{"id":7417,"date":"2016-10-20T04:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T08:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/skydance-media-in-first-look-deal-with-actor-michael-b-jordan\/"},"modified":"2016-10-20T12:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:39:37","slug":"skydance-in-first-look-deal-with-actor-michael-b-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/skydance-in-first-look-deal-with-actor-michael-b-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydance in First-Look Deal with Actor Michael B. Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: Skydance has entered into an exclusive, multiyear first-look agreement for both TV and feature-film production with Michael B. Jordan (<em>Creed<\/em>, <em>Friday Night Lights<\/em>) and his newly formed production company Outlier Productions.<\/p>\n<p>The first project under the pact between Skydance and Outlier is an original scripted series, <em>Apollo Park<\/em>, which tells the story of a young basketball player\u2019s rapid rise to professional fame and the effects of his success on his family and community back in inner-city Detroit. Eric Amadio (<em>After Sex<\/em>, <em>Stuntmen<\/em>), whose new series <em>Snowfall<\/em> has received a ten-episode order at FX, co-created <em>Apollo Park<\/em> with Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Jordan has named Wynn Wygal as VP at Outlier. Wynn comes from Mad Chance Productions, where she served as director of development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael is an incredibly gifted actor and storyteller whose proven track record on both the big and small screen together with his boundless ambitions make him an ideal partner for us at Skydance,\u201d said David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance Media. \u201cWe are so excited to team up with Michael and Eric on\u00a0<em>Apollo Park<\/em>, a riveting sports drama about courage, perseverance and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan added: \u201cI love telling true, modern stories and <em>Apollo Park<\/em>\u2014an underdog tale about a very real and very heroic hustler who defies stereotypes and thrives against great odds\u2014has long been a passion project of mine. Eric and I are excited to join forces with the incredible creative team at Skydance to share it with the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also very eager to start this new chapter in my career by launching my production company and I am thrilled to have Wynn join my team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA: Skydance has entered into an exclusive, multiyear first-look agreement for both TV and feature-film production with Michael B. 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