Producer Stacey Sher is setting up shop at MGM Television.
The two-time Oscar nominee has signed a first-look deal with MGM TV, under which Sher and her Shiny Penny Productions will develop and produce series projects. Katie Aquino is creative executive for film and TV at Shiny Penny.
“Stacey is a visionary producer with an extraordinary track record of bringing bold, culturally resonant stories to life across film and television,” said MGM Television head Lindsay Sloane. “Her ability to champion distinctive voices and deliver unforgettable storytelling has shaped some of the most iconic projects of the past three decades. We’re thrilled to partner with her and look forward to the incredible stories we’ll create together for our global audience.”
Sher earned Oscar nominations for producing best picture nominees Django Unchained and Erin Brockovich. She’s also produced two other Quentin Tarantino films (Pulp Fiction and The Hateful Eight), along with Out of Sight, Get Shorty, the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect and A24’s Heretic. Up next is Amazon MGM’s Verity, an adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel that stars Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson. Sher also executive produced the Oscar-winning documentary short Period. End of Sentence.
In television, Sher has produced Reno 911! (and its assorted spinoff and movie projects), Hulu’s Mrs. America, AMC’s Into the Badlands and the Netflix kids show Skylanders Academy, among other series.
MGM Television, part of Amazon MGM Studios, produces Netflix’s Wednesday, Hulu’s The Testaments (and its predecessor The Handmaid’s Tale), FX’s Fargo and MGM+’s From, among other series.
