‘The Bear’ Creator Christopher Storer Indicators With WME – Deadline

Christopher Storer, the creator, government producer, director and co-showrunner of FX’s breakout comedy hit The Bear, has signed with WME for illustration.

Storer turned one of the crucial sought-after comedy creators following the vital and business success of The Bear, which emerged as the most well liked comedy collection of the summer time. I hear a staff of WME brokers, together with Ari Emanuel, CEO of WME guardian Endeavor, whose brother Rahm and Storer share a Chicago connection, had been concerned in wooing Storer, who developed and bought The Bear whereas at UTA. I hear this all got here down immediately, and Storer’s IMDb professional web page already has been up to date to replicate the company change.

FX’s The Bear, which streams on Hulu, follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a younger chef from the fine-dining world who comes residence to Chicago to run his household sandwich store after his brother’s suicide.

Chicago native Storer wrote and directed the pilot for The Bear, and government produces and co-showruns the collection with Joanna Calo. The comedy already has been renewed for a second season.

Earlier than creating The Bear, Storer was an government producer and director on Hulu’s Ramy and produced Bo Burnham’s function movie Eighth Grade. He additionally has government produced/directed a slew of comedy TV specials, together with Bo Burnham’s Make Glad, Whitmer Thomas’s The Golden One, Jerrod Carmichael: 8, Ramy Youssef: Emotions and Hasan Minjah: Homecoming King. Storer continues to be repped by Kaplan/Perrone and lawyer Erik Hyman at Paul Hastings LLP.