Fremantle has signed a first-look and development deal with British production company Me+You Productions, the team behind the Channel 4 drama Alice & Jack and BAFTA award-winning series I am….
The three-year deal, announced on Wednesday, will see Fremantle become the first home for all of Me+You's television projects, with the British producer working closely with Fremantle's global drama division and international sales team.
Fremantle and Me+You collaborated Alice & Jackthe 2023 TV drama starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson and co-produced with Groundswell Productions, De Maio Entertainment, Masterpiece and Channel 4. Fremantle also handled worldwide distribution of the series.
Led by Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, Me+You Productions is also known for its BAFTA-nominated hit An idiot abroad Starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, the comedy-drama series Have enough of it written by Yee and Pilkington for Sky One and the International Emmy-winning comedy Hope the record with Brett Goldstein and Asim Chaudhry.
“Since founding Me+You Productions, we have been proud to partner with the most exciting talent on and off screen to bring new stories and voices of the highest cinematic value to the screen,” Majumdar and Yee said in a statement accompanying the announcement Fremantle Offers. “We really enjoyed working with the Fremantle team Alice & Jack Drama series and are now looking forward to the official announcement of the partnership. We are excited to partner with such a forward-thinking and ambitious company that shares our vision and will help us expand and bring our stories to an even larger international audience.”
Lorenzo De Maio of De Maio Entertainment first introduced Me+You to Fremantle and the initial deal was brokered by Jill Kellie on behalf of Fremantle and Richard Lever for Lee+Thompson on behalf of Me+You. Rebecca Dundon, Fremantle's senior vice president of scripted content, and Hilary Martin, global drama head of creative, will oversee the project and provide creative and commercial direction for Fremantle. De Maio Entertainment will act as strategic advisor to Me+You and Fremantle.
“We are constantly looking for opportunities to work with the best creative talent from around the world and Krish and Richard fit the bill with their award-winning work at Me+You,” said Christian Vesper, CEO Global Drama in Fremantle. “We’re thrilled to have them on board and to develop a brilliant slate of new shows together.”
Me+You is the only high-profile drama production company to sign with Fremantle, which has similar first-look deals with Angelina Jolienothing new in the West Director Edward Berger and his label Nine Hours, Chernobyl Director Johan Renck and producer Michael Parets' recently founded label Sinestra, Patrick Daly's Caledonia Productions and Pablo and Juan de Dios Larrain's Chile-based production company Fabula.
