Warner Bros signs Family Guy’s Wild

Warner Bros Animation (WBA) has signed a multi-year overall deal with Family Guy writer and producer Wellesley Wild.

Wellesley Wild

Wild will develop, write and produce new animated projects for adult, kid and family audiences at WBA.

While he will focus on animation, the deal also encompasses the other scripted divisions of Warner Bros Television Group, including Warner Bros Television, Warner Horizon Scripted Television and digital venture Blue Ribbon Content, for Wild to develop, write and produce original live-action projects.

Wild currently serves as showrunner and exec producer for upcoming WBA/Amblin Television series Animaniacs, which is coming to Hulu.

He previously wrote for 10 seasons on Seth MacFarlane’s adult animated comedy Family Guy, where he rose to the level of exec producer. Wild also co-wrote feature films Ted, Ted 2 and A Million Ways to Die in the West with MacFarlane and Alec Sulkin.

The agreement marks WBA’s first major overall producer deal.

WBA president Sam Register said: “From his impressive run on Family Guy to his notable list of credits, Wellesley knows how to produce quality animation and entertain audiences. The amazing work he is currently doing on Animaniacs is just one example of the versatile storytelling he brings to the studio. This will be invaluable as we continue to expand our programming focus into more areas, including adult animation.”