Netflix, Lionsgate TV Closing Deal For Jenji Kohans Orange May Be The New Black Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: I've found that after extended discussions, Netflix is finalizing an offer with Lionsgate TV for any 13-episode straight-to-series order to Orange May Be The New Black, a comedy from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan. This marks the 2nd original series for Netflix, which captured gave a 26-episode straight-to-series pickup to MRC’s David Fincher/Kevin Spacey drama House Of Cards. Kohan’s project falls under her wealthy overall cope with Lionsgate TV. Co-produced and executive created by Kohan and House co-executive producer Liz Friedman, it is dependant on Piper Kermans memoir Orange May Be The New Black: My Year Inside a Womens Prison and involves women imprisonment. It stories nonprofit communications executive Kermans year-lengthy stint at least security correctional facility in Danbury, Conn., stemming from the conviction on her part inside a drug smuggling and cash-washing plan she got twisted up in ten years earlier like a fresh college graduate. Netflix has already been running a business with Lionsgate TV. In April, the streaming/DVD-by-mail giant signed a unique distribution cope with Lionsgate to stream as many as seven seasons from the galleries acclaimed AMC drama Mad Males. The pact paved the way in which for other distribution-type handles Netflix, such as the CW’s recent agreement that may fetch the network as much as $1 billion. Netflixs stock has had a beating recently after a little problems, such as the companys questionable decision to boost the cost of their combined streaming and DV- rental service by 60%, along with a disappointing 3Q earnings report.