EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has signed a first-look deal with 88rising to develop scripted television series angled around Asian and Asian-American culture.88rising is a U.S.-based Asian music and media company, which started life as a record label in 2015.
Since then, it has launched the Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival festival, launched an Asian-themed SiriusXM radio channel, and is developing feature projects with actor Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park and Twilight star Justin Chon.Alex Lin, a former NBCUniversal comedy development executive, is working as a development executive on 88rising’s film and TV efforts.Glenn Adilman, EVP of comedy development at Sony Pictures Television, said: “We are incredibly impressed with all that
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