Emma Stone’s Production Company Fruit Tree Signs First-Look TV Deal With Fremantle

variety.com:

Alex Ritman Fruit Tree, the production company set up by Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary that has worked on projects include Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming “Bugonia,” has signed a first-look and development deal for TV with Fremantle.

Under the partnership, Fremantle — which has already signed similar deals with a growing number of major names — will become the primary home for all of Fruit Tree’s scripted television projects and unscripted docuseries, with the company looking to grow its slate and expand overseas will help from Fremantle’s global drama division. “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 and McCary 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.” Founded by the couple in August 2020 — and joined soon after by the company’s president Ali Herting — Fruit Tree’s first TV projects were “The Curse,” Showtime’s 10-episode satirical thriller in which Stone starred alongside co-creators Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, and “Fantasmas,” a six-episode surrealist comedy for HBO starring creator Julio Torres.

They will next produce “The Yogurt Shop Murders,” a documentary series directed by Margaret Brown for HBO. On the film front, alongside “A Real Pain,” Fruit Tree’s projects include Torres’ “Problemista” and Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” Their upcoming features include “Bugonia,” starring Stone, for Focus Features; “Checkmate,” directed by Nathan Fielder for A24; Eisenberg’s untitled.