Lionsgate TV‘s Chairman Kevin Beggs has announced that they are partnering with the three-time Emmy-nominated writer/director and DGA Award winner, Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, The Office) alongside his producing partner Jessie Henderson to create scripted and unscripted series and formats for the Lionsgate Television Group through Feigco Entertainment. Lionsgate’s relationship with Feig in the television business already includes the unscripted half-hour comedy series The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale, an absurdist look at pop culture which Feig executive produces alongside McHale, K.P. Anderson, and Henderson.
Feig joins a star-studded Lionsgate Television creative roster that already includes Kevin Hart, Jenji Kohan, Courtney Kemp, Matt Kunitz, Jeff Apploff, K.P. Anderson, Joel Silver, and John Goldwyn, among others.
As Feigco continues to expand its television business, executive Dan Magnante has been promoted to oversee the banner’s television development.
The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Executive Vice President of Television Business Affairs Dan Hadl.