EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated director-producer Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) has teamed with executive/Emmy-winning producer Cheryl Bloch (Northern Exposure) to launch Backyard Pictures.
The new company will be based at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with a first-look deal. Under the pact, Backyard Pictures will develop new television series spanning broadcast, cable and streaming.
They already have multiple projects in the works.Glatter and Bloch’s friendship dates back to the early days of the their Hollywood careers.“As a first-time director and first-time producer, Lesli and I met 30 years ago on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories on the Universal Backlot, and we are thrilled to be returning ‘home,’” said
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