Think about this Thelma and Louise meets Jack Ryan.
Amazon, following an intensive bidding struggle, has landed the action-adventure present starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer with an eight-episode, straight-to-series order.
The untitled present relies on an authentic thought from Tessa Coates (Really feel Good) that was taken out to 6 of the most important streamers, 4 of which purchased the present whereas within the room with the others additionally making presents earlier than Amazon emerged the victor, prompting the pitch to the seventh streamer to be canceled. The collection was one among few new authentic scripted concepts that generated a number of presents in what many Hollywood insiders say has been an unusually quiet market after the writers strike.
Ted Lasso Emmy winner Waddingham and The Assist Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will star as finest pals Judith and Debbie, respectively, who work to restore their friendship after the latter learns the previous is a extremely skilled murderer. When successful goes horribly unsuitable, Judith and Debbie go on the run whereas being focused by a mysterious enemy who desires them lifeless. And solely collectively can they resolve this layered thriller.
“We had been blown away by this one-of-a-kind comedy,” mentioned Amazon MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke. “Tessa’s pitch delivered all of it — fantastically authentic characters, an amazing story, the wonderful artistic skills of Octavia and Hannah and a lot enjoyable. We’re over the moon to work with all of them plus the dream groups at Skydance, Double Dream, and Orit Leisure.”
The untitled challenge is the primary to stem from Skydance TV’s first-look with Spencer’s Orit Leisure and marks the indie studio’s newest collaboration with Amazon following Reacher, Jack Ryan and the upcoming Cross. Coates will exec produce alongside Spencer, Brian Clisham, and Stephanie Kluