Bash Doran Inks Overall Deal With Paramount TV — SkimNews
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- Bash Doran signed an exclusive overall deal with Paramount Television Studios to create, develop and produce original scripted series through Pete’s Uncle, her company with producing partner Mallory Baysek.
- Bash Doran’s overall pact was negotiated before Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery closed, and she has upcoming series on both sides of the combined Skydance company.
- How to Survive Without Me advanced from an HBO Max pilot pickup to a 15-episode series order; Doran developed and co-wrote the pilot with Greg Berlanti, with Berlanti showrunning, Doran executive producing and Warner Bros. Television producing the series.
- Fear Not received a six-episode straight-to-series order at Paramount+, with Doran executive producing and Anne Hathaway starring; the upcoming limited series comes from MGM Television.
- Foster Dade was one of Doran’s three green lights over the past year or so, alongside Fear Not at Paramount+ and How to Survive Without Me at HBO Max; Foster Dade remains a Hulu pilot.
- Pete’s Uncle was launched by Doran and Mallory Baysek in 2022 with a mission to tell deeply human stories at scale and build distinctive worlds; Baysek is co-producer on Fear Not.
- Bash Doran said the pact gives her resources to build her slate at a single home and create stories that are epic, intimate and timely while attracting the highest caliber of creative collaborators.
Why it matters: Paramount Television Studios adds Doran to its talent roster; she secured three green lights in roughly a year, including a 15-episode HBO Max order and a six-episode Paramount+ order. Doran gains a single home and resources for her slate, while her active work continues across both sides of the merged company.
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