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Don Cheadle signs TV production deal
By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Don Cheadle is making a big push into television production with a two-year deal at Universal Media Studios.

Under the pact, expected to be announced Thursday during NBC’s portion of the winter Television Critics Assn. press tour, Cheadle’s Crescendo Prods. will develop series projects for the studio.

Founded in 2005, Crescendo recently signed a two-year feature deal with Overture Films. It has produced such films as “Traitor” and the documentary “Darfur Now” and is developing a biopic of musician Miles Davis. (more…)