Exclusive: Actress, writer, director and producer Maya Erskine has signed with WME for representation.
Erskine stars opposite Donald Glover in Prime Video’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which premieres Feb. 2. Written and created by Glover and Francesca Sloane, the series, a complete reimagining of the 2005 film, is getting strong reviews.
Previously, Erskine co-created and co-starred in the Emmy-nominated series PEN15, which ran for two seasons on Hulu. During its first season, the series won the 2019 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series and Erskine, along with co-creator and co-lead Anna Konkle, was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. The duo also received WGA Award nominations for New Series and Comedy Series and a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Comedy Series. In its second season, PEN15 earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series and a Peabody Award nomination.
Erskine is currently developing the international bestselling novel...
Erskine stars opposite Donald Glover in Prime Video’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which premieres Feb. 2. Written and created by Glover and Francesca Sloane, the series, a complete reimagining of the 2005 film, is getting strong reviews.
Previously, Erskine co-created and co-starred in the Emmy-nominated series PEN15, which ran for two seasons on Hulu. During its first season, the series won the 2019 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series and Erskine, along with co-creator and co-lead Anna Konkle, was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. The duo also received WGA Award nominations for New Series and Comedy Series and a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Comedy Series. In its second season, PEN15 earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series and a Peabody Award nomination.
Erskine is currently developing the international bestselling novel...
- 2/1/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Barbie actor and longtime SNL vet Kate McKinnon and Flight of the Conchords maestro Jemaine Clement are joining the mushrooming ensemble of Jared Hess’ Minecraft at Warner Bros.
Domain is co-financing the feature take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary.
McKinnon and Clement join Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen as well as Jennifer Coolidge — most of whom Deadline told you about first.
The movie is shooting in New Zealand with screenplay credits to be determined on a storyline that’s buried deep in the earth. Producers are Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and Jill Messick (posthumously). EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.
Also producing with Warners and Legendary are Vertigo, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam.
McKinnon won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in...
Domain is co-financing the feature take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary.
McKinnon and Clement join Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen as well as Jennifer Coolidge — most of whom Deadline told you about first.
The movie is shooting in New Zealand with screenplay credits to be determined on a storyline that’s buried deep in the earth. Producers are Roy Lee, Jon Berg, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Jason Momoa, Torfi Frans Olafsson, Vu Bui and Jill Messick (posthumously). EPs are Todd Hallowell, Kayleen Walters, Brian Mendoza and Jonathan Spaihts.
Also producing with Warners and Legendary are Vertigo, Mojang/Microsoft and Momoa’s On the Roam.
McKinnon won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in...
- 1/18/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman is headed back to HBO.
The Oscar and Emmy winner is set to star in and executive produce a thriller based on Leïla Slimani’s novel The Perfect Nanny. PEN15 co-creator Maya Erskine will also star and will write and executive produce. HBO outbid several other outlets to land the project with Legendary Entertainment and will develop The Perfect Nanny as a limited series.
Slimani’s novel, originally published in France as Chanson Douce (Lullaby), is a thriller that follows the increasingly co-dependent relationship between a couple and the nanny they hire. It won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2016, and its translation became an international bestseller.
The logline for the HBO project reads, “A seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.”
The Perfect Nanny would be the third HBO series for Kidman,...
The Oscar and Emmy winner is set to star in and executive produce a thriller based on Leïla Slimani’s novel The Perfect Nanny. PEN15 co-creator Maya Erskine will also star and will write and executive produce. HBO outbid several other outlets to land the project with Legendary Entertainment and will develop The Perfect Nanny as a limited series.
Slimani’s novel, originally published in France as Chanson Douce (Lullaby), is a thriller that follows the increasingly co-dependent relationship between a couple and the nanny they hire. It won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2016, and its translation became an international bestseller.
The logline for the HBO project reads, “A seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.”
The Perfect Nanny would be the third HBO series for Kidman,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nicole Kidman is headed back to HBO with another limited series, teaming with “Pen15” co-creator and star Maya Erskine to adapt the Leïla Slimani novel “The Perfect Nanny.” The duo will executive produce and headline the project, of which Erskine is creator and writer.
Legendary Entertainment and HBO serve as co-studios after what was described as a highly competitive bidding situation.
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The book’s logline is as follows: “When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family’s chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another,...
Legendary Entertainment and HBO serve as co-studios after what was described as a highly competitive bidding situation.
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Nicole Kidman to Receive AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023
The book’s logline is as follows: “When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family’s chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
HBO is developing the Leïla Slimani novel “The Perfect Nanny” into a limited series. Maya Erskine creates and writes the series, and will star opposite Nicole Kidman. Both also serve as executive producers for the project, which comes from Legendary Entertainment along with HBO.
Published in 2016, “The Perfect Nanny” was inspired by the real-life murder of Lucia and Leo Krim by their nanny in 2012. In the series, a seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.
Erskine is best known for co-creating and starring in the Hulu comedy series “Pen-15” with Anna Konkle. She is currently in production on “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” at Amazon Prime Video, which she stars in opposite Donald Glover. Erskine’s other prominent credits include playing Maggie in “Man Seeking Woman” on Fxx, Mikki in “Betas” on Amazon Prime Video, Diane...
Published in 2016, “The Perfect Nanny” was inspired by the real-life murder of Lucia and Leo Krim by their nanny in 2012. In the series, a seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.
Erskine is best known for co-creating and starring in the Hulu comedy series “Pen-15” with Anna Konkle. She is currently in production on “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” at Amazon Prime Video, which she stars in opposite Donald Glover. Erskine’s other prominent credits include playing Maggie in “Man Seeking Woman” on Fxx, Mikki in “Betas” on Amazon Prime Video, Diane...
- 1/27/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Nicole Kidman is back at HBO with another high-profile limited series based on a novel, The Perfect Nanny. Kidman and Pen15 co-creator and co-lead Maya Erskine are set to star in the project, which HBO landed in a very competitive situation. Erskine is the creator and writer of the limited series, based on the book of the same name by Leïla Slimani. Legendary Entertainment is the co-studio with HBO.
In The Perfect Nanny, a seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.
Kidman and Per Saari executive produce for Kidman’s Blossom Films; Erskine also executive produces alongside Pascal Caucheteux for Why Not Productions, and Philippe Godeau for Pan-Européenne.
Kidman previously starred and executive produced HBO’s Big Little Lies, which originated as a limited series and earned her an acting and producing Emmy award,...
In The Perfect Nanny, a seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually deteriorates into something sinister.
Kidman and Per Saari executive produce for Kidman’s Blossom Films; Erskine also executive produces alongside Pascal Caucheteux for Why Not Productions, and Philippe Godeau for Pan-Européenne.
