Mary J. Blige's Blue Butterfly Productions signs first and second look deals with BET

Mary J. Blige has reached an agreement with BET to create unscripted and scripted content through her company , Blue Butterfly Productions. The network will first review Blige's unscripted works and then look at scripted projects under the deal.

The first project developed under the pact is "The Wine Down". Hosted by Blige, the unscripted talk show is set to connect some of Hollywood's most popular and outspoken people in entertainment, sports, social media and politics to have unfiltered and controversial conversations around of an uncorked bottle of wine. Taraji P. Henson and Yung Miami of the City Girls will be among the first guests. Other talents will be announced later.

"As we strive to bring our audience the very best in biopics and documentaries, we are poised to stay at the forefront of delivering authentic, high-quality on-screen portrayals of the lives of culture's most important black talent; and we're proud to boost the content portfolio through our collaboration with Mary J. Blige's production company, Blue Butterfly," says Connie Orlando, executive vice president of specials, music programming and music strategy at BET.

Continued Orlando: "Throughout her legendary career, Mary has paved the way to becoming a superstar world. With Blue Butterfly, Mary develops awe-inspiring stories of the black experience while using nothing but music to lay the groundwork. Mary has been a vital part of the BET family and we look forward to seeing our partnership flourish through this partnership."

Founded by Blige in 2019, Blue Butterfly Productions has also entered into a first scripted TV deal with Lionsgate Television. In partnership with Ashaunna Ayars and Nicole Jackson, the Grammy winner recently produced her autobiographical documentary with Amazon Studios, "Mary J. Blige's My Life." The trio also launched the first "Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit" earlier this year and are in development on various television and film projects, including the film "Real Love" with Lifetime and Sony Pictures Television.

"BET has been one of my biggest supporters throughout my career", said said Blige. "Being able to create together now, for them to be so supportive of my vision for the type of content I'm going to create, is something that I'm grateful and excited about. We already have several projects in the works and there are many more. more to come."

Blige is replaced by The Ayars Agency, APA, The Lede Company and Granderson Des Rochers.

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