Tan France has partnered with Madison Wells to incubate and develop his newly-founded manufacturing firm, French Tuck Media, Selection has realized completely.
Madison Wells, the manufacturing firm based by Gigi Pritzker, will work with France and French Tuck to develop a content material slate that will likely be co-produced by each corporations.
“Our complete firm is trying ahead to having Tan’s French Tuck Media in our fold and to telling world, entertaining tales collectively,” stated Pritzker, founder and CEO of Madison Wells.
French Tuck will concentrate on unscripted and documentary sequence with the aim of inspiring neighborhood, humanity, and belonging. Moreover, Madison Wells’ again of home infrastructure will present artistic providers, enterprise advisory providers, and implementation assist to French Tuck whereas additionally working to develop the French Tuck crew.
“At Madison Wells, we’ve wished to get extra closely concerned within the unscripted world, and the minute we met the inimitable Tan France, we knew we needed to associate with him to make French Tuck Media a actuality,” stated Elizabeth Goodstein, vp of enterprise improvement and technique for Madison Wells. “In an leisure surroundings of elevated consolidation and problem, we imagine that impartial manufacturing corporations who stand sturdy of their mission and are tied to engaged audiences would be the suppliers of alternative.”
“With regards to storytelling, we’re all extra alike than we’re completely different,” stated France. “My dream for French Tuck is to rethink the acquainted – so as to add a bit shock and a brand new, extra world perspective to the content material audiences preserve coming again to. And since I’m, before everything, an entrepreneur, even via all of the challenges, I see this evolving content material enterprise mannequin as a possibility, as a result of I do know we’ve a crew who can create and execute effectively, and on the highest degree. We’re past thrilled to be on this journey with Gigi, Elizabeth and the Madison Wells crew.”
Donna MacLetchie has been employed to function chief content material officer of French Tuck. MacLetchie was most not too long ago the final supervisor and head of content material improvement and manufacturing for Magnolia Community, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ three way partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. In her time there, she labored on reveals just like the “Fixer Higher” franchise, “Magnolia Desk with Joanna Gaines,” “The Misplaced Kitchen,” “Silos Baking Competitors,” and the documentary “Rebuilding Hope: The Youngsters of 9/11.” Previous to Magnolia Community, MacLetchie based Jane Road Leisure, the place she created reveals like “Nice American Recipe” and “Buddy vs. Duff.”
“I’m past excited to affix Tan in launching French Tuck,” stated MacLetchie. “I used to be instantly drawn to his completely contemporary and world perspective as a storyteller, and with the wonderful artistic engine of Madison Wells behind us, the chances are limitless.”
France has been a profitable clothier for practically 20 years, although he’s finest identified to audiences for his work on the hit Netflix reboot of “Queer Eye,” on which he serves because the present’s trend skilled. Season 8 of that present is due out on Netflix on Jan. 24. He launched his memoir, “Naturally Tan,” in 2019. He additionally hosted the YouTube sequence “Dressing Humorous” and co-hosts the Netflix trend design competitors sequence “Subsequent in Style” alongside Gigi Hadid in addition to “Say Sure to the Gown with Tan France” for Warner Bros. Discovery UK.
The deal was negotiated by UTA and Ellie Heisler of Nixon Peabody for France, and Goodstein and Arthur Chan for Madison Wells. France and MacLetchie are each repped by UTA and Donna MacLetchie is repped by UTA.