Kidman previously starred and executive produced HBO’s Big Little Lies, which originated as a limited series and earned her an acting and producing Emmy award,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Poorna Jagannathan is set as a lead opposite Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh and Alfie Fuller in Deli Boys, Onyx Collective’s half-hour comedy pilot from Abdullah Saeed (High Maintenance) and 20th Television.
Written by Saeed and directed and by Nisha Ganatra, in Deli Boys, when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Jagannathan will play Lucky, Baba’s right-hand woman. She can be very caring or a badass business boss lady, depending on what’s needed.
Saeed and Ganatra executive produce with Jenni Konner, Vali Chandrasekaran and Nora Silver. 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, is the studio.
Jagannathan recently wrapped a lead role in the HBO Max film Turtles All The Way Down, directed by Hannah Marks...
Written by Saeed and directed and by Nisha Ganatra, in Deli Boys, when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Jagannathan will play Lucky, Baba’s right-hand woman. She can be very caring or a badass business boss lady, depending on what’s needed.
Saeed and Ganatra executive produce with Jenni Konner, Vali Chandrasekaran and Nora Silver. 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, is the studio.
Jagannathan recently wrapped a lead role in the HBO Max film Turtles All The Way Down, directed by Hannah Marks...
- 10/31/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Poorna Jagannathan has been cast in “Deli Boys,” Abdullah Saeed’s comedy pilot for the Onyx Collective on Hulu.
The series will follow a pair of pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers named Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj Dar (Saagar Shaikh) who lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies. They and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld. Alfie Fuller also stars.
Jagannathan will play Lucky, Baba’s right-hand woman. She can be very caring or a badass business boss lady, depending on what’s needed.
Jagannathan is best known for starring as Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) mother Nalini in “Never Have I Ever” on Netflix and Nasir’s (Riz Ahmed) mother Safar in “The Night Of” on HBO. She has also played roles in “Defending Jacob” on Apple TV+, “The Act” and...
The series will follow a pair of pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers named Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj Dar (Saagar Shaikh) who lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly dies. They and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld. Alfie Fuller also stars.
Jagannathan will play Lucky, Baba’s right-hand woman. She can be very caring or a badass business boss lady, depending on what’s needed.
Jagannathan is best known for starring as Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) mother Nalini in “Never Have I Ever” on Netflix and Nasir’s (Riz Ahmed) mother Safar in “The Night Of” on HBO. She has also played roles in “Defending Jacob” on Apple TV+, “The Act” and...
- 10/31/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: As she is charting her post-Saturday Night Live career path, Kate McKinnon is making a representation change. The Emmy winner has moved to CAA, which will rep her in all areas except touring. McKinnon had been at UTA for the past eight years, having followed her agent Fred Hashagen there from Paradigm.
McKinnon in May wrapped an 11-season run on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which earned her two Emmy awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a total of 10 nominations, nine of them in the supporting comedy category. Her roster of memorable characters on the show included Colleen Rafferty, Olya Povlatsky, and Sheila Sovage, as well as impressions, ranging from Hilary Clinton and Dr. Fauci to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
She recently starred as Carole Baskin in the Peacock limited series Joe v. Carole and voiced a character in DC League of Super-Pets. Her feature...
McKinnon in May wrapped an 11-season run on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which earned her two Emmy awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a total of 10 nominations, nine of them in the supporting comedy category. Her roster of memorable characters on the show included Colleen Rafferty, Olya Povlatsky, and Sheila Sovage, as well as impressions, ranging from Hilary Clinton and Dr. Fauci to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
She recently starred as Carole Baskin in the Peacock limited series Joe v. Carole and voiced a character in DC League of Super-Pets. Her feature...
- 9/26/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Pen15 co-creator and star Anna Konkle has been tapped as the lead in Amazon Freevee’s Western, a half-hour period comedy pilot from Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios and Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Sony TV-based Lord Miller.
Written by Michelle Morgan, Western is set in the 1800s. It follows Polly (Konkle), a young high-society woman from Philadelphia who travels out west on a desperate quest for a husband only to discover that she has been catfished by a teenage boy. Now stranded in 1866 Montana, Polly, along with the town’s other inhabitants, must find their place in this ever-changing new world, confronting and defying all expectations society has of them along the way.
2022 Amazon Freevee Pilots & Series Orders
Although her good breeding and opulent clothing make her stand out like a sore thumb in this dustbowl of a town, Polly’s wit and unexpected charm ultimately earn her a place there.
Written by Michelle Morgan, Western is set in the 1800s. It follows Polly (Konkle), a young high-society woman from Philadelphia who travels out west on a desperate quest for a husband only to discover that she has been catfished by a teenage boy. Now stranded in 1866 Montana, Polly, along with the town’s other inhabitants, must find their place in this ever-changing new world, confronting and defying all expectations society has of them along the way.
2022 Amazon Freevee Pilots & Series Orders
Although her good breeding and opulent clothing make her stand out like a sore thumb in this dustbowl of a town, Polly’s wit and unexpected charm ultimately earn her a place there.
- 9/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The 2x WGA Award nominee and Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast member has wrapped production on her feature film directorial debut, First Time Female Director, Deadline has learned.
Chelsea Peretti starred, wrote and produced the Fox Entertainment MarVista and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions movie which is set at a local theater in Glendale, CA, where a newly minted female director (Peretti) struggles to fill the shoes of her male predecessor, putting her Southern rural drama in jeopardy.
Co-starring opposite Peretti include Blake Anderson, Kate Berlant (Would It Kill You to Laugh? A League of Their Own), Jak Knight, Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally, Benito Skinner (Queer as Folk) and Megan Stalter.
There’s also appearances by Max Greenfield, Brad Hall (Saturday Night Live), Tim Heidecker (Eastbound & Down), Natasha Leggero, Emmy winner Poehler, Andy Richter and Xosha Roquemore, the movies counts several surprise cameos.
First Time Female Director marks MarVista and Fox Entertainment’s first title to include scenes shot on its studio lot in Los Angeles, where the film’s production offices are based. In addition to Peretti, producers include Poehler, Kate Arend and Jordan Grief for Paper Kite, and Deanna Barillari. The pic is executive-produced by Angie Day, Ani Kevork, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista. WME Independent will represent sales for the film.
“This is the project of a lifetime for me — a chance to have my voice embodied by a truly brilliant ensemble of comedic actors,” Peretti tells Deadline. “I am so moved to have a prolific, beloved and sharp comedy collaborator like Amy Poehler as a producer and actor. And grateful for my champions at MarVista, who took this from script to screen. Our dream was to watch a laugh-out-loud comedy film and I cannot wait to share what we have made with audiences as soon as possible! Also, I love my lawyer. She’s great.”
