CAA and Lit Entertainment are out with MEEBO & ME by Matt Lieberman. A divorced dad goes through great lengths to get his son the hot new toy, an adorable robot.
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Kenya Barris
Here is a breakdown of the television mandates for networks, cable and streamers for the 2020-2021 season.
Story details are being kept under wraps.
On the night of Hurricane Katrina, a desperate family, trapped in their home, comes under siege by vampires.
Alec Baldwin and black-ish creator Kenya Barris are teaming up for an untitled family comedy, which has been ordered straight to series at ABC. Baldwin is developing the project as a potential starring vehicle.
While Murphy doesn’t have a deal to return for the sequel, he is expected to star, as he’s been intimately involved in the development of the Paramount project.
After launching three franchises between Barbershop, Fantastic Four and Ride Along, director Tim Story is set to tackle a fourth with New Line’s “Shaft.” Can you dig it?
The 1992 sports comedy White Men Can’t Jump is set to get a 21st-century makeover courtesy of Kenya Barris. The Black-ish creator is teaming with Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil of the Carolina Panthers to develop a remake of the 20th Century Fox classic.
Two street basketball hustlers first try to hustle each other and then team up for a bigger score.
Four friends go on a trip to New Orleans to rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild sides.
As the cast and creators of Black-ish took to the stage at PaleyFest, conversations varied from writing process, to Norman Lear, to that time Tracy Ellis Ross supposedly punched co-star, Anthony Anderson. See all the top moments here!
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes.
Kept under wraps, but serves as a contemporary reboot about the iconic private detective known as Shaft.
Plot details are kept under wraps, but the project has been described as a female-driven comedy. Barris and Oliver recently penned Barbershop 3, which Malcolm D. Lee is also directing.
Kenya Barris is set to write the screenplay for the upcoming film adaptation of the 70’s CBS sitcom GOOD TIMES. The project was set up at Sony and Rudin Productions in 2013, and will now be moving forward.
Logline: A hapless white guy who is always disrespected by everyone, from his girlfriend to his coworkers, wakes up after an accident with the voice of famous celebrity Ice Cube inside of his head.
Logline: A hapless white guy who is always disrespected by everyone, from his girlfriend to his coworkers, wakes up after an accident with the voice of famous celebrity Ice Cube inside of his head.
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
The life story of hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, and his business partner, Rick Rubin.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Logline: Kept under wraps but will be set in the 60’s.
A look back at the day’s television news.
ABC reboots two foreign formats, snags another musical series, and an action/adventure adaptation, CBS continues their Zuicker affair with Detail, CW gets a little jealous and decides to go supernatural with Zuicker, and musical with Prickly, while Disney Channel finds a little Gravity, Fox finds Godfrey and a Free Ride, Starz eyes Hollywood’s nightlife, and SyFy says yes (again) to Alphas!