{"id":419,"date":"2011-09-30T20:31:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2011-10-01T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T04:58:37","slug":"transmissions-starz-signs-%e2%80%9cspartacus%e2%80%9d-co-creator-steven-s-deknight-to-an-overall-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Starz signs \u201cSpartacus\u201d Co-Creator Steven S. DeKnight to an Overall Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(September 30, 2011 \u2013 Beverly Hills, CA) STARZ has signed \u201cSpartacus\u201d Co-Creator,<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Starz-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-425\" title=\"Starz Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Starz-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a> Executive Producer and Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight to an exclusive two-year overall deal. Starz has a three-year relationship with DeKnight, since the 2009 launch of the critically-acclaimed hit action drama series \u201cSpartacus.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteven is a rare talent who we want to stay in business with,\u201d says Carmi Zlotnik, Managing Director of Starz. \u201cWe are thrilled this incredible creative partnership will continue for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The creative support and unparalleled freedom that Chris Albrecht, Carmi Zlotnik, Marta Fernandez and the entire Starz team have given me has been deeply appreciated,\u201d says DeKnight. \u201cIt is a rare, wonderful opportunity to collaborate with an emerging network on forging their identity in scripted programming. I look forward to continuing this incredibly rewarding relationship. I would also like to thank my producing partners on Spartacus, Rob Tapert, Joshua Donen, and Sam Raimi, for placing their trust in an unproven showrunner. Without them and the tireless efforts of my agents Chris Harbert and Tom Young at CAA, none of this phenomenal good fortune would have been possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeKnight will continue to serve in his current role on \u201cSpartacus\u201d which will premiere its second season in January 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(September 30, 2011 \u2013 Beverly Hills, CA) STARZ has signed \u201cSpartacus\u201d Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight to an exclusive two-year overall deal. Starz has a three-year relationship with DeKnight, since the 2009 launch of the critically-acclaimed hit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=419\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14,47,62,33,140],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transmissions","tag-james","tag-news","tag-spartacus","tag-starz","tag-steven-s-deknight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}