Mark Sherry, creator of “Desperate Housewives” and “Devious Maids,” is developing a new female drama at Fox.
The one-hour series, “Jenny Is a Weapon,” follows the story of a sheltered Maryland housewife who discovers, the moment her marriage falls apart, that she has special psychic powers and is recruited by a secret government agency where she must It reconciled with her broken family and saved the world, according to her official record.
The drama has received a script commitment from Fox Entertainment and is being considered for a potential direct-to-series order on the announcer under a direct deal with Cherry.
If selected, choosing to produce “Jenny Is a Weapon” in-house, rather than working with an outside studio on the show, is part of Fox’s new ongoing strategy to have as much content streamed as possible now that it is an independent network.
Tell Michael Thorne, Head of Entertainment at Fox Entertainment diverse He’s “really excited” about Cherry’s “Jenny Is a Weapon” landing. “I really wanted to [Cherry’s now-canceled Paramount+ series] “Why do you kill women,” and we couldn’t get it because she was already on CBS.” “We like him and he has a few project partners, but the goal was really to try and get his signature voice on air.”
“Jenny Is a Weapon” is written and executive produced by Cherry and Joshua Michael Stern (“Graves,” “Why Women Kill,” “Swing Vote,” and “Jobs”) based on a story written by Cherry, Stern, and fellow executive producers Ryan McBarlin. (“Deceitful Maids”) and Travis Lively (“Lady of Valor: The Kristen Beck Story”). Additional executive producers include Mindy Schulthes and Michael Hanell (“Why You Kill Women”, “RIBA”).
Cherry is represented by A3 Artists, Debbee Klein Management, and Del Shaw Moonves Finkelstein Tanaka Lezcano by attorneys John Moonves and Jan Tanaka.
Stern was represented by A3 Artists and Ken Stovitz and Sloan Offer Weber & Dern by attorney AJ Brandenstein.
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