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[04/16/14 - 08:33 AM]
Participant Media's Pivot Increases Commitment to Originals with Four New Shows, Eleven Series in Development, New Scripted Drama, Franchise Award Show, Over 300 Hours of Original Programming in 2014
Highlights include "Fortitude," a dark drama series, with psychological and thriller elements, that follows the residents of an Arctic town unlike any other place on Earth.







LEADER TOWN (PIVOT)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/16/14
STATUS:
previously in development (2014-2015 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Pivot's press release, April 2014) An animated comedy, "Leader Town" follows an American family that tries to fit in in Barkhiva, Russia - the town where the world's deposed ex-leaders are allowed to live out their lives in luxury using their ill-gotten gains until the money runs out. Each episode will highlight a different issue, and our characters, being who they are, will take it to the extreme. Issues: Social Commentary, Government Transparency
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ben Silverman as CRTR/EP
· Jeff Westbrook as EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (animated)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bento Box
· Electus