{
  "id": 3765325,
  "title": "Rafe Judkins Inks Overall Deal With Paramount Television Studios As Paramount+ Ramps Up Worldbuilding Efforts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/rafe-judkins-inks-overall-deal-with-paramount-television-studios-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/rafe-judkins-overall-deal-paramount-television-studios-1237052047/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Paramount Television Studios has closed an exclusive overall deal with The Wheel of Time creator/showrunner Rafe Judkins to create, develop, and produce original scripted series for the studio. The pact at Paramount’s streaming-focused studio comes amid an effort by the new regime at sibling Paramount+ to find a platform-defining world-building genre series. Paramount Television Studios […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Wheel of Time’ Creator Rafe Judkins Moves to Paramount TV Studios With New Overall Deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/wheel-of-time-creator-rafe-judkins-moves-to-paramount-tv-studios-with",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Wheel of Time’ Creator Rafe Judkins Signs Paramount TV Studios Overall Deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/wheel-of-time-creator-rafe-judkins-signs-paramount-tv-studios-overall",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}