EXCLUSIVE: Hulu stays concerned about launching a drama collection set on the planet of high-end New York actual property. The streamer has put in improvement The Pinnacle, written and government produced by Damon Cardasis (Mr. Scorsese, Saturday Church) and Jamieson Baker (Nearly A 12 months) and government produced by George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth.
Final yr, Hulu ordered an Onyx untitled actual property drama pilot from Roberto Patino and Cassius Corrigan, which Deadline can reveal didn’t transfer ahead. It adopted a cutthroat battle to dominate the Manhattan skyline, the place two rival actual property builders (Edgar Ramírez and Jacob Scipio) danger all the things — wealth, household and their souls — as their ambition turns into obsession, and their partnership turns into struggle.
Set within the cutthroat world of New York Metropolis actual property, The Pinnacle is the story of bold and streetsmart Charlie Mahoney, who’s catapulted to the center of the billionaire Van Buren household and their dazzling penthouse on New York’s Billionaire’s Row after changing into the sobriety companion to their troubled son, Theo. As he beneficial properties their belief and acclimates to their luxurious way of life, Charlie should navigate scheming employees, suspicious buddies and romantic entanglements whereas hiding a secret of his personal and securing his everlasting place in New York’s extremely rich circles.
Stephanopoulos, Wentworth and Alyssa Mastromonaco government produce through Stephanopoulos and Wentworth’s Bedby8 alongside Tracy Underwood through her Hustle & Punch. Each banners have offers with twentieth Tv, which is the studio on The Pinnacle.
Baker directed and co-wrote with Katie Holmes the narrative quick Nearly A 12 months, which premiered on the 2021 Tribeca Movie Pageant. Beforehand, Jamieson was a expertise and literary supervisor at Untitled Leisure the place he additionally packaged a number of movie and tv tasks, together with the half-hour comedy Betty for HBO and Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, amongst others. He’s repped by CAA, Untitled and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole.
Cardasis government produced the Martin Scorsese documentary, Mr. Scorsese, which obtained its World Premiere on the New York Movie Pageant. The five-part collection earned a Administrators Guild and two Critics Alternative awards, together with PGA, Peabody and Gotham TV award nominations. He additionally co-wrote the musical adaptation of Saturday Church, primarily based on his critically acclaimed function. His extra producing credit embody Rebecca Miller’s She Got here To Me and Maggie’s Plan, and Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Arthur Miller: Author. He’s repped by CAA, 42, and Sloss, Eckhouse, Dasti & Haynes.
Bedby8 is targeted on creating scripted tv tasks, restricted collection, and documentaries. The corporate produced the critically acclaimed documentary Fairly Child: Brooke Shields, which premiered on the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant.
Hustle & Punch goes into manufacturing this fall on the Tony McNamara collection Mosquito, starring Nicholas Hoult and Daisy Edgar Jones.
