John Wells – veteran producer of Shameless – has 13 projects in the works. One project for Showtime is called 'Heart of a Lion' and revolves around a white nationalist who falls in love with a woman who has a black son and has to confront his own past
The veteran producer talks with The Hollywood Reporter about growing from a "boutique" production company into a mini-studio looking to foster other writers.The veteran producer behindhas inked a massive new five-year, nine-figure overall deal with Warner Bros. TV Group, the studio he has called home since starting his career as a story editor in 1986.
Wells' slate includes projects near deals with two streamers and Showtime. For the latter, Wells — as he did withwhich revolves around a white nationalist who falls in love with a woman who has a black son and must confront his beliefs in a changing America in the age of Trump.
The new pact arrives as Warners has continued to make impressively large deals to re-sign its most important producers. Aswith J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot that would keep the mega-producer at his longtime home in a pact estimated to be worth in the $500 million range. Wells, a former president of the Writers Guild of America West, noted these increasingly frequent nine-figure pacts represent more than a lump sum being deposited directly into a producer's bank account.
Wells' shift from a smaller production company to a mini-studio working to develop and sell multiple projects to outlets both internally — like WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service — and externally — Showtime, etc. — also helps to justify Warners' massive commitment to the producer.
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