Exclusive: Drama writer-producer JJ Bailey is expanding his relationship with Universal Television. Bailey has signed an exclusive overall deal with the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group, to develop and produce projects across all platforms. He has set his first project under the deal, The Hunting Party, a high-concept crime procedural which he is developing with The Endgame co-creator Jake Coburn for NBC.
Written by Bailey, The Hunting Party revolves around a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
Bailey and Coburn executive produce.
Bailey previously created two projects for Utv that went to pilot at NBC, Getaway with Moira Kirland and Echo with Davis Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to officially welcome JJ to the Utv family! ” said Erin Underhill,...
Written by Bailey, The Hunting Party revolves around a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
Bailey and Coburn executive produce.
Bailey previously created two projects for Utv that went to pilot at NBC, Getaway with Moira Kirland and Echo with Davis Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to officially welcome JJ to the Utv family! ” said Erin Underhill,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC has ordered two more drama pilots for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.
The first is an untitled project co-created by Nick Wootton and Jake Coburn, with Wootton having written the pilot. The project is described as a high-stakes two-hander featuring two women – a recently captured brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists for a mysterious purpose, and the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.
Wootton and Coburn are both credited as writers and executive producers on the project, with Julie Plec and Emily Cummins also executive producing under their My So-Called Company banner. Universal Television will produce, with My So-Called-Company under an overall deal at the studio.
The second pilot is titled “Getaway” and hails from writers and executive producers JJ Bailey and Moira Kirland. In “Getaway,” a destination wedding at an isolated luxury resort...
The first is an untitled project co-created by Nick Wootton and Jake Coburn, with Wootton having written the pilot. The project is described as a high-stakes two-hander featuring two women – a recently captured brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists for a mysterious purpose, and the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.
Wootton and Coburn are both credited as writers and executive producers on the project, with Julie Plec and Emily Cummins also executive producing under their My So-Called Company banner. Universal Television will produce, with My So-Called-Company under an overall deal at the studio.
The second pilot is titled “Getaway” and hails from writers and executive producers JJ Bailey and Moira Kirland. In “Getaway,” a destination wedding at an isolated luxury resort...
- 4/12/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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