannah-grant-in-first-look-tv-deal-with-lionsgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Susannah Grant in First-Look TV Deal with Lionsgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oscar-nominated writer, producer and director Susannah Grant has signed a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate to create and produce scripted programming across streaming, cable and broadcast platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Grant&#8217;s work includes the Julia Roberts box-office blockbuster <em>Erin Brockovich<\/em>, which earned Grant an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA nomination and a WGA nomination, and Netflix\u2019s <em>Unbelievable<\/em>, which earned a 2020 Peabody Award, a Critics Choice Award and the PEN America Award. Grant is currently executive producing the limited-series adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner\u2019s novel <em>Fleishman is in Trouble<\/em> for FX alongside Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly, who signed an overall television deal with Lionsgate earlier this year. She\u2019s also executive producing the limited series <em>Lessons in Chemistry<\/em> for Apple TV+ with Michael Costigan and Brie Larson, who will star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSusannah has an incredible repertoire of award-winning content across television and film, which makes this partnership and its possibilities very exciting,\u201d said Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs. \u201cShe\u2019s a talented creative voice and writer who can do it all, and we\u2019re happy to welcome her to our Lionsgate family. 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