Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are getting into business with Lionsgate TV. The prolific duo have signed a first-look producing deal with the studio via their Le Train Train Productions under which they will produce scripted programming for multiple platforms.Their first project in development is romantic comedy Lovesick, based on the UK romantic comedy series of the same name.
Originally produced by Clerkenwell Films, the project is part of the scripted co-production partnership between Lionsgate and BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions.The British sitcom, created by Tom Edge, revolved around a group of English friends sharing a house in the West End of Glasgow and their romantic lives.
Starring Johnny Flynn, Antonia Thomas, Daniel Ings, Hannah Britland and Joshua McGuire, the show was first broadcast on Channel 4 in October 2014.
It later moved to Netflix, which ordered a second season in 2016, and then a third and final season which aired on the streamer in 2018.Jones and McCormack will executive produce with original series creator Edge, as well as Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald, Andy Baker of Clerkenwell Films and Angie Stephenson for BBC Studios.
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