Jake Coburn, co-showrunner, writer, and executive producer on NBC’s The Hunting Party, has signed an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Coburn will write, develop, and produce projects across all platforms and continue his Season 1 duties on The Hunting Party, which was renewed for a second season.
The JJ Bailey-created series is a high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
The Hunting Party stars Melissa Roxburgh as FBI Special Agent Rebecca “Bex” Henderson, Nick Wechsler as Oliver Odell, Patrick Sabongui as Ryan Hassani, Josh McKenzie as Shane Florence, and Sara Garcia as Jennifer Morales.
In addition to his credits on the NBC freshman series, Coburn co-created the NBC series The Endgame with Nicholas Wootton. He was also an executive producer on Biohackers and Barbarians, both for Netflix. Before that, he was an executive producer on ABC’s Quantico and co-executive producer on the CW’s Arrow. He began his television writing career on ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money and then segued to the CW’s Gossip Girl, where he was a supervising producer.
Coburn is represented by UTA and attorney Dave Feldman.
