Lionsgate Signs Furst-Look Deal

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Lionsgate has signed a first-look TV deal--cable and broadcast--with independent film producers Sean and Bryan Furst.

The two, whose credits include the Pierce Brosnan vehicle, Matador, and Lionsgate's 2002 theatrical release, The Cooler, are already working on a Lionsgate series for HBO, Tough Trade, described as a "bawdy fictional portrayal of one of Nashville’s most prominent and dysfunctional music families."

Shauna Phelan, director of development for Furst Films, will shepherd the TV slate.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.