Physical and Imperfect Women creator Annie Weisman is extending her relationship with Apple TV.
Weisman has signed a first-look deal with the streamer. The multi-year agreement will give Apple the first shot at new series projects that Weisman develops. It also marks a return to Apple TV for Weisman, who had an overall deal with the outlet several years ago.
The deal comes a couple weeks before Imperfect Women, starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss and Kate Mara, premieres on Apple TV. The series, based on a novel by Araminta Hall, delves into a crime that shatters a long-standing friendship among the three lead characters. Weisman adapted Hall’s novel and serves as showrunner; it’s set to premiere March 18.
Weisman also created Physical for Apple TV. The critically acclaimed series stars Rose Byrne as a woman who finds her calling in the 1980s aerobics boom. It ran for three seasons and earned two Emmy nominations.
Weisman’s credits as a showrunner also include the second season of Peacock’s comic thriller Based on a True Story and Fox’s Almost Family. She’s also been a writer and producer on Hulu’s The Path and ABC’s Suburgatory and Desperate Housewives. She began her writing career on Showtime’s cult favorite Dead Like Me.
Along with her TV work, Weisman is also a playwright whose productions include Be Aggressive, Hold Pleas, The Essential Alice and Surf Report. She is repped by WME and Gendler Kelly.
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