Courtney A. Kemp is setting up a new TV home.
Kemp, the creator of the Power franchise at Starz and Netflix’s Nemesis, has signed an overall deal at Apple TV. Under the multi-year deal, Kemp and her End of Episode company will develop and create series projects exclusively for the tech giant’s streaming service. Apple will also have a first look at film projects from Kemp.
The new deal comes just a week after Netflix released Nemesis, which was produced under Kemp’s previous deal there. Should the show get a second season — Kemp certainly left that door open in terms of story — she would be able to continue working on it.
“I’m so grateful to Zack [Van Amburg], Jamie [Erlicht] and Matt [Cherniss] for welcoming me to the Apple family,” said Kemp. ?\”With their impeccable taste and strong support for their creators’ visions, Apple is the perfect place to develop my next projects. I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring my audience to Apple for more hard-hitting, high-stakes, multilayered stories that uplift the culture, yet reach beyond to universal viewership.”
Kemp created Power for Starz and Lionsgate TV in 2014 and subsequently developed it into the biggest franchise the streaming and cable outlet has ever had. Power has spawned three spinoffs, and a prequel series, subtitled Origins, is in production. Nemesis, a cat-and-mouse thriller about a master thief (played by Y’lan Noel) and the LAPD detective (Matthew Law) pursuing him, debuted last week as Netflix’s No. 3 English-language series worldwide.
Prior to creating Power, Kemp worked as a writer and producer on The Good Wife, My Own Worst Enemy and The Bernie Mac Show, among others. She is repped by CAA, Gendler Kelly and 42West.
Deadline first reported the news.
