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Prufrock Pictures, which was previously based at 20th Century Fox, recently began a three-year first-look feature deal at Castle Rock TV, whose pics are partly financed and distributed by Polygram.

Ryan also has a prior relationship with Polygram from Prufrock’s first film “French Kiss.” Polygram’s Working Title Films, along with Prufrock, produced the pic that starred Ryan. The two companies are developing the Jonathan Penner and Stacy Title-scripted thriller “The Protected.”

Prufrock had several TV projects in the works before the Polygram deal, including an untitled Disney/ABC telefilm, written and directed by Seth Greenland and centering around a black nanny and her Jewish charges in the 1960s South.

The company also is developing a Lifetime vidpic, “Time Flies,” by Paul Kleiman. Last year, Prufrock produced “Northern Lights” with Diane Keaton for the Disney Channel.

Prufrock and Polygram are kicking around some TV project ideas, including a series of movies about courageous women who work behind enemy lines.