With Yellowjackets about to begin production on its final season, Paramount Television Studios is locking down the show’s creators for the future.
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson have signed an overall deal with Paramount TV Studios, extending their relationship with the company. The pair previously had an overall deal at Showtime, but with that brand now subsumed into Paramount+, Lyle and Nickerson’s home will move to Paramount’s studio side.
“We are thrilled to expand our long-standing creative partnership with Ashley and Bart, who are singular, fearless, and groundbreaking storytellers,” said Matt Thunell, president of Paramount TV Studios. “We look forward to supporting them making many epic stories to come.”
Lyle and Nickerson will continue as showrunners on Yellowjackets, which is set to begin filming on its fourth and final season soon. Under the deal, they’ll also develop and produce new scripted series for Paramount TV Studios. (Yellowjackets is produced by Lionsgate TV.)
“We’re elated to continue our relationship with Paramount, a home that deeply and genuinely supports original, outside-the-box, narrative-driven storytelling,” Lyle and Nickerson said in a statement. “Reuniting with Matt Thunell, one of the very first executives we ever worked with, is especially meaningful to us, and we can’t wait to dig into developing our next passion projects while supporting a new generation of oddball creators through this partnership.”
Yellowjackets has earned 10 Emmy nominations over its first three seasons, including best drama series nods in 2022 and 2023. Lyle and Nickerson have two nominations for writing as well, one shared with co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco.
Lyle and Nickerson join a roster of creatives at Paramount TV Studios that also includes Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer, Issa Rae, Liz Tigelaar, Jon M. Chu and Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple’s Iron Ocean.
Prior to creating Yellowjackets, Lyle and Nickerson worked as writers and producers on Netflix’s Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, AMC’s Dispatches From Elsewhere, and The Originals at The CW. They are repped by UTA, Untitled and The Nord Group.