First Look Deal for Television Kicks off with
New Scripted Project in Development at SHOWTIME Studios
Pact Comes on the Heels of Cube's Big 3
Basketball League on CBS and a Featured Role in Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem for Paramount Pictures
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Paramount Global today announced an expanded partnership with Ice
Cube and his production company Cube Vision on the heels of their
long standing relationship.
Under the first look deal for television, Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, COO of Cube Vision and Cube's
producing partner, will develop and executive produce projects for
broadcast, cable and streaming platforms across Paramount. The deal
kicks off with a new untitled scripted project in development at
SHOWTIME Studios that explores the cutthroat world of Hollywood through the Black experience and the
depths an explosive cast of characters go in pursuit of power and
the price of fame.
The expanded partnership stems from the company's long-standing
relationship with Cube where the parties work together on
Big3 basketball league that airs on CBS, Hip Hop
Squares for VH1 alongside many music related projects over the
years and a featured role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Mutant Mayhem, where Cube voiced/starred in the Seth Rogan
co-written film.
"Ice Cube is a bona fide powerhouse whose enduring impact on
music, film, tv and sports resonates with generations of fans,"
said Nina L. Diaz, President of
Content and CCO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. "It's a
privilege to build on our relationship with Cube Vision and
continue to bring his trailblazing storytelling to audiences around
the world."
"We are excited to expand on our successful partnership with
Paramount through this unique television deal," said Ice Cube &
Jeff Kwatinetz. "This deal provides
us with everything we need to bring amazing and authentic stories
to television working with the best writers, showrunners, and
television innovators in the entire business. We are thrilled
to collaborate with Nina, Chris, and the rest of the All-Star
Paramount Global team to build upon the great work we've done
together."
The deal was negotiated by Matt
Johnson and Patrick Ragen
both at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole LLP.
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Networks
SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount
Media Networks is a global network of media assets that reaches
over one billion people in more than 180 countries featuring some
of the most iconic brands in entertainment including SHOWTIME, MTV,
Comedy Central and Paramount Network among others – and, its
Studios arm which produces 120+ series annually, including some of
today's biggest hits such as Yellowstone, Yellowjackets, Emily
in Paris, 1883, 1923, George &
Tammy, South Park, Tulsa King, Love & Hip Hop, RuPaul's Drag
Race, The Challenge and Jersey Shore, to name a few.
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SOURCE MTV Entertainment Studios