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Wheelhouse has teamed with Goalhanger, the UK’s largest independent podcast production company, to bring its chart-topping podcast The Rest Is History to television.

Wheelhouse, whose numerous content labels produce series such as Max’s Smartless: On the Road, Netflix’s The Menendez Brothers and King of Collectibles, and Hulu’s upcoming Got to Get Out, will collaborate with Goalhanger to develop unscripted projects based on The Rest Is History and the hit podcast’s growing library (600-plus episodes).

The deal was orchestrated by Wheelhouse EVP of Business Development Fanny Baudry, who also serves as managing director of the company’s digital and audio division (DNA), Wheelhouse EVP of Development Kate Collier and Goalhanger Co-Founder Tony Pastor. Baudry and Collier will oversee the partnership for Wheelhouse. The deal was negotiated by WME (William Morris Endeavor), which represents both Wheelhouse and Goalhanger.

Hosted by lauded British historians-turned-pop-culture-sensations Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook,...

Exclusive: The Rest Is History, one of the biggest podcasts in the world, is set to be adapted for television.

The audio series, which is hosted by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, comes from Goalhanger, the podcast production company founded by former England soccer legend Gary Lineker.

Goalhanger has teamed with Wheelhouse, to develop unscripted projects based on the podcast and its library of over 600 episodes.

Wheelhouse, which was founded by Pawn Stars creator Brent Montgomery, is behind series such as Hulu’s Secret Chef and upcoming Got to Get Out as well as Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills and King of Collectibles.

The Rest Is History is regularly in the top ten podcasts in the U.S. and gets over 12M downloads a month with around 45,000 paying subscribers. The twice-weekly podcast offers in-depth explorations of a wide range of historical events, people and topics – from the rise of...

A year after expanding into talent management, Wheelhouse DNA has announced a wave of new signings. The digital entertainment company’s Additive Creative Partners wing has partnered with eight prominent channels from TikTok and YouTube, including lifestyle creator Lauren Kettering (pictured above) and comedian Simba Jones.

Additive Creative reps its clients across all areas, including entertainment, content, and brand partnerships. Its new signees have already explored numerous opportunities across online and real-life platforms. TikToker Carrie Berk, for example, is a published author, while musical comedian Tom McGovern has appeared in off-Broadway productions.

With its latest wave of signings, Additive Creative is building on the momentum it established when it launched last April. One of its new partners is James Wright, the twin brother of former Hype House member (and early Additive Creative signee) Jack Wright.

In addition to the aforementioned creators, Additive Creative has added TikTok interior design maven Clinton Avery Tharp to its roster.

Antonin Baudry, who made his feature debut with Netflix’s submarine thriller “The Wolf’s Call,” is set to adapt Homer’s epic war tales of “The Iliad and The Odyssey” into a science fiction series titled “Ulysse.”

Pathé has recently boarded the series project, which is being co-developed by Axelle Boucai (The Mad’s Women Ball”) and Alain Goldman at Paris-based Ness Films.

“Antonin Baudry is writing the adaptation and had the idea of transposing these mythological tales in space and in the future,” said Boucai, who cited “Dune” as inspiration.

The producer said the series will follow the fantasy-filled adventures of Ulysse through the 10-year Trojan Wars and beyond. “Ulysse” will also involve mythological characters from “The Iliad and the Odyssey,” such as Achilles, Helen, Hector and Penelope. Homer is known as one of the greatest of the ancient Greek epic poets in the Western classical tradition.

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