Movie and TV studio Muse Leisure has inked a first-look take care of The Walrus journal to develop into documentary and unscripted TV variations.
Muse will mine unpublished tales from The Walrus to probably develop and produce well timed documentaries and unscripted TV collection for world audiences. The event partnership will embrace investigative journalism and protection of social points, tradition, politics, science and enterprise by The Walrus, with discussions on potential tasks already underway.
The growth in unscripted fare follows Muse having a protracted monitor report in scripted occasion tasks like The Kennedys miniseries for Reelz, Starz’s The Pillars of the Earth, ABC’s Ben Hur, WGN America’s Bellevue and, extra lately, Coroner for the CBC, Three Pines for Amazon Prime Video and Sullivan’s Crossing for CW, Fremantle and Netflix.
“As we continue to expand Muse Entertainment’s unscripted business, we’re focused on building a pipeline of distinctive, high-quality stories with the potential to resonate globally. The Walrus has earned a reputation for exceptional journalism, and this partnership gives us a unique opportunity to identify compelling stories early and develop them for audiences across film and television,” Jonas Prupas, managing director of unscripted at Muse Leisure, stated in a press release.
The nonfiction area push by Muse, based in 1998 by Michael Prupas and primarily based in Montreal, follows the manufacturing banner hiring former Blue Ant Studios government Jennifer Harkness as senior vp world growth and partnerships, primarily based in Los Angeles.
“Muse has built a world-class reputation for turning great ideas into unforgettable programming. We’re thrilled to partner with them to expand the reach and impact of our journalism,” Carmine Starnino, editor-in-chief of The Walrus, stated in one other assertion. Upcoming documentaries and factual programming from Muse contains The Unsolved Homicide of Beverly Lynn Smith (Amazon), For Heaven’s Sake (Paramount +) and Nostril Deep (Bell Media, Sky U.Okay.).
At Blue Ant Studios, Harkness had credit like Peacock’s Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew: Banished and Casey Anthony: The place the Reality Lies.
