Studio also signs first-look series rights deal
with Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s UK-based production company
Merman
(NASDAQ:AMZN) — Amazon Studios today announced it has
closed an exclusive two-year overall deal with Emmy-nominated
writer and creator Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe). In
addition to her personal deal, Horgan and co-founder Clelia
Mountford’s entertainment company, Merman, also signed a
first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Amazon Studios will get
first-look rights to Merman concepts to which Horgan is attached
and remake rights to Merman-produced television series.
“Sharon Horgan is one of the sharpest and most engaging
actresses, writers, and directors working in television today. We
are thrilled she is expanding her collaboration with us at Amazon
to create new groundbreaking content,” said Sharon Tal Yguado, Head
of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “Her strong creative voice and
storytelling sensibility have resonated with audiences globally and
will make for outstanding shows for our Prime members.”
Horgan and Mountford said, “Amazon is at the forefront of
groundbreaking television and Merman is delighted to be part of
their remit to create unique content. The team at Amazon have
supported us since the inception of Catastrophe and we
are thrilled to be working together. Also all the free books
and stuff is great.”
Horgan is the co-creator behind critically
acclaimed Catastrophe, which she co-writes and co-stars
with Rob Delaney. An Amazon Original
Series, Catastrophe earned an Emmy nomination for
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Horgan is also the
creator and executive producer of Divorce and
co-creator of Motherland.
Since its creation three years ago, Merman has continued to
produce award-winning television with high-caliber talent. Projects
include Catastrophe, Motherland,
Bliss, Divorce starring Sarah Jessica
Parker, and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd
Margaret starring David Cross and Will Arnett, with several
more in the works.
In 2017, Merman opened offices in LA and NYC, alongside a
branded entertainment division, headed by Academy- and
Emmy-nominated producer Kira Carstensen and advertising veteran
Jeremy Rainbird.
About Merman
Merman was founded in 2014 by award-winning duo Sharon Horgan
and Clelia Mountford. Since then, Merman has gathered multiple
accolades the world over, including BAFTA, Emmy and RTS
nominations.
Merman’s recent projects include Motherland for BBC
Two starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch and Diane
Morgan, Bliss for Sky Atlantic starring Heather Graham
and Stephen Mangan, the third series of the
award-winning Catastrophe for Channel 4/Amazon created by
and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Divorce by
Sharon Horgan for HBO starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas
Haden Church, one-off special The Circuit for Channel 4
reuniting award-winning duo Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly,
and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret for
IFC starring David Cross, Will Arnett, Sharon Horgan, Jack McBrayer
and Blake Harrison, with many more in development and
production.
Merman has also produced multiple shorts for Sky Arts across its
different strands, including Morgana Robinson’s Summer: Dream
Land, a season of Horror Comedy Shorts, Lolly Adefope’s
Christmas, and Sky Arts Comedy Shorts: In Ireland.
Merman works in all areas of the worlds of entertainment and
communications, not just scripting award-winning TV and film, but
also creating and executing the next generation of branded
entertainment.
The Merman family of talent includes David Cross, Rob Delaney,
Dennis Kelly, Jack McBrayer, Sara Pascoe, Shaun Pye, Aisling Bea,
Morgana Robinson and of course Sharon Horgan. Merman’s commercial
directing roster features multi-faceted talent like MJ Delaney,
Peter Lydon, SNL director Paul Briganti, Frank Coraci, rising star
Mariana Youssef and Academy Award nominee Lucy Walker. In the UK,
Merman is proud to represent Superprime and its roster of directors
including Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Emmett and Brendon Malloy, David LaChapelle, and Damien
Chazelle.
Since its genesis in scripted comedy, Merman has added brand
communication and advertising production to its output, with Global
Managing Partner/Executive Producer and Academy Nominee Kira
Carstensen running the LA and NY offices, and Jeremy Rainbird,
Global Managing Partner/Executive Producer and industry veteran,
running the London office. Beyond traditional ads, Merman’s focus
is to bring writers and creators from their TV and film family into
scripting entertainment for brands.
Merman co-founders Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan first met
on Season 1 of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd
Margaret as producer and actor, respectively. Both enjoyed full and
diverse careers before joining forces to create Merman in 2014. In
addition to working with established writers, actors and directors
around the world, they remain committed to discovering and
nurturing new talent as the Merman family grows.
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