In May 2021, after 19 years in Los Angeles, comedians and married couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky (aka Christina P), moved to Austin with their two young sons. Segura says he felt like L.A., in mid-pandemic, was falling apart. “I was like, ‘This city is turning into a shit show!'” he tells Variety.
About one month after they moved, Pazsitzky suffered an injurious fall in their new home. And, as you might expect, Segura ended up turning the (non-life-threatening) accident into a bit, which is featured in “Tom Segura: Sledgehammer,” his upcoming stand-up special premiering July 4 globally on Netflix.
In “Sledgehammer,” Segura recounts his uneasy 911 call that night requesting help. “I realized that, while what I’m about to say it true, it sounds… suspicious! But I gotta say it. So I’m like, ‘My wife fell down the stairs.'” Pazsitzky, who had misjudged a step when she...
About one month after they moved, Pazsitzky suffered an injurious fall in their new home. And, as you might expect, Segura ended up turning the (non-life-threatening) accident into a bit, which is featured in “Tom Segura: Sledgehammer,” his upcoming stand-up special premiering July 4 globally on Netflix.
In “Sledgehammer,” Segura recounts his uneasy 911 call that night requesting help. “I realized that, while what I’m about to say it true, it sounds… suspicious! But I gotta say it. So I’m like, ‘My wife fell down the stairs.'” Pazsitzky, who had misjudged a step when she...
- 6/28/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
WarnerMedia-backed Rooster Teeth is moving into children’s programming with a slate deal with publishing company Albert Whitman Media.
The co-development and co-production partnership will see the two companies work on animated series for broadcast networks and digital platforms and has identified its first two development projects.
They will adapt Zapato Power, from author Jacqueline Jules with illustrations by Miguel Benítez, and Wish Library, from author-creator Christine Evans, as animated series.
Zapato Power follows the adventures of Freddie Ramos, an ordinary kid growing up in a multi-ethnic city neighborhood who always has dreamt of becoming a superhero. When a mysterious gift turns out to be superpowered purple sneakers, his life is forever changed, and our protagonist learns how to use his newfound powers for greater good.
Wish Library, features third-grader Raven and her friends as they discover the Wish Library, whose mysterious Librarian promises to help solve problems with a simple wish.
The co-development and co-production partnership will see the two companies work on animated series for broadcast networks and digital platforms and has identified its first two development projects.
They will adapt Zapato Power, from author Jacqueline Jules with illustrations by Miguel Benítez, and Wish Library, from author-creator Christine Evans, as animated series.
Zapato Power follows the adventures of Freddie Ramos, an ordinary kid growing up in a multi-ethnic city neighborhood who always has dreamt of becoming a superhero. When a mysterious gift turns out to be superpowered purple sneakers, his life is forever changed, and our protagonist learns how to use his newfound powers for greater good.
Wish Library, features third-grader Raven and her friends as they discover the Wish Library, whose mysterious Librarian promises to help solve problems with a simple wish.
- 9/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Slam!, a graphic novel series set in the world of all-female roller derby, is being adapted as an animated series for HBO Max.
Pamela Ribon, who co-created the comic with Veronica Fish and co-wrote feature films including Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet, is adapting her book, with WarnerMedia-owned Rooster Teeth Studios, Boom! Studios and Minnow Mountain.
The half-hour series, set in the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, follows two young women who will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line.
It will be made using a combination of rotoscoped and 3D animation with Craig Staggs and Steph Swope’s Minnow Mountain, the Texas-based studio behind Amazon’s Undone, animating.
The comic book was originally published by Boom! Studios, which is also behind the live-action adaptation R.L. Stine...
Pamela Ribon, who co-created the comic with Veronica Fish and co-wrote feature films including Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet, is adapting her book, with WarnerMedia-owned Rooster Teeth Studios, Boom! Studios and Minnow Mountain.
The half-hour series, set in the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, follows two young women who will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line.
It will be made using a combination of rotoscoped and 3D animation with Craig Staggs and Steph Swope’s Minnow Mountain, the Texas-based studio behind Amazon’s Undone, animating.
The comic book was originally published by Boom! Studios, which is also behind the live-action adaptation R.L. Stine...
- 3/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Rooster Teeth Studios -- the production division of the Austin-based digital network dedicated to all things gaming, fandom, and anime -- has hired two executives from the television world to head up its scripted and unscripted programming teams.
Wayne Sampson (pictured above), who most recently served as VP of programming and development for NBCUniversal’s USA Network and Syfy, has been named Rooster Teeth’s head of unscripted content. And Emily Hughes, who previously developed forthcoming shows like Kenan for NBC and MacGruber for Peacock at Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, has been named manager of scripted content, Variety reports. Both Sampson and Hughes will report to Rooster Teeth Studios head Ryan P. Hall.
“Wayne has a proven track record of producing successful unscripted TV across many genres and is one of the most respected execs in the business,” Hall said in a statement. “Emily is a tremendous development executive and...
Wayne Sampson (pictured above), who most recently served as VP of programming and development for NBCUniversal’s USA Network and Syfy, has been named Rooster Teeth’s head of unscripted content. And Emily Hughes, who previously developed forthcoming shows like Kenan for NBC and MacGruber for Peacock at Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, has been named manager of scripted content, Variety reports. Both Sampson and Hughes will report to Rooster Teeth Studios head Ryan P. Hall.
“Wayne has a proven track record of producing successful unscripted TV across many genres and is one of the most respected execs in the business,” Hall said in a statement. “Emily is a tremendous development executive and...
- 12/4/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The Michael B. Jordan-starring animated series “Gen:Lock” has increased representation and inclusion in its writers room for the show’s upcoming second season, producers Rooster Teeth and Outlier Society have announced.
Daniel Dominguez, Maasai Singleton, Evan Narcisse, Kristle Peluso and Gavin Hignight make up the writers room for the second season of the series, which will premiere on HBO Max. The animated series takes place 50 years in the future amid an oppressive authoritarian regime that threatens to conquer the world; Jordan voices the series’ lead character Julian Chase and also serves as an executive producer.
“When I was a teenager I fell in love with anime because my imagination was always strange and hyperbolic, the way cartoons are,” said Dominguez, who serves as head writer on the new season, said in a statement. “I could not be more honored, and excited to have been given this opportunity to work...
Daniel Dominguez, Maasai Singleton, Evan Narcisse, Kristle Peluso and Gavin Hignight make up the writers room for the second season of the series, which will premiere on HBO Max. The animated series takes place 50 years in the future amid an oppressive authoritarian regime that threatens to conquer the world; Jordan voices the series’ lead character Julian Chase and also serves as an executive producer.
“When I was a teenager I fell in love with anime because my imagination was always strange and hyperbolic, the way cartoons are,” said Dominguez, who serves as head writer on the new season, said in a statement. “I could not be more honored, and excited to have been given this opportunity to work...
- 9/15/2020
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Rooster Teeth’s Michael B. Jordan-led anime series “gen:lock” is getting a second season on HBO Max.
It will still be available for Rooster Teeth First subscribers, just not until 90 days after it debuts on HBO Max.
50 years in the future, “gen:lock” tells the story of an oppressive authoritarian force that threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world. Jordan stars as Julian Chase, who leaves his life as a fighter pilot behind to become the first candidate for the program and finds his endurance — as well as his very identity — will be tested beyond anything he ever imagined.
Dakota Fanning, Maisie Williams, Golshifteh Farahani and David Tennant are all set to return to the series along with Jordan.
Also Read: 'Doom Patrol' Renewed for...
It will still be available for Rooster Teeth First subscribers, just not until 90 days after it debuts on HBO Max.
50 years in the future, “gen:lock” tells the story of an oppressive authoritarian force that threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world. Jordan stars as Julian Chase, who leaves his life as a fighter pilot behind to become the first candidate for the program and finds his endurance — as well as his very identity — will be tested beyond anything he ever imagined.
Dakota Fanning, Maisie Williams, Golshifteh Farahani and David Tennant are all set to return to the series along with Jordan.
Also Read: 'Doom Patrol' Renewed for...
- 10/24/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Michael B. Jordan-voiced animated series gen:lock has been handed a second season via HBO Max.
The first season of the half-hour series premiered on Rooster Teeth, the WarnerMedia digital brand, but the second season will premiere on HBO Max before becoming available to subscribers of Rooster Teeth’s subscription service First 90 days later.
It is the latest example of WarnerMedia moving content to the HBO Max streaming service; earlier this week, it brought back Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time for four one-hour specials, and earlier today it commissioned four documentary projects from CNN.
gen:lock, which was created by Gray Haddock and focuses on a near-future dystopia undergoing a new, technologically driven world war, stars Creed and Black Panther star Jordan alongside Dakota Fanning (The Alienist), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Golshifteh Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), and David Tennant (Jessica Jones, Dr. Who), who all return.
The first season of the half-hour series premiered on Rooster Teeth, the WarnerMedia digital brand, but the second season will premiere on HBO Max before becoming available to subscribers of Rooster Teeth’s subscription service First 90 days later.
It is the latest example of WarnerMedia moving content to the HBO Max streaming service; earlier this week, it brought back Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time for four one-hour specials, and earlier today it commissioned four documentary projects from CNN.
gen:lock, which was created by Gray Haddock and focuses on a near-future dystopia undergoing a new, technologically driven world war, stars Creed and Black Panther star Jordan alongside Dakota Fanning (The Alienist), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Golshifteh Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), and David Tennant (Jessica Jones, Dr. Who), who all return.
- 10/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
WarnerMedia’s HBO Max is getting first dibs on “gen:Lock” season 2, the next installment of Rooster Teeth’s popular animated mecha series starring Michael B. Jordan.
Season 2 of “gen:Lock” will premiere on HBO Max and have an exclusive 90-day run on the service (the company didn’t announce a release date). After the 90-day window on HBO Max, the series will be available on Rooster Teeth’s First subscription-streaming service.
The half-hour animated dystopian series is set 50 years in the future, in which an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. The resistance recruits a team of pilots for a new form of devastating mecha — with Jordan voicing lead character Julian Chase, the first to volunteer for the cause — but they must be willing to sacrifice everything.
The move to give HBO Max an exclusive window on the show — which is likely to irritate Rooster Teeth members — is an all-in-the-family arrangement.
Season 2 of “gen:Lock” will premiere on HBO Max and have an exclusive 90-day run on the service (the company didn’t announce a release date). After the 90-day window on HBO Max, the series will be available on Rooster Teeth’s First subscription-streaming service.
The half-hour animated dystopian series is set 50 years in the future, in which an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. The resistance recruits a team of pilots for a new form of devastating mecha — with Jordan voicing lead character Julian Chase, the first to volunteer for the cause — but they must be willing to sacrifice everything.
The move to give HBO Max an exclusive window on the show — which is likely to irritate Rooster Teeth members — is an all-in-the-family arrangement.
- 10/24/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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