Thursday, February 24, 2011

Actor Sam Worthington's production company Full Clip Productions signs a TV deal with NBCUniversal International

Full Clip Productions that belongs to Avatar actor Sam Worthington and NBCUniversal International have signed a development and ''first look'' deal.

This means that Full Clip Productions will make original TV content with NBCUniversal International getting the first look at it and chance to decide to take these shows. Through this deal NBCUniversal International expands its production capacity that already includes Carnival, Monkey and Chocolate Media in Britain and Lark Productions in Canada.

''Sam Worthington has great commercial instincts and a passion for telling original, character-driven stories,'' says Michael Edelstein, president of NBCUniversal International Television Production in a press release. ''We are excited to work with Sam, John and Michael [co-owners of Full Clip Productions] and look forward to helping them develop their extraordinary ideas for audiences around the world.''

''Telling compelling, exciting, stories through characters we feel a deep connection with is what I love about my industry,'' says Sam Worthington in the same press release. ''We have a great opportunity to develop these stories with NBCUniversal International. Television is a terrific medium to captivate an audience.''

Full Clip Productions will executive produce any projects greenlit and produced by NBCUniversal International through the deal.