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EXCLUSIVE: Coming off a two-season starring role on Fox’s drama The Cleaning Lady, Oliver Hudson is staying in business with the network. The actor-producer has entered a broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment for him and his producing partner John Stalberg to develop comedy and drama projects that will be fully owned and distributed by Fox.
Hudson played one of the leads, FBI agent Garrett Miller, in The Cleaning Lady, co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment. The popular character was killed off in the Season 2 finale, which aired earlier this year.
Hudson already has a pre-existing relationship with Fox as a producer. He and Joe Buck are developing the animated comedy Daddy Issues for the network, with Fox Entertainment and company-owned animation house Bento Box Entertainment producing. The ensemble buddy comedy is inspired by the popular podcast that follows the true-life experiences of Buck and Hudson as they try to survive the numerous minefields that come with being dads, husbands and best friends.
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“Oliver is a talented, versatile actor and an inspired storyteller who brings an incredible amount of energy to everything he does,” said Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming, of Fox Entertainment. “We are excited to build on our relationship with him and tap into his intense creativity to jointly develop and produce premium dramas and comedies that further grow Fox Entertainment’s robust slate of owned series.”
The network’s first fully owned scripted series, animated comedy Krapopolis, came out of Fox Entertainment’s direct broadcast deal with Dan Harmon. The company’s roster of talent under direct pacts also includes Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power), filmmaker Rodney Rothman (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Adam Rosenberg, producers Carol Mendelsohn (CSI) and Julie Weitz, writer/producer/director McG (Supernatural); writer/ producer Justin Adler (Life in Pieces) and creator/writer/ producer Matt Nix (Burn Notice).
“I have been lucky enough to work in front of the camera with Michael Thorn and his team and am now looking forward to collaborating with them to bring my ideas to life with Fox, a network that’s unafraid to push the boundaries to tell stories that entertain and dig into the complexities and quirks of the human condition,” Hudson said. “I have always enjoyed both comedy and drama, so it’s exciting to tackle both as potentially one of the best producers this planet has ever seen!”
Hudson also recently did an arc on Max’s …And Just Like That. His extensive resume includes starring roles on comedy series Splitting Up Together, and Rules of Engagement and recurring stints on Scream Queens and Nashville. In addition to Daddy Issues with Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson, he also has the popular podcast Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson.
On the feature side, Hudson’s recent producing credits include the Stalberg-directed Muzzle starring Aaron Eckhart and Stephen Lang, which was released by IFC Films/RLJ in September, and Bad Hombres starring Tyrese Gibson, Thomas Jane, Luke Hemsworth, and Nick Cassavetes, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Screenwriting at the Mammoth Film Festival, with Screen Media releasing in January of 2024.
Hudson is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Ziffren Brittenham.