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Fox Entertainment Studios Inks First-Look Deal With Bill Burr’s North Hill Productions

North Hill is already developing a half-hour comedy based on Earthquake, its first project under the pact.

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Overview

  • Under the agreement, Bill Burr and Mike Bertolina will serve as executive producers and content originators on Fox’s scripted and unscripted television projects.
  • North Hill Productions was founded in 2024 and made its public debut with Burr’s Emmy-nominated Hulu special “Drop Dead Years.”
  • The development slate spans genres and formats, including feature films, animation, documentaries and the Earthquake-themed half-hour comedy for Fox.
  • Hannah Pillemer, Fox’s head of scripted, said the partnership exemplifies the studio’s strategy to double down on daring, point-of-view comedy.
  • Burr and Bertolina previously collaborated at All Things Comedy on projects such as the films Old Dads, the documentary Patrice O’Neal: Killing Is Easy and the Roku series Immoral Compass.