George Clooney and Grant Heslov's company Smokehouse Pictures, which was behind best picture Oscar winner Argo, is making a move in television with an overall deal at Sony Pictures TV, it has been revealed.
Under the pact, the company will develop and produce comedy and drama series for all platforms, Deadline reported.
Since launching Smokehouse in 2006, Clooney and Heslov have been focused primarily on features, developing and producing films that the two directed like Leatherheads' The Ides Of March and The Monuments Men (Clooney) and The Men Who Stare At Goats (Heslov) as well as features directed by others, most recently Argo' helmed by Ben Affleck and last year's August: Osage County directed by John Wells.
Clooney comes from a strong TV background, having started in television as an actor and then producer.