“Paper Kite is thrilled to help support the hilarious Chelsea Peretti and her deeply unique and funny film. We also have loved working with MarVista and are grateful they helped make this all happen,” adds Poehler.
“Hiring ‘first time female directors’ has been a core focus of mine throughout my career,” said Hannah Pillemer, EVP of Creative at MarVista Entertainment. “The chance to support a comedic visionary like Chelsea is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we are honored she chose MarVista to go on this journey with her. Our entire team is thrilled to partner with Paper Kite, and we cannot wait for the world to see this unique and distinctively hilarious film!”
Peretti is an actress, comedian, producer and television writer who starred as Gina Linetti on the hit Fox/NBC comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which notched won 2x Primetime Emmys. Most recently, she was featured in Amazon Prime Video’s second installment of its comedy special, Yearly Departed. The two-time WGA Award nominee received nods on Parks and Recreation and received a SAG ensemble nom for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Peretti’s writing credits also include Portlandia, Sarah Silverman Program and Kroll Show, as well as Saturday Night Live. She can be heard on hit animated projects, such as Big Mouth, The Simpsons and Sing 2. On the stage, Peretti’s hour-long stand-up special, One of the Greats, was released in 2014 on Netflix, and her half-hour special, Comedy Central Presents, aired in 2011. Most recently, Peretti hosted Variety’s Power of Women celebration in 2021 and the Writers Guild Awards in 2019.
Music for the film is from longtime Peretti collaborator KoOoLkOjAk, who has composed and produced hit songs for Doja Cat, Sean Paul, Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Keha and Dmx, as well as having written original songs for box office smashes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lorax, Boss Baby, The Book of Life and The Lego Movie franchise.
Chelsea is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Melissa Fox at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.
Chelsea Peretti starred, wrote and produced the Fox Entertainment MarVista and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions movie which is set at a local theater in Glendale, CA, where a newly minted female director (Peretti) struggles to fill the shoes of her male predecessor, putting her Southern rural drama in jeopardy.
Co-starring opposite Peretti include Blake Anderson, Kate Berlant (Would It Kill You to Laugh? A League of Their Own), Jak Knight, Emmy Award winner Megan Mullally, Benito Skinner (Queer as Folk) and Megan Stalter.
There’s also appearances by Max Greenfield, Brad Hall (Saturday Night Live), Tim Heidecker (Eastbound & Down), Natasha Leggero, Emmy winner Poehler, Andy Richter and Xosha Roquemore, the movies counts several surprise cameos.
First Time Female Director marks MarVista and Fox Entertainment’s first title to include scenes shot on its studio lot in Los Angeles, where the film’s production offices are based. In addition to Peretti, producers include Poehler, Kate Arend and Jordan Grief for Paper Kite, and Deanna Barillari. The pic is executive-produced by Angie Day, Ani Kevork, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista. WME Independent will represent sales for the film.
“This is the project of a lifetime for me — a chance to have my voice embodied by a truly brilliant ensemble of comedic actors,” Peretti tells Deadline. “I am so moved to have a prolific, beloved and sharp comedy collaborator like Amy Poehler as a producer and actor. And grateful for my champions at MarVista, who took this from script to screen. Our dream was to watch a laugh-out-loud comedy film and I cannot wait to share what we have made with audiences as soon as possible! Also, I love my lawyer. She’s great.”
“Paper Kite is thrilled to help support the hilarious Chelsea Peretti and her deeply unique and funny film. We also have loved working with MarVista and are grateful they helped make this all happen,” adds Poehler.
“Hiring ‘first time female directors’ has been a core focus of mine throughout my career,” said Hannah Pillemer, EVP of Creative at MarVista Entertainment. “The chance to support a comedic visionary like Chelsea is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we are honored she chose MarVista to go on this journey with her. Our entire team is thrilled to partner with Paper Kite, and we cannot wait for the world to see this unique and distinctively hilarious film!”
Peretti is an actress, comedian, producer and television writer who starred as Gina Linetti on the hit Fox/NBC comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which notched won 2x Primetime Emmys. Most recently, she was featured in Amazon Prime Video’s second installment of its comedy special, Yearly Departed. The two-time WGA Award nominee received nods on Parks and Recreation and received a SAG ensemble nom for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Peretti’s writing credits also include Portlandia, Sarah Silverman Program and Kroll Show, as well as Saturday Night Live. She can be heard on hit animated projects, such as Big Mouth, The Simpsons and Sing 2. On the stage, Peretti’s hour-long stand-up special, One of the Greats, was released in 2014 on Netflix, and her half-hour special, Comedy Central Presents, aired in 2011. Most recently, Peretti hosted Variety’s Power of Women celebration in 2021 and the Writers Guild Awards in 2019.
Music for the film is from longtime Peretti collaborator KoOoLkOjAk, who has composed and produced hit songs for Doja Cat, Sean Paul, Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Keha and Dmx, as well as having written original songs for box office smashes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lorax, Boss Baby, The Book of Life and The Lego Movie franchise.
Chelsea is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Melissa Fox at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.
- 7/14/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
UTA has signed multi-hyphenate entertainer Hannibal Buress for worldwide representation in all areas.
While Buress is primarily known for his stand-up comedy and acting roles as well as his work as a writer, producer and podcaster, he also has strong ties to the music industry, where he goes by the alter-ego Eshu Tune. In April 2022, Buress released his debut self-titled EP, in which he wrote and performed all the tracks. In 2019, he launched Isola Fest, a three-day music and comedy event in Isola, Miss., with performances by T-Pain, Open Mike Eagle and more on the bill.
Honored as one of Variety‘s “10 Comics to Watch” in 2010, Buress’ lineup of stand-up comedy shows includes “Animal Furnace,” “Live From Chicago,” “Hannibal Takes Edinburgh” and “Comedy Camisado.” His most recent special “Miami Nights,” his first in four years, debuted in July 2020 via YouTube livestream.
In television, Buress co-hosted “The Eric Andre Show” from...
While Buress is primarily known for his stand-up comedy and acting roles as well as his work as a writer, producer and podcaster, he also has strong ties to the music industry, where he goes by the alter-ego Eshu Tune. In April 2022, Buress released his debut self-titled EP, in which he wrote and performed all the tracks. In 2019, he launched Isola Fest, a three-day music and comedy event in Isola, Miss., with performances by T-Pain, Open Mike Eagle and more on the bill.
Honored as one of Variety‘s “10 Comics to Watch” in 2010, Buress’ lineup of stand-up comedy shows includes “Animal Furnace,” “Live From Chicago,” “Hannibal Takes Edinburgh” and “Comedy Camisado.” His most recent special “Miami Nights,” his first in four years, debuted in July 2020 via YouTube livestream.
In television, Buress co-hosted “The Eric Andre Show” from...
- 6/17/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Actor, comedian and writer Ali Wong is set to make her directorial debut, helming an hour-long comedy special for Netflix.
After partnering with the streamer for three comedy specials and the rom-com “Always Be My Maybe,” Wong is getting behind the camera to direct fellow comic Sheng Wang’s Netflix debut.
Wang’s hour-long special will be filmed on June 12 at The Belasco in Los Angeles and is planned to premiere later this year. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com. Wong and Wang will both executive produce the project alongside veteran television producer John Irwin.
News of the team up comes as Wong is in the midst of a major career hot streak. Her most recent Netflix comedy special “Don Wong” premiered on Valentine’s Day, expanding on the massive audience who tuned in for her first two critically acclaimed hours,...
After partnering with the streamer for three comedy specials and the rom-com “Always Be My Maybe,” Wong is getting behind the camera to direct fellow comic Sheng Wang’s Netflix debut.
Wang’s hour-long special will be filmed on June 12 at The Belasco in Los Angeles and is planned to premiere later this year. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m. on LiveNation.com. Wong and Wang will both executive produce the project alongside veteran television producer John Irwin.
News of the team up comes as Wong is in the midst of a major career hot streak. Her most recent Netflix comedy special “Don Wong” premiered on Valentine’s Day, expanding on the massive audience who tuned in for her first two critically acclaimed hours,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amina Munir is formalizing her relationship with Universal Television.
Munir, who works on two Universal TV series – as a supervising producer for Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and a producer on NBC’s Mr. Mayor, has signed an overall deal with the studio.
She will develop and produce projects for a variety of platforms under the deal.
Munir got her start on Fox’s Dylan McDermott-fronted comedy LA To Vegas and worked on YouTube original series Champaign, Ill, which starred Sam Richardson and Adam Pally.
It is the latest deal for the Usg-backed studio in the last six months, having closed deals with the likes of Ryan Eggold, Julie Bowen, Gwen Sigan, Aidy Bryant, Kenny Smith, Phil Augusta Jackson and Jack Coburn.
“It’s been a dream come true to work with Universal and feels surreal to be a part of their incredible comedy roster,” said Munir.
Munir, who works on two Universal TV series – as a supervising producer for Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and a producer on NBC’s Mr. Mayor, has signed an overall deal with the studio.
She will develop and produce projects for a variety of platforms under the deal.
Munir got her start on Fox’s Dylan McDermott-fronted comedy LA To Vegas and worked on YouTube original series Champaign, Ill, which starred Sam Richardson and Adam Pally.
It is the latest deal for the Usg-backed studio in the last six months, having closed deals with the likes of Ryan Eggold, Julie Bowen, Gwen Sigan, Aidy Bryant, Kenny Smith, Phil Augusta Jackson and Jack Coburn.
“It’s been a dream come true to work with Universal and feels surreal to be a part of their incredible comedy roster,” said Munir.
- 3/23/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A24 has greenlit “F*cking Identical Twins,” an R-rated musical comedy that puts a subversive spin on “The Parent Trap.”
Comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp are adapting the film from their two-man stage show, which premiered at Manhattan’s Upright Citizens Brigade in 2014. In addition to writing the script, Jackson and Sharp will co-star as the eponymous identical twins. They will be joined by a star-studded ensemble includes Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion. It is not clear who those actors will play.
Featuring original songs by Jackson, Sharp and composer Karl Saint Lucy, “F*cking Identical Twins” takes inspiration from Hallie and Annie’s mischievous exploits in “The Parent Trap” and follows two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers. They decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again.
Larry Charles, who previously directed...
Comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp are adapting the film from their two-man stage show, which premiered at Manhattan’s Upright Citizens Brigade in 2014. In addition to writing the script, Jackson and Sharp will co-star as the eponymous identical twins. They will be joined by a star-studded ensemble includes Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion. It is not clear who those actors will play.
Featuring original songs by Jackson, Sharp and composer Karl Saint Lucy, “F*cking Identical Twins” takes inspiration from Hallie and Annie’s mischievous exploits in “The Parent Trap” and follows two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers. They decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again.
Larry Charles, who previously directed...
- 2/17/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
A24 has boarded the R-rated musical comedy F*cking Identical Twins, directed by Borat helmer Larry Charles. The film stars and is written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp — featuring original songs by Jackson, Sharp, and Karl Saint Lucy — based on the triumvirate’s original two-man stage show that premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2014.
Tony winner Nathan Lane, Emmy winner Megan Mullally, Saturday Night Live‘s Bowen Yang and multiple Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion also will star.
A subversive musical spin on The Parent Trap, F*cking Identical Twins follows two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again. Chernin Entertainment will produce and co-finance alongside A24. Chernin Entertainment previously produced the musical film The Greatest Showman in 2017. A24 will handle the global release of the film.
Grammy-winning producer...
Tony winner Nathan Lane, Emmy winner Megan Mullally, Saturday Night Live‘s Bowen Yang and multiple Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion also will star.
A subversive musical spin on The Parent Trap, F*cking Identical Twins follows two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again. Chernin Entertainment will produce and co-finance alongside A24. Chernin Entertainment previously produced the musical film The Greatest Showman in 2017. A24 will handle the global release of the film.
Grammy-winning producer...
- 2/17/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally and Bowen Yang are set to star in a new R-rated musical comedy called “F*cking Identical Twins” from A24 and Chernin Entertainment that is a subversive spin on “The Parent Trap.”
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp will both write the script and star in the film as two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again.
“F*cking Identical Twins” is based on Jackson and Sharp’s two-man stage show that premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2014. They are adapting the show for the screen along with original songs by Jackson, Sharp and Karl Saint Lucy.
Larry Charles, the director and producer known for “Borat,” “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is on board to direct “F*cking Identical Twins.” The film is in production now.
Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp will both write the script and star in the film as two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again.
“F*cking Identical Twins” is based on Jackson and Sharp’s two-man stage show that premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2014. They are adapting the show for the screen along with original songs by Jackson, Sharp and Karl Saint Lucy.
Larry Charles, the director and producer known for “Borat,” “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is on board to direct “F*cking Identical Twins.” The film is in production now.
- 2/17/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Chelsea Peretti, the comedian, actress and writer best known for her role as Gina Linetti on the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has signed with CAA for representation.
Peretti is otherwise known for her acclaimed 2014 stand-up special Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, which currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
She’s appeared on the film side in Stella Meghie’s 2020 romantic drama The Photograph, Andrea Dorfman’s 2019 comedy Spinster, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s comedic thriller Game Night, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Garth Jennings’ animated sequel Sing 2 for Illumination and Universal Pictures, among other titles. She’s featured on the TV side in such series as Girls, New Girl, Kroll Show, Drunk History, Search Party, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Another Period, Parks and Recreation and The Sarah Silverman Program, lending her vocal talents to animated series including Big Mouth,...
Peretti is otherwise known for her acclaimed 2014 stand-up special Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, which currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
She’s appeared on the film side in Stella Meghie’s 2020 romantic drama The Photograph, Andrea Dorfman’s 2019 comedy Spinster, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s comedic thriller Game Night, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Garth Jennings’ animated sequel Sing 2 for Illumination and Universal Pictures, among other titles. She’s featured on the TV side in such series as Girls, New Girl, Kroll Show, Drunk History, Search Party, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Another Period, Parks and Recreation and The Sarah Silverman Program, lending her vocal talents to animated series including Big Mouth,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS is developing Married With Friends, a multi-camera comedy inspired by and starring real-life married couple Blake Lee and Ben Lewis (Arrow).
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: WME has signed actor, director, writer, performer, and producer Eugene Lee Yang.
In early 2018, he and the comedy quartet, The Try Guys, launched their own independent production company, amassing millions of followers with projects such as a bestselling book, an international live tour, and an upcoming Food Network series. On the film side, Yang’s original screenplay, A-, which he will also direct, is set up with Killer Films.
Yang has projects in the works across film and television – both in front of and behind the camera – in addition to working in books, animation, and even a graphic novel he is currently writing for Vault.
On the literary side, he is set to go out to market this month with an LGBTQ fantasy novel that he recently authored.
Yang is also an activist who is passionate about LGBTQ issues, racial tolerance and recently received the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign.
In early 2018, he and the comedy quartet, The Try Guys, launched their own independent production company, amassing millions of followers with projects such as a bestselling book, an international live tour, and an upcoming Food Network series. On the film side, Yang’s original screenplay, A-, which he will also direct, is set up with Killer Films.
Yang has projects in the works across film and television – both in front of and behind the camera – in addition to working in books, animation, and even a graphic novel he is currently writing for Vault.
On the literary side, he is set to go out to market this month with an LGBTQ fantasy novel that he recently authored.
Yang is also an activist who is passionate about LGBTQ issues, racial tolerance and recently received the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign.
- 11/15/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Ginger Gonzaga (Kidding) will join Shameless‘ Steve Howey for CBS’ drama pilot True Lies, based on James Cameron’s 1994 action comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. The series hails from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, McG and Cameron.
Written by Nix and to be directed by Anthony Hemingway, the pilot’s plot is true to its movie roots: Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband (Howey) is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.
Gonzaga will play Helen, Harry’s (Howey) supportive wife, mother of two teenage kids and a linguistics professor who is getting annoyed by Harry’s constant business trips away from home. Increasingly angered, she feels as if she’s...
Written by Nix and to be directed by Anthony Hemingway, the pilot’s plot is true to its movie roots: Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband (Howey) is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.
Gonzaga will play Helen, Harry’s (Howey) supportive wife, mother of two teenage kids and a linguistics professor who is getting annoyed by Harry’s constant business trips away from home. Increasingly angered, she feels as if she’s...
- 9/30/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Ginger Gonzaga will star opposite Steve Howey in the “True Lies” pilot at CBS, Variety has learned exclusively.
Gonzaga will star as Helen, the role played in the “True Lies” film by Jamie Lee Curtis. Variety previously exclusively reported that Howey would star as Harry, who was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film.
Helen is described as Harry’s supportive wife, mother of two teenage kids and a linguistics professor who is getting annoyed by Harry’s constant business trips away from home. Increasingly angered, she feels as if she’s been robbed of the life she once envisioned for herself. Thrilled when Harry invites her along for a trip to Paris, Helen is in for a rude shock when she sees a very different side to her husband, learning that he is in fact a world-class spy.
Gonzaga is set to recur in Season 2 of the single-cam comedy “Kenan” at NBC.
Gonzaga will star as Helen, the role played in the “True Lies” film by Jamie Lee Curtis. Variety previously exclusively reported that Howey would star as Harry, who was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film.
Helen is described as Harry’s supportive wife, mother of two teenage kids and a linguistics professor who is getting annoyed by Harry’s constant business trips away from home. Increasingly angered, she feels as if she’s been robbed of the life she once envisioned for herself. Thrilled when Harry invites her along for a trip to Paris, Helen is in for a rude shock when she sees a very different side to her husband, learning that he is in fact a world-class spy.
Gonzaga is set to recur in Season 2 of the single-cam comedy “Kenan” at NBC.
- 9/29/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Alfred Molina is to star in Amazon police drama series Three Pines, which comes from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures.
The Spider-Man star is to play Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in the Canadian original, which was first revealed by Deadline in May 2020.
The eight-part series has begun production in Montreal and rural Quebec. It will film through to December and launch on Amazon in a number of territories including Canada, the U.S. and UK.
Based on Louise Penny’s book series, Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is a man who sees things that others do not: the light between the cracks, the mythic in the mundane, and the evil in the seemingly ordinary. As he investigates a spate of murders in Three Pines, a seemingly idyllic village, he discovers long-buried secrets and faces a few of his own ghosts.
The cast also includes Rossif Sutherland, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers,...
The Spider-Man star is to play Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in the Canadian original, which was first revealed by Deadline in May 2020.
The eight-part series has begun production in Montreal and rural Quebec. It will film through to December and launch on Amazon in a number of territories including Canada, the U.S. and UK.
Based on Louise Penny’s book series, Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is a man who sees things that others do not: the light between the cracks, the mythic in the mundane, and the evil in the seemingly ordinary. As he investigates a spate of murders in Three Pines, a seemingly idyllic village, he discovers long-buried secrets and faces a few of his own ghosts.
The cast also includes Rossif Sutherland, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Punkie Johnson, the “Saturday Night Live” featured player, has been cast in Season 2 of HBO Max’s rom-com anthology series “Love Life,” starring opposite previously announced “The Good Place” alum William Jackson Harper. Additionally, the premium cabler’s streaming platform announced that Leslie Bibb, John Earl Jelks and Arian Moayed will recur in the show. Kimberly Elise, Ego Nwodim and Blair Underwood will guest star.
Season 2 of “Love Life,” which hails from Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, focuses on Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug is pulled out from under him, and he is plunged back into the search for romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found. “Love Life” is currently in production in New York.
Johnson will play Ida Watkins, Marcus’s outspoken sister who is much more in...
Season 2 of “Love Life,” which hails from Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, focuses on Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug is pulled out from under him, and he is plunged back into the search for romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found. “Love Life” is currently in production in New York.
Johnson will play Ida Watkins, Marcus’s outspoken sister who is much more in...
- 7/20/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Saturday Night Live featured player Punkie Johnson is set to star in the upcoming sophomore season of HBO Max’s Love Life opposite Jessica Williams, Chris “Comedian Cp” Powell and William Jackson Harper.
Also boarding the anthology series’ Season 2 are Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy), John Earl Jelks (True Detective) and Arian Moayed (Succession), who will take on recurring roles.
Kimberly Elise (Mosquito Coast), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live) and Blair Undwerwood (When They See Us) round out the cast as Season 2 guests stars.
From Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, Love Life Season 2 follows Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found.
Love Life Season 2 is co-showrun by Sam Boyd, Bridget Bedard and Rachelle Williams,...
Also boarding the anthology series’ Season 2 are Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy), John Earl Jelks (True Detective) and Arian Moayed (Succession), who will take on recurring roles.
Kimberly Elise (Mosquito Coast), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live) and Blair Undwerwood (When They See Us) round out the cast as Season 2 guests stars.
From Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, Love Life Season 2 follows Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found.
Love Life Season 2 is co-showrun by Sam Boyd, Bridget Bedard and Rachelle Williams,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedian and “Los Espookys” co-creator Ana Fabrega has joined the cast of Warner Bros. and Plan B’s “Father of the Bride” remake alongside star Andy Garcia, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The film will be released on HBO Max.
Fabrega joins a cast that includes Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta, Enrique Murciano and Macarena Achaga. Details about Fabrega’s role are being kept under wraps.
Gaz Alazraki is directing the film that will revolve around a Cuban-American family. Screenwriter Matt Lopez is writing the script, drawing from his experience of years of attending Cuban weddings.
“Father of the Bride” was a remake of the 1950 original film that starred Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. The 1991 version of the film starred Steve Martin as George Banks, a doting father who is reluctant to let go of his daughter when he discovers she’s getting married,...
Fabrega joins a cast that includes Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta, Enrique Murciano and Macarena Achaga. Details about Fabrega’s role are being kept under wraps.
Gaz Alazraki is directing the film that will revolve around a Cuban-American family. Screenwriter Matt Lopez is writing the script, drawing from his experience of years of attending Cuban weddings.
“Father of the Bride” was a remake of the 1950 original film that starred Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. The 1991 version of the film starred Steve Martin as George Banks, a doting father who is reluctant to let go of his daughter when he discovers she’s getting married,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Following her acclaimed role in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy looks to have found her next feature film. She is in negotiations to star in Searchlight’s dark comedy The Menu, with Ralph Fiennes recently closing a deal to also star. Mark Mylod, who has played a major part in the success of HBO’s Succession, will direct. Adam McKay will produce through his Hyperobject Industries banner along with Betsy Koch.
The film is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centering on a young couple who visit an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where an acclaimed chef has prepared a lavish tasting menu. Taylor-Joy will play one half of the couple. Fiennes is playing the chef.
Will Tracy and Seth Reiss penned the script. Searchlight’s SVP Production DanTram Nguyen and director of production Zahra Phillips will oversee for the studio.
The film is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centering on a young couple who visit an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where an acclaimed chef has prepared a lavish tasting menu. Taylor-Joy will play one half of the couple. Fiennes is playing the chef.
Will Tracy and Seth Reiss penned the script. Searchlight’s SVP Production DanTram Nguyen and director of production Zahra Phillips will oversee for the studio.
- 6/7/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Pushing, a comedy from Kurt Braunohler (The Big Sick), Lauren Cook (Floaters) and Universal TV.
Written and executive produced by Braunohler and Cook, Pushing is an ensemble workplace comedy about an all-female birth center and the male doula who shows up to join the team.
Mosaic’s Jimmy Miller and Sam Hansen also executive produce. Universal Television is the studio.
Braunohler is a comedian, actor and writer who once hired a skywriter to write “How Do I Land” in the sky above L.A. He has appeared in features The Big Sick and Long Shot, and on television in Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, Showtime’s Black Monday and NBC’s The Good Place and Mr. Mayor. He hosts a strange news podcast, Bananas, as well as the long-running variety show Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen. Braunohler is repped by Mosaic, Gersh and Melissa Fox...
Written and executive produced by Braunohler and Cook, Pushing is an ensemble workplace comedy about an all-female birth center and the male doula who shows up to join the team.
Mosaic’s Jimmy Miller and Sam Hansen also executive produce. Universal Television is the studio.
Braunohler is a comedian, actor and writer who once hired a skywriter to write “How Do I Land” in the sky above L.A. He has appeared in features The Big Sick and Long Shot, and on television in Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, Showtime’s Black Monday and NBC’s The Good Place and Mr. Mayor. He hosts a strange news podcast, Bananas, as well as the long-running variety show Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen. Braunohler is repped by Mosaic, Gersh and Melissa Fox...
- 1/29/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ginger Gonzaga (Kidding) is set to co-star opposite Tatiana Maslany in the upcoming She Hulk Marvel series for Disney+.
She-Hulk is a legal comedy that centers on the eponymous heroine (Maslany), aka Jennifer Walters, an attorney who has similar powers to her cousin, Bruce Banner/The Hulk.
Gonzaga plays Walters’ best friend. As announced at Disney Investor Day, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as The Hulk and Tim Roth is reprising his Hulk character of The Abomination on She-Hulk.
The series is directed by Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, with Jessica Gao serving as head writer.
Marvel declined comment.
Gonzaga recurred on two Showtime series executive produced by Jim Carrey, Kidding, in which Carrey also starred, and I’m Dying Up Here. She was a series regular on ABC’s Mixology and TBS’s Wrecked, and was the host of Hulu’s comedic daily pop culture recap show The Morning After,...
She-Hulk is a legal comedy that centers on the eponymous heroine (Maslany), aka Jennifer Walters, an attorney who has similar powers to her cousin, Bruce Banner/The Hulk.
Gonzaga plays Walters’ best friend. As announced at Disney Investor Day, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as The Hulk and Tim Roth is reprising his Hulk character of The Abomination on She-Hulk.
The series is directed by Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, with Jessica Gao serving as head writer.
Marvel declined comment.
Gonzaga recurred on two Showtime series executive produced by Jim Carrey, Kidding, in which Carrey also starred, and I’m Dying Up Here. She was a series regular on ABC’s Mixology and TBS’s Wrecked, and was the host of Hulu’s comedic daily pop culture recap show The Morning After,...
- 1/20/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Saturday Night Live cast member Ego Nwodim has signed with CAA for representation.
Nwodim joined the venerable late-night sketch show SNL as a featured cast member in 2018 and is now heading into her third season. She can also be seen in the Hulu series Shrill, IFC’s Brockmire, and the upcoming feature, The Broken Hearts Gallery. Additionally, she is a fan favorite and regular on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast.
Nwodim, who graduated from USC with a degree in biology, was a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles prior to SNL, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me. She performed as a New Face at the 2016 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and was featured that same year in the CBS Diversity Showcase. In 2019, Nwodim was also recognized by Variety in their Comedy Impact issue.
Nwodim also has...
Nwodim joined the venerable late-night sketch show SNL as a featured cast member in 2018 and is now heading into her third season. She can also be seen in the Hulu series Shrill, IFC’s Brockmire, and the upcoming feature, The Broken Hearts Gallery. Additionally, she is a fan favorite and regular on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast.
Nwodim, who graduated from USC with a degree in biology, was a regular cast member at the Ucb Theatre in Los Angeles prior to SNL, where she performed her one-woman show Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me. She performed as a New Face at the 2016 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and was featured that same year in the CBS Diversity Showcase. In 2019, Nwodim was also recognized by Variety in their Comedy Impact issue.
Nwodim also has...
- 8/31/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the heels of her debut feature film, Pink Skies Ahead, writer/director Kelly Oxford’s spec feature script, Son Of A Bitch has been put into development at HBO Max with Oxford being brought on to direct.
In the vein of Bridesmaids, the script is a raucous comedy about a young stoner who tries to maintain her popular party girl image after she discovers she’s fallen pregnant. Oxford set up the script originally at Warner Bros in 2012, her first feature script when she had developed a huge Twitter following for her biting humorous essays.
Oxford’s ascension to director comes after her feature debut Pink Skies Ahead, based on the essay No Real Danger from her second book, When You Find Out The World Is Against You. The dramedy starring Jessica Barden and produced by Stampede Ventures was scheduled to premiere at SXSW, before all of the...
In the vein of Bridesmaids, the script is a raucous comedy about a young stoner who tries to maintain her popular party girl image after she discovers she’s fallen pregnant. Oxford set up the script originally at Warner Bros in 2012, her first feature script when she had developed a huge Twitter following for her biting humorous essays.
Oxford’s ascension to director comes after her feature debut Pink Skies Ahead, based on the essay No Real Danger from her second book, When You Find Out The World Is Against You. The dramedy starring Jessica Barden and produced by Stampede Ventures was scheduled to premiere at SXSW, before all of the...
- 7/13/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Carl Tart (Superstore), Arrow alum Echo Kellum and Justin Cunningham (When They See Us) are set as leads in NBC’s untitled ensemble comedy from the Brooklyn Nine-Nine duo of writer-producer Phil Augusta Jackson and co-creator/executive producer Dan Goor, and Universal TV.
The Untitled Jackson/Goor Project revolves around a group of black friends, their dating lives and wine.
Tart will play Sherm Jones, a no-commitment perpetually single guy. Kellum will portray Noah Koles, a hopeless romantic. Cunningham is Wyatt Fields, who has been happily married for eight years.
Jackson is writing with Goor supervising, and both executive produce.
Tart performs weekly at Ucb in Los Angeles, frequently with his sketch & improv group White Women. He recently guest starred on Superstore, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Briarpatch. He is a writer on NBC’s upcoming Kenan Thompson series and previously wrote on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ghosted and Brockmire.
The Untitled Jackson/Goor Project revolves around a group of black friends, their dating lives and wine.
Tart will play Sherm Jones, a no-commitment perpetually single guy. Kellum will portray Noah Koles, a hopeless romantic. Cunningham is Wyatt Fields, who has been happily married for eight years.
Jackson is writing with Goor supervising, and both executive produce.
Tart performs weekly at Ucb in Los Angeles, frequently with his sketch & improv group White Women. He recently guest starred on Superstore, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Briarpatch. He is a writer on NBC’s upcoming Kenan Thompson series and previously wrote on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ghosted and Brockmire.
- 3/5/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Darien Sills-Evans (Superior Donuts) and Mike Lane (American Princess) are set as series regulars opposite Jim Jefferies in his NBC comedy pilot Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV.
Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the veteran comedian as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend. In addition to Jefferies, they join previously announced Betsy Brandt.
Jefferies and Martin executive produce with Hayes and Milliner for Hazy Mills, along with Tim Sarkes and Alex Murray for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
2020 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Sills-Evans’ credits include the series regular role of James Jordan in CBS’ Superior Donuts. He’s repped by Jc Robbins Management and Artists & Representatives.
Lane’s most recent credits include a recurring role on American Princess. He’s repped by 3 Arts,...
Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the veteran comedian as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend. In addition to Jefferies, they join previously announced Betsy Brandt.
Jefferies and Martin executive produce with Hayes and Milliner for Hazy Mills, along with Tim Sarkes and Alex Murray for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
2020 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Sills-Evans’ credits include the series regular role of James Jordan in CBS’ Superior Donuts. He’s repped by Jc Robbins Management and Artists & Representatives.
Lane’s most recent credits include a recurring role on American Princess. He’s repped by 3 Arts,...
- 2/25/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Quibi has put into development The Monarchy Is Going to S***, a comedy from writer Amy Reed (Diary of a Female President), Jim Parsons’ That’s Wonderful Productions and Warner Bros. TV.
Written by Reed, The Monarchy Is Going To S*** is set in the modern-day kingdom of Andova, where the lives of twin princesses are thrown into utter disarray when the King’s newly discovered illegitimate son is named as the rightful heir to the throne. But the two irreverent princesses won’t exactly go away quietly, not when they believe The Monarchy Is Going To S***.
Reed executive produces with That’s Wonderful’s Parsons and Todd Spiewak. Eric Norsoph, That’s Wonderful’s Head of Production and Development, co-executive produces and will oversee the project for the production company. Warner Bros. TV, where That’s Wonderful is under a deal, is the studio.
Reed is currently...
Written by Reed, The Monarchy Is Going To S*** is set in the modern-day kingdom of Andova, where the lives of twin princesses are thrown into utter disarray when the King’s newly discovered illegitimate son is named as the rightful heir to the throne. But the two irreverent princesses won’t exactly go away quietly, not when they believe The Monarchy Is Going To S***.
Reed executive produces with That’s Wonderful’s Parsons and Todd Spiewak. Eric Norsoph, That’s Wonderful’s Head of Production and Development, co-executive produces and will oversee the project for the production company. Warner Bros. TV, where That’s Wonderful is under a deal, is the studio.
Reed is currently...
- 9/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
New Girl alum Mary Elizabeth Ellis and sketch comic Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) have been set as the leads in Women Up, ABC’s comedy pilot from Life in Pieces star Zoe Lister-Jones.
The project hails from Lister-Jones, who is writing, directing and executive producing the pilot via her Ms. Lister Films banner; Single Parents co-creator Liz Meriwether and Jason Winer along with Jon Radler via Winer’s Small Dog Picture Company; and producer 20th Century Fox TV, where Lister-Jones, Meriwether and Winer are under overall deals. ABC Studios is also a producer.
Ellis will play Liz and Newsome is Phoebe in the single-camera series as two former teen moms who worked their asses off to see their daughters all the way through high school graduation. And now at 35, they’re ready to make up for the youth they never had.
Kym Whitley (has also been cast as Phoebe’s mom Edna,...
The project hails from Lister-Jones, who is writing, directing and executive producing the pilot via her Ms. Lister Films banner; Single Parents co-creator Liz Meriwether and Jason Winer along with Jon Radler via Winer’s Small Dog Picture Company; and producer 20th Century Fox TV, where Lister-Jones, Meriwether and Winer are under overall deals. ABC Studios is also a producer.
Ellis will play Liz and Newsome is Phoebe in the single-camera series as two former teen moms who worked their asses off to see their daughters all the way through high school graduation. And now at 35, they’re ready to make up for the youth they never had.
Kym Whitley (has also been cast as Phoebe’s mom Edna,...
- 2/26/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given a script plus presentation order to Lyle & Caroline, a half-hour animated comedy executive produced by Friends alumna Lisa Kudrow who also will provide voiceover. The project hails from Lionsgate and the company’s 3 Arts Entertainment.
Written/executive produced by Eric and Justin Stangel (Late Show with David Letterman), Lyle & Caroline is a family show driven by the friendship of Lyle & Caroline – a surrogate grandparent/grandchild bond forms in an unexpected way.
Kudrow will be voicing Caroline, the high school-aged grandchild. 3 Arts’ David Miner also executive produces.
Lyle & Caroline is part of Fox’s push into animation under entertainment president Michael Thorn. As part of that, the network this fall ordered two new animated series for next season, Bless the Harts, from Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Seth Cohen, which stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz; and Amy Poehler’s Duncanville.
Written/executive produced by Eric and Justin Stangel (Late Show with David Letterman), Lyle & Caroline is a family show driven by the friendship of Lyle & Caroline – a surrogate grandparent/grandchild bond forms in an unexpected way.
Kudrow will be voicing Caroline, the high school-aged grandchild. 3 Arts’ David Miner also executive produces.
Lyle & Caroline is part of Fox’s push into animation under entertainment president Michael Thorn. As part of that, the network this fall ordered two new animated series for next season, Bless the Harts, from Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Seth Cohen, which stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz; and Amy Poehler’s Duncanville.
- 12/19/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifetime’s straight-to-series drama American Princess has rounded out its recurring cast, adding Matt Peters (Orange Is the New Black), Lucas Hazlett, Lex King (Troy: Fall of a City), Steve Agee, Kitana Turnbull (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Mike Lane (Nobodies), Juan Alfonso (Young & Hungry), Sophie Von Haselberg, Sas Goldberg (Ocean’s Eight) and Patrick Gallagher (Siren). They join previously announced series lead Georgia Flood, Lucas Neff, Seana Kofoed, Rory O’Malley and Mary Hollis Inboden in the series from Jenji Kohen, Jamie Denbo and Tara Hermann.
Created, written and executive produced by Denbo (Ronna & Beverly), American Princess follows Amanda (Flood), an Upper East Side socialite who runs away from her own dream wedding when she realizes that the life she thought she wanted, wasn’t actually right after all. When she stumbles upon a Renaissance Faire,...
Created, written and executive produced by Denbo (Ronna & Beverly), American Princess follows Amanda (Flood), an Upper East Side socialite who runs away from her own dream wedding when she realizes that the life she thought she wanted, wasn’t actually right after all. When she stumbles upon a Renaissance Faire,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: It was a musical, until it was a crime. Orion Pictures is financing a feature about Chicago inmates who escape prison through producing a musical play. Commercial director Adam Hashemi will make his feature film directorial debut on Songs of the Damned and award-winning music producer Mark Ronson will compose original music for the feature film produced by Anonymous Content.
Ronson, of course, is one of the brightest stars in music today. He produced Amy Winehouse’s award-winning album Back to Black and his song Uptown Funk soared to the top of the charts with Bruno Mars.
Orion landed the coveted project in what was said to be a highly competitive situation. While they are currently looking to cast, we hear that Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton) is in talks to join for a production that is eyeing a fall start.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Tariq Merhab and Charlie Scully is producing alongside Felipe Marino (The Wackness). Multiple Grammy award-winning Ronson will also be an executive producer.
The story, which is not based on any true incident but set in 1984, follows a group of inmates who stage a musical as a way to escape from prison. The script was written by both Hashemi and Emma Needell (The Water Man).
Hashemi is a well-known and prolific commercial director with such spots for Nike, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Beats By Dre, Audi and Alberto VO5 under his belt.
Hashemi repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Bob Wallerstein; Needell (The Water Man) is repped by Wme, Anonymous Content and attorney Melissa Fox. Ronson is repped by CAA and attorney Brandon Creed.
Ronson, of course, is one of the brightest stars in music today. He produced Amy Winehouse’s award-winning album Back to Black and his song Uptown Funk soared to the top of the charts with Bruno Mars.
Orion landed the coveted project in what was said to be a highly competitive situation. While they are currently looking to cast, we hear that Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton) is in talks to join for a production that is eyeing a fall start.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Tariq Merhab and Charlie Scully is producing alongside Felipe Marino (The Wackness). Multiple Grammy award-winning Ronson will also be an executive producer.
The story, which is not based on any true incident but set in 1984, follows a group of inmates who stage a musical as a way to escape from prison. The script was written by both Hashemi and Emma Needell (The Water Man).
Hashemi is a well-known and prolific commercial director with such spots for Nike, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Beats By Dre, Audi and Alberto VO5 under his belt.
Hashemi repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Bob Wallerstein; Needell (The Water Man) is repped by Wme, Anonymous Content and attorney Melissa Fox. Ronson is repped by CAA and attorney Brandon Creed.
- 6/6/2018
- by Anita Busch and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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