The following is from Steven Sears about his new job with Cookie Jar
which was reported on Ausxip on 01 May 2009:
Steven writes:
I'm not at liberty to discuss specifics about the projects yet but I can say that I have a three pilot deal with Cookie Jar. Two of them are animation series and one is a live action series. And the live action series is a fantasy adventure which is the most bizarre thing I have ever written. People who have read the opening teaser for the script have all responded with "Wtf????" :)
Although I have been contracted to write these projects, we don't have a network yet. We're just now starting to take them out to the various networks to try and sell them. So far, I have written full bibles and pilot script outlines for the series.
Cookie Jar is a great company to be with.
which was reported on Ausxip on 01 May 2009:
Steven writes:
I'm not at liberty to discuss specifics about the projects yet but I can say that I have a three pilot deal with Cookie Jar. Two of them are animation series and one is a live action series. And the live action series is a fantasy adventure which is the most bizarre thing I have ever written. People who have read the opening teaser for the script have all responded with "Wtf????" :)
Although I have been contracted to write these projects, we don't have a network yet. We're just now starting to take them out to the various networks to try and sell them. So far, I have written full bibles and pilot script outlines for the series.
Cookie Jar is a great company to be with.
- 5/2/2009
- Ausxip.com
News about one of my favourite writers, Steven Sears being on the writing staff of a new TV Show. The following is from C21 Media Site:
Cookie Jar hires for push into primetime
Canadian kids giant Cookie Jar Entertainment has hired TV veteran Tom Mazza to spearhead an expansion out of kids programming and into primetime entertainment....
The Jar is currently developing a range of shows to satisfy the primetime needs of networks and has more than a dozen scripted series by writers such as Steven de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours), Alan Zweibel (Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show), Tony Blake and Paul Jackson (Charmed) and Steven L Sears (Xena: Warrior Princess). Read More
News contributed by Jock...
Cookie Jar hires for push into primetime
Canadian kids giant Cookie Jar Entertainment has hired TV veteran Tom Mazza to spearhead an expansion out of kids programming and into primetime entertainment....
The Jar is currently developing a range of shows to satisfy the primetime needs of networks and has more than a dozen scripted series by writers such as Steven de Souza (Die Hard, 48 Hours), Alan Zweibel (Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show), Tony Blake and Paul Jackson (Charmed) and Steven L Sears (Xena: Warrior Princess). Read More
News contributed by Jock...
- 5/1/2009
- Ausxip.com
Toronto -- Canadian cartoon producer Cookie Jar Entertainment has hired former Columbia TriStar and Paramount TV division boss Tom Mazza to lead its hunt for the next "Flashpoint."
Burbank-based Mazza will spearhead the push into U.S. network series and syndicated fare for the Toronto-based producer as head of a new primetime label, the Jar.
Mazza, who most recently ran branded entertainment studio Madison Road Entertainment ("Treasure Hunters") with Jak Severson, joins Cookie Jar as executive vp and head of worldwide TV, with a focus on moving the company beyond animation and into live-action family programming, ideally for the 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. primetime slots.
Cookie Jar is joining a crowded field of Canadian producers, including E1 Television and Shaftsbury Films, who recently have been able to co-produce dramas with U.S. networks no longer willing to shoulder the cost of scripted series on their own.
The appeal of Canadian dramas for U.
Burbank-based Mazza will spearhead the push into U.S. network series and syndicated fare for the Toronto-based producer as head of a new primetime label, the Jar.
Mazza, who most recently ran branded entertainment studio Madison Road Entertainment ("Treasure Hunters") with Jak Severson, joins Cookie Jar as executive vp and head of worldwide TV, with a focus on moving the company beyond animation and into live-action family programming, ideally for the 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. primetime slots.
Cookie Jar is joining a crowded field of Canadian producers, including E1 Television and Shaftsbury Films, who recently have been able to co-produce dramas with U.S. networks no longer willing to shoulder the cost of scripted series on their own.
The appeal of Canadian dramas for U.
- 4/29/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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