Ryan Reynolds Signs First-Look Deal With 20th Television
After working with Disney’s studios on multiple projects such as “Free Guy”, “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Welcome To Wrexham”, Ryan Reynolds’s Maximum Effort Productions has signed a new first-look deal with 20th Television.
As part of this deal, Ryan Reynolds and his team will be developing and executive producing new comedy, drama, limited and unscripted series for all of Disney’s linear networks and streaming platforms including Disney+ and Hulu, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment Television.
Throughout his career, Ryan Reynolds has been working with 20th on many projects, including the hit comedy series, “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place”, which came out on ABC 27 years ago. He has also appeared in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, “The Proposal”, and the upcoming National Geographic show, “Underdogs”. Maximum Effort also has a first-look movie deal with Paramount.
20th Television President Karey Burke said in a statement to Deadline:
“Welcoming Ryan back in the television fold 25 years after Two Guys and a Girl stormed into living rooms on ABC, feels like a home coming in the best possible way. Ryan’s creative instincts and entertainment acumen are legendary, and his ability to tap into pop-culture and fandom are unrivaled. We are incredibly excited to welcome the entire Maximum Effort team to the studio, and can’t wait to dive back into the television space together,.”
With Ryan Reynolds adding:
“Disney and 20th Century Studios have helped co-author my career in a not insignificant way. From Two Guys to Deadpool and Welcome to Wrexham, every pivot point in my career has found its start at the Magic Kingdom. So in looking for a home for our TV business, 20th was our first and, blessedly, last call. We want to thank Dana [Walden], Eric [Schrier], Karey and Carolyn [Cassidy] for their reckless faith in us and Maximum Effort looks forward to many happy years under the Disney umbrella. Which I am assuming was Mary Poppins’?”
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