Yahoo Lifestyle Emma Stone & Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree Inks First-Look TV Deal With Fremantle
Fremantle has locked a first-look TV deal with Fruit Tree, the production label run by two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Dave McCary (Saturday Night Live).
Fremantle has said that under the pact, it will be the primary home for all Fruit Tree scripted television projects and unscripted docuseries, with Fremantle’s global drama division and international distribution team consulting closely on the company’s slate.
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The pair previously had a first-look TV deal at A24.
Lorenzo De Maio, President of De Maio Entertainment, initially brought the idea of partnering with Fruit Tree to Fremantle. He will oversee the partnership alongside Christian Vesper, Fremantle’s CEO Global Drama and Film, and Seb Shorr, Fremantle’s COO of Global Drama and Film. Evan Gelb of De Maio Entertainment will also run point.
Founded by Stone and McCary, her husband, in 2020, with Ali Herting joining shortly thereafter as President, Fruit Tree’s TV projects include Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s absurdist Showtime series The Curse and Julio Torres’ HBO comedy Fantasmas. The company will next produce The Yogurt Shop Murders, a documentary series directed by Margaret Brown for HBO.
Fruit Tree has a first look film deal with Universal. The company’s film projects include Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, Julio Torres’ Problemista, and Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow. Their upcoming film projects include Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos for Focus Features; Checkmate, directed by Nathan Fielder for A24; Jesse Eisenberg’s Untitled Musical Comedy starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, and Dave McCary’s Untitled Feature Film with Universal.
The deal was negotiated by Fran Denny (VP Commercial Global Drama) and Jodie Rosello (EVP Scripted Business & Legal Affairs) on behalf of Fremantle and PJ Shapiro (JSSK) acting on behalf of Fruit Tree.
“We’re thrilled to join forces with the brilliant team at Fremantle, a studio that continues to be at the forefront of independent television with a deep commitment to inventive storytelling,” Stone said in a statement. “We’re so excited to build a creative home together and develop original narratives that challenge expectation and resonate with audiences worldwide.”
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