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EXCLUSIVE: Range has inked award-winning playwright, showrunner, producer, writer, and head Gary Lennon.
Lennon is presently nan showrunner and EP of Power: Legacy which Rosy first reported backmost successful June was greenlit by Starz. The series, which is besides from EP Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, is presently successful pre-production.
Recently, Lennon was nan showrunner and EP of Power Book IV: Force. Starz touted nan occurrence of Force‘s 3rd and last play as delivering record-setting in-season growth. Specifically, nan Season 3 premiere pulled successful 9 cardinal multiplatform viewers, taking nan franchise to an accumulated 2+ cardinal hours viewed globally crossed each of its series. Lennon was besides the co-showrunner of nan original Power for its last 2 seasons. His clip successful nan Power universe has earned him 2 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.
Additionally, nether his wide woody pinch Starz, Lennon served is nan co-showrunner of nan crime play Hightown. He precocious sold and is processing his original aviator for Starz, Los Feliz, a high-stakes crime play group successful nan LA vicinity of nan aforesaid name. Lennon is penning each 8 episodes.
Lennon was nan EP of HBO’s award-winning Euphoria, which precocious wrapped up its three-season run. His activity arsenic a writer connected FX’s Justified earned him nan prestigious Peabody Award, a WGA Award, an AFI Award, and a Critics’ Choice nomination, while his clip arsenic a writer connected Netflix’s groundbreaking comedy-drama, Orange successful nan New Black, earned him an Emmy nomination, a Peabody Award, a PGA Award, and a WGA Nomination.
His different tv credits see P-Valley, The Black Donnelly’s and The Shield.
Lennon is presently penning nan characteristic film, California Bear, based connected the New York Times bestselling caller of nan aforesaid sanction for 20th Century Studios and Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media.
Lennon began his profession successful theater. His play The Interlopers received 3 Ovation nominations and 2 NAACP nominations successful summation to being an LA Times Critics’ Pick. His play A Family Thing was besides an LA Times Critics’ Pick, earning six LA Weekly and 2 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominations.
Lennon continues to beryllium represented by CAA and Paul Hastings.
