Comedian, actor and director Bill Burr has inked a first look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios.
Burr and his North Hill Productions will bring original scripted and unscripted comedic content to Fox’s studio and production arm. Under the strategic partnership, announced on Wednesday, Burr and longtime business partner Mike Bertolina will executive produce and generate scripted and unscripted TV content, with Fox Entertainment at the head of the line for a first look.
“Bill Burr is one of the boldest, most original voices in comedy and teaming up with him and Mike Bertolina at North Hill is exactly the kind of move that defines our studio,” Hannah Pillemer, head of scripted for Fox Entertainment Studios, said in a statement on Wednesday. The latest first look deal for Fox Entertainment, which follows on an earlier multi-year deal with Jamie Foxx and his Foxxhole Productions, aims to get the TV network deeper into comedy.
“Fox has always been home for comedy that swings big, and at FES, we’re doubling down, championing creators with strong points of view who don’t play it safe. When our logo hits the screen, whatever the platform, we want audiences to instinctively think: daring, fresh and undeniably Fox,” Pillemer added.
Burr and producing partner Bertolina at North Hill Productions had as a first project the 2025 one-hour Hulu stand-up special, Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years, which is nominated for two Emmy Awards. North Hill is developing a half-hour comedy for Fox based on the life of the comedian and has a development slate covering feature films, scripted and unscripted formats, animation and documentaries.
Burr and Bertolina earlier ran All Things Comedy, the production company co-founded by Burr and with Bertolina leading as president and CEO. The duo produced the feature films, Old Dads, written and directed by Burr; Drugstore June, starring Esther Povitsky; the feature documentary Patrice O’Neal: Killing is Easy; and stand-up specials for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Comedy Central.
Burr and Bertolina are repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and WME.