{"id":7752,"date":"2017-02-23T12:19:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/sonar-inks-first-look-tv-deal-with-jordan-peeles-monkeypaw\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T13:48:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T18:48:50","slug":"sonar-inks-first-look-tv-deal-with-jordan-peeles-monkeypaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/sonar-inks-first-look-tv-deal-with-jordan-peeles-monkeypaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonar Inks First-Look TV Deal with Jordan Peele\u2019s Monkeypaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Jordan Peele\u2019s Monkeypaw Productions that encompasses all content for TV, including digital.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with Monkeypaw Productions is the latest in a series of first-look agreements Sonar has secured, including deals with George Clooney\u00a0and\u00a0Grant Heslov\u2019s\u00a0Smokehouse Pictures and Robert Downey, Jr. and Susan Downey\u2019s Team Downey. Monkeypaw Productions, founded by Peele in 2012, is behind the Emmy Award-winning <em>Key &amp; Peele<\/em> on Comedy Central. Next on the roster is a Tracy Morgan comedy series at TBS, set for production later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan Peele is one of the brightest stars in our business\u2014a true hyphenate\u2014actor, writer, producer and director,\u201d said Thomas Lesinski, the CEO of Sonar Entertainment. \u201cWe are excited to partner with him and Monkeypaw. This collaboration aligns perfectly with Sonar\u2019s vision for developing, producing and distributing premium\u00a0programming with the highest profile talent for a broad, global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to partner with the incredible folks at Sonar Entertainment as they are committed to truly elevated-quality content,\u201d added Peele. \u201cEspecially now as I move into this next chapter in television, my aim is to help develop untapped voices as well as my own dream shows, and continue to push the boundaries of television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Jordan Peele\u2019s Monkeypaw Productions that encompasses all content for TV, including digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1218,1219,449],"class_list":["post-7752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-jordan-peele","tag-monkeypaw-productions","tag-sonar-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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