Shawn Levy Enters Disney Overall Deal After Nearly a Decade at Netflix

By Selome Hailu

Selome Hailu

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Shawn Levy has set an overall deal at Disney‘s 20th Television after a long tenure at Netflix that began in 2017.

He and his production company, 21 Laps Entertainment, will begin developing and producing projects at Disney in October 2027.

Levy is a powerhouse filmmaker who first rose to prominence as a comedy director, though in recent years, he’s become best known for genre projects. At Netflix, he executive produced all five seasons of “Stranger Things” and directed several episodes, in addition to writing and directing the 2022 Ryan Reynolds-led film “The Adam Project” and executive producing both seasons of the fantasy series “Shadow and Bone.”

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