*Ice Cube has planted his Cube Vision production flag at Fox.
The rapper/actor/producer has signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV and Fox 21 TV Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cube’s longtime manager, Jeff Kwatinetz, will oversee television production at Cube Vision, and the two will executive produce the projects they develop. Fox, in turn, will have the exclusive first right to produce these projects, which will include comedy, drama, and animation as well as unscripted and specials for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
Additionally, the deal allows Fox unfettered access into Cube Vision’s vast music publishing library for use in TV properties.
“It’s hard to think of a more multidimensional artist than Ice Cube, whose influence on the culture and enormous talent is virtually unrivaled,” said Fox Television Group Chairmen and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman. “He’s a performer, a songwriter, a recording artist, an actor and a filmmaker, and his work speaks to a broad, multigenerational audience. We’ve been dying to be in business with him for years, and we think the combination of Cube and his incredibly talented producing partner Jeff Kwatinetz is going to result in some very compelling television.”
Added Cube: “I’m very happy and excited to work with the talented and creative people at Fox. Their ability to bring groundbreaking television of every type through both cable and broadcast makes them the perfect partner for Cube Vision. We are happy to be part of the family.”
The deal comes as Cube prepares for the 2017 launch of “Hip-Hop Squares,” his remake of “Hollywood Squares,” on VH1.
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