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'Justified' Producer Ingrid Escajeda Joins 'Empire' After Inking 20th TV Deal You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content April 2, 2015
12:30pm SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. Former _Justified_ supervising producer Ingrid Escajeda has closed a two-year overall deal at 20th Century Fox Television Studios. She will develop and
supervise projects for the studio, with her first assignment joining Fox’s hit primetime soap _Empire_ as co-executive producer. Escajeda, whose pilot script about the LAPD bomb squad got
the attention of _Justified_ executive producer Graham Yost and led to a four-season stint on the FX series, recently sold a drama to CBS/20th TV Studios that kick-started her deal with the
studio. Her first network sale is set in a suburban Texas county where the cold-blooded assassination of the district attorney means the ascension of Gaby Ortiz, a formidable young
prosecutor. Under assault by the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, narco cartels and rampant corruption, she must resurrect the county’s crumbling law enforcement effort, with little more than her
defiant will and the support of her extraordinary extended family. Escajeda is writing the script and executive producing with Jonathan Levin. “We’re always on the lookout for the boldest,
most original voices, and we had a great development experience with Ingrid earlier this year that convinced us we wanted to be in business with her exclusively,” said Jonnie Davis, 20th
TV’s president of creative affairs. “We introduced her to [_Empire_ executive producer/showrunner] Ilene [Chaikin] and they hit it off immediately, so this deal both helps make sure _Empire
_has the best resources to continue to thrive creatively and allows Ingrid to develop her own projects down the road.” Escajeda is represented by UTA and Echo Lake Management. WATCH ON
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