Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne’s Animal Pictures formalize its relationship with Apple TV +.
The streamer has signed a first-look deal with Animal Pictures, led by President Danielle Renfew Behrens. Under the multi-year agreement, Apple will get the opening shot at series and digital feature projects developed at the company.
The deal comes just days after Apple TV + debuted booty, a comedy series starring Rudolph and produced by Animal Pictures. The deal with Apple follows on from a previous first-look deal the company signed with Amazon Studios shortly after longtime friends Rudolph and Lyonne founded it in 2018.
Created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard (Amazon’s) foreverwhich Rudolph also interpreted), booty finds Rudolph playing Molly Novak, a billionaire who runs a tabloid newspaper after her husband betrayed her. Because Molly learns that she has a charity, Molly starts giving away her fortune and goes on a journey of self-discovery in the process. Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster, Nat Faxon and Ron Funches also perform.
Animal Pictures also produced season two of Netflix’s Russian dollwith Lyonne, Peacock’s upcoming starring role Poker face by Rian Johnson and the animated series Hospital, which has a two-season order at Amazon’s Prime Video. The company’s first feature film, crushwhich appeared on Hulu in April, and its documentary Siren will be released theatrically later this year following his debut at Sundance.