Tan France has partnered with Madison Wells to incubate and develop his newly-founded manufacturing firm, French Tuck Media, Selection has realized solely.

Madison Wells, the manufacturing firm based by Gigi Pritzker, will work with France and French Tuck to develop a content material slate that might be co-produced by each corporations.

“Our complete firm is trying ahead to having Tan’s French Tuck Media in our fold and to telling international, entertaining tales collectively,” mentioned Pritzker, founder and CEO of Madison Wells.

French Tuck will give attention to unscripted and documentary sequence with the aim of inspiring neighborhood, humanity, and belonging. Moreover, Madison Wells’ again of home infrastructure will present inventive companies, enterprise advisory companies, and implementation help to French Tuck whereas additionally working to develop the French Tuck staff.

“At Madison Wells, we’ve needed to get extra closely concerned within the unscripted world, and the minute we met the inimitable Tan France, we knew we needed to associate with him to make French Tuck Media a actuality,” mentioned Elizabeth Goodstein, vice chairman of enterprise improvement and technique for Madison Wells. “In an leisure setting of elevated consolidation and problem, we consider that impartial manufacturing corporations who stand robust of their mission and are tied to engaged audiences would be the suppliers of alternative.”

“In relation to storytelling, we’re all extra alike than we’re totally different,” mentioned France. “My dream for French Tuck is to rethink the acquainted – so as to add slightly shock and a brand new, extra international perspective to the content material audiences hold coming again to. And since I’m, initially, an entrepreneur, even via all of the challenges, I see this evolving content material enterprise mannequin as a chance, as a result of I do know we’ve a staff who can create and execute effectively, and on the highest degree. We’re past thrilled to be on this journey with Gigi, Elizabeth and the Madison Wells staff.”

Donna MacLetchie has been employed to function chief content material officer of French Tuck. MacLetchie was most lately the final supervisor and head of content material improvement and manufacturing for Magnolia Community, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ three way partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. In her time there, she labored on reveals just like the “Fixer Higher” franchise, “Magnolia Desk with Joanna Gaines,” “The Misplaced Kitchen,” “Silos Baking Competitors,” and the documentary “Rebuilding Hope: The Youngsters of 9/11.” Previous to Magnolia Community, MacLetchie based Jane Avenue Leisure, the place she created reveals like “Nice American Recipe” and “Buddy vs. Duff.”

“I’m past excited to affix Tan in launching French Tuck,” mentioned MacLetchie. “I used to be instantly drawn to his completely contemporary and international perspective as a storyteller, and with the superb inventive engine of Madison Wells behind us, the chances are limitless.”

France has been a profitable clothier for practically 20 years, although he’s finest identified to audiences for his work on the hit Netflix reboot of “Queer Eye,” on which he serves because the present’s trend skilled. Season 8 of that present is due out on Netflix on Jan. 24. He launched his memoir, “Naturally Tan,” in 2019. He additionally hosted the YouTube sequence “Dressing Humorous” and co-hosts the Netflix trend design competitors sequence “Subsequent in Trend” alongside Gigi Hadid in addition to “Say Sure to the Gown with Tan France” for Warner Bros. Discovery UK.

The deal was negotiated by UTA and Ellie Heisler of Nixon Peabody for France, and Goodstein and Arthur Chan for Madison Wells. France and MacLetchie are each repped by UTA and Donna MacLetchie is repped by UTA.