Barry Jenkins Signs First-Look TV Deal With HBO and HBO Max Jenkins, Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak’s PASTEL has set a two-year pact with platforms, with A24 producingJennifer Maas | April 1, 2021 @ 9:00 AM Last Updated: April 1, 2021 @ 9:09 AM Getty Images Oscar-winning “Moonlight” filmmaker Barry Jenkins and his producing partners Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak have signed a first-look television deal with HBO and HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned platforms said Thursday. Under the two-year pact, HBO and HBO Max will have first dibs on small-screen projects developed by Jenkins, Romanski and Ceryak’s production company, PASTEL. As part of the agreement, “Moonlight” studio A24 will executive produce all of PASTEL’s HBO/HBO Max projects and partner with Jenkins’ company on “select projects” outside of the first-look deal.