Crackle’s Art of More makes impact

MIPCOM: A total of 25 territories have picked up Crackle’s forthcoming drama The Art of More from Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

10-episode drama The Art of More debuts on Crackle in November

The news follows the series’ world premiere to a packed auditorium at Mipcom in Cannes last night.

The 10-episode drama, which debuts on Sony’s digital streaming service Crackle on November 19, has been sold to Viacom’s Colors Infinity channel in India, OSN across the Middle East and D-Smart in Turkey.

Speaking at the world premiere screening, Keith LeGoy, president of international distribution for SPT, said: “The Art of More is a fast-paced, fresh, star-studded peak inside the glamorous and cut-throat world of international auctions and art dealing.”

The event was also attended by Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Christian Cooke and Cary Elwes, who all star in the scripted drama, the first original to hail from Crackle.

Quaid said last night that he would like the series to reach 50 episodes.

The Art of More is set in the high-stakes world of New York auction houses. It follows a blue-collar young man who leverages his way into the exclusive realm of auction houses by exploiting connections with the antiquities smuggling rings he was exposed to as a soldier in Iraq.

The programme was created by Chuck Rose, who writes the series with Gardner Stern (NYPD Blue, Law & Order) and executive produces. Quaid, Gary Fleder (Runaway Jury, The Shield) and Golden Globe-winning producer Laurence Mark are also exec producing the series, which is produced by Laurence Mark Productions.