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[06/17/14 - 09:55 AM]
Starz Inks Two-Year Pact with Executive Producer David Knoller
Knoller will continue to serve as an executive producer on the recently renewed "Power" as well as develop his own projects.







BLACKBIRDS (STARZ)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/17/14
STATUS:
previously in development (2015-2016 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Starz's press release, June 2014) Starz has entered into an overall deal with David Knoller. Under the pact, Knoller will focus on producing, writing and directing. Knoller will serve as Executive Producer for BLACKBIRDS and the recently renewed series POWER, while continuing to develop original programming for STARZ. "David is one of those rare people who is able to make everything he's involved in better. As a producer and creator we believe in David's ability and look forward to our continued relationship," said Carmi Zlotnik, managing director of Starz. Executive Producing BLACKBIRDS with Knoller, is John Shiban, who will adapt the stories of Miriam Black, a hitchhiker who struggles with a unique ability to see how and when you die when she touches you. Based on the novels by Chuck Wendig, BLACKBIRDS is being developed under his Knollwood Productions banner with Ian Williams serving as the company's Director of Development.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chuck Wendig as BOOK
· David Knoller as EP
· Ian Williams as EP
· John Shiban as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Knollwood Productions