Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have been ramping up their TV operation under new head of television Owen Shiflett, who joined four months ago. The company has sold drama project, Smoke Sex Magic to NBC.
Smoke Sex Magic, through Universal TV where Parkes + MacDonald has a first-look deal, centers on two sisters who inherit their mother’s popular restaurant only to discover that the secret to their mother’s cooking was black magic. It is written by Matthew Murphy, the winner of the 2011 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his script Unicorn.
Parkes, MacDonald and Shiflett executive produce Smoke Sex Magic and The Work which are looking to bring new voices to TV. Under Parkes+MacDonald’s first-look deal at Uni TV, the company recently produced NBC’s limited series The Slap, written by Jon Robin Baitz and Parkes,
Smoke Sex Magic, through Universal TV where Parkes + MacDonald has a first-look deal, centers on two sisters who inherit their mother’s popular restaurant only to discover that the secret to their mother’s cooking was black magic. It is written by Matthew Murphy, the winner of the 2011 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his script Unicorn.
Parkes, MacDonald and Shiflett executive produce Smoke Sex Magic and The Work which are looking to bring new voices to TV. Under Parkes+MacDonald’s first-look deal at Uni TV, the company recently produced NBC’s limited series The Slap, written by Jon Robin Baitz and Parkes,
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