EXCLUSIVE: The TV pilot scheme that unearthed Disney+ hit Extraordinary is launching a funded development slate to help shepherd projects without agency representation from script to screen.
From this year, the best scripts from the Thousand Films and Grey Seal Media program will make their way onto the in-house slate, with Thousand signing former Knight Hall agent Katie Langridge to spearhead the drive.
Charles Dawson’s Thousand and advisor Grey Seal’s program launched in 2019 for UK and Irish scripts from up-and-coming writers, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds.
Emma Moran’s Extraordinary, which launched on Disney+ in January and has already been recommissioned, is the most high-profile to come from the program.
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