Gaumont Launches U.S.-Based Division Run By Katie OConnell, Sets Projects From Bryan Bigger And Michael Hirst

French film studio Gaumont is nearly the most recent foreign production company to find out a U.S. outpost and tap a skilled U.S. TV executive to use it. Gaumont today introduced today the launch of Gaumont Worldwide Television, an unbiased studio situated in La, designed to produce drama and comedy television programming for your U.S. and worldwide areas. Former NBC mind of drama Katie O’Connell will run the business as Boss, using the new the new sony Pictures TV business professional Richard Frankie attracted on as COO. GIT also introduced its initial few projects which will be arrived at MIPCOM the next month: Hannibal, single-hour drama series put together by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Bigger, and Madame Tussaud, a six-hour miniseries put together through the Tudors creator Michael Hirst. Hannibal will explore the very first relationship of Thomas Harris’ signature character, famous mental health expert Dr. Hannibal Lector, and also the patient, a young FBI criminal profiler named Will Graham, who's haunted by his capacity to sympathise with serial killings. Bigger is executive creating with Martha P Laurentiis which has produced three Hannibal Lector features: Hannibal, Red-colored-colored Dragon and Hannibal Rising. Madame Tussaud is founded on it by Michelle Moran and follows the turbulent existence of Madame Tussaud, who was simply not basically an excellent artist, a formidable business lady and entrepreneur but furthermore managed to get the problems in the French Revolution as well as the Reign of Terror that removed pals, family plus an entire existence-style. Hirst is executive creating with Alan Gasmer and Sherry Marsh. This marks the return to the organization for OConnell, who offered as mind drama programming for NBC from 2006 until December 2008 when she left incorporated in NBC’s massive executive shakeup. Right before that, OConnell was EVP of Development and Current Programming for Imagine Entertainment. Frankie most recently held the career of EVP Business Methods in the new the new sony Pictures TV. OConnell and Frankie have triggered board Erik Pack, situated working in london, who'll mind Worldwide Distribution and Co-Production for GIT. Pack formerly offered as EVP of Worldwide Sales and Co-Productions at London-based production and distribution company Energy. Financing for GIT was arranged and structured by Evolution Media Capital, a great investment banking firm for your entertainment and media industries. The roll-from GIT happens the heels of leading Canadian production company Shaftesbury Films beginning a U.S. arm and tapping former Columbia TriStar Network TV leader Tom Mazza to use it. A year ago, Montreal-based Cineflix launched U.S.-based Cineflix Art galleries and attracted on former top AMC scripted executive Christina Wayne to use it.