Spotify is looking to adapt its broad library of podcast programming for film and television with the help of Chernin Entertainment.
The two companies have struck a multiyear first-look film and TV deal that will allow them to mine more than 250 global original audio shows for Hollywood development.
It’s a move that underscores the entertainment industry’s hunger for new IP and Spotify’s growing ambition to become a major supplier of that programming.
Together, the companies will hire an executive to spearhead development and work closely with Chernin Entertainment president Jenno Topping and her team, Peter Chernin tells THR in an interview.
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