RuPaul is diving head first into the scripted TV area.
The Drag Race mastermind has signed a first-look scripted TV cope with Sony Footage TV and launched a manufacturing firm, RuCo, tapping former State Road Footage exec Jay Marcus to function head of movie and TV.
Beneath the brand new pact, RuCo will deal with queer, character-driven dramas, comedies and animated reveals that function RuPaul’s model of positivity, empowerment, humor and music.
“Not solely I’m thrilled and honored to hitch the Sony Footage Tv household, however I’m additionally extraordinarily grateful for the chance to inform distinctive tales that push the dialog ahead,” RuPaul mentioned in an announcement Monday.
RuPaul doesn’t have a first-look deal within the unscripted area, however does have a pact with World of Marvel for ViacomCBS hit RuPaul’s Drag Race. The Sony TV deal doesn’t influence RuPaul’s work on the Drag Race franchise, which incorporates a number of spinoffs. His work on Drag Race has made historical past with probably the most Emmy awards of any Black artist in historical past (11).
Over time, RuPaul has developed a number of scripted sequence together with Netflix’s AJ and the Queen (which was canceled after one season on Netflix) and Queen, a fictionalized model of his life, which has been within the works at Hulu with J.J. Abrams connected.
“As a child in highschool, I used to be mocked for dancing to RuPaul’s hit track ‘Supermodel.’ I by no means imagined then what number of partitions Ru would break down for the LGBTQIA+ and straight allied communities alike,” Sony TV co-president Jason Clodfelter mentioned. “Ru’s love for all individuals correlates to the cultural specificity we crave in our storytelling at Sony Footage Tv. We’re honored to be part of Ru’s continued historical past making journey.”
For his half, Marcus spent the previous six years at George Tillman Jr. and Bob Teitel’s State Road, serving as head of movie and TV and dealing on titles together with The Hate U Give, The Crossover and On the Come Up. Earlier than that, he labored in scripted at MTV on scripted sequence Faking It, Discovering Carter and Scream. He’s additionally had roles at Endeavor and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and spent three years at Faux Empire.
RuPaul and RuCo are repped by CAA and lawyer Jessica Boardman.
