Fremantle Hires Bad Wolf’s Jeff Boone For North America Scripted Post

Jesse Whittock
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Bad Wolf’s Jeff Boone is transferring to Fremantle.

Boone has landed a role as Vice President of Scripted Development at the Poor Things and Baywatch firm in the U.S..

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He’ll oversee development of new series and play an active role within Fremantle’s global scripted network, reporting to Fremantle’s EVP of Scripted Programming, Jenni Sherwood.

At His Dark Materials and Industry producer Bad Wolf, he has been Vice President of Development in the States. During six years with the company, he worked across a global project slate, while selling series to cable, broadcast and streaming platforms.

Prior to Bad Wolf, Boone was Manager of Global Scripted Development at Entertainment One Television. He has also worked as an indie producer, developing and selling film and television projects in Australia & New Zealand, the U.S. and the UK.

“As our U.S. scripted portfolio continues to grow both domestically and globally, we are excited to have Jeff join our team,” said Sherwood. “Jeff’s experience and impeccable reputation compliments Fremantle’s creative collective of visionary talent who are developing and producing much of the world’s most exciting television.”

RTL Group-owned Fremantle, best known for entertainment formats such as Got Talent and X Factor, has been active in scripted for several years now. Along with making shows such as American Gods, it had also been involved with the production of Poor Things, Alice & Jack and Little Bird among others. Earlier this week, it renewed a first-look deal with the Larraín brothers production biz Fabula.

“I’ve long been a fan of Fremantle’s work, and I strongly believe in the team’s vision of embracing strong creative voices to tell bold stories that inspire conversation,” said Boone.

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