Lionsgate Tv has signed Gary Goodman to a brand new multi-year deal to proceed as EVP of Worldwide Manufacturing, heading up manufacturing of the studio’s slate of premium scripted collection in addition to its East Coast tv manufacturing amenities in Yonkers, NY, Atlanta, Georgia and opening quickly in Newark, New Jersey.
Goodman is a 17-year Lionsgate veteran, serving as head of TV manufacturing on exhibits together with AMC’s Mad Males, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, Weeds and Nurse Jackie for Showtime, ABC/CMT’s Nashville and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist for NBC, to call a couple of. Present tasks embody: BMF, P-Valley and The Serpent Queen for Starz, Mythic Quest, Acapulco and Manhunt for Apple TV+ and the latest John Wick prequel The Continental for Peacock and Amazon Prime.
Goodman has overseen a number of installments of the Energy franchise and up subsequent will steer manufacturing on the lately introduced prequel Origins, which follows the early years of the beloved duo of Ghost and Tommy’s (performed by Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora within the OG collection). Additionally on his plate: the Jon Cryer comedy Prolonged Household for Peacock, the Seth Rogen half-hour comedy The Studio for Apple TV+, The Searching Wives and the re-imagining of the unique hit collection Spartacus for Starz. Different upcoming collection embody the comedy Dinks from Marta Kauffman, which has simply been ordered to pilot at Amazon MGM Studios.
“Gary’s manufacturing management has been an important a part of our success for practically 20 years, efficiently guiding us via the pandemic and final 12 months’s double strikes with minimal interruption and down time,” stated Lionsgate Tv Group Chair & Chief Artistic Officer Kevin Beggs and Vice Chairman Sandra Stern in a joint assertion. “He has been a key driver in increasing our manufacturing footprint with new studio amenities and can proceed to be a useful member of our tv management staff and a supply of modern manufacturing experience transferring ahead.”
Lionsgate Tv presently has round 20 premium scripted collection in varied levels of manufacturing— together with a number of tasks from its December 2023 acquisition of eOne—together with 12 which might be of their third seasons or later like ABC’s The Rookie and the Starz drama prequel Energy Guide III: Elevating Kanan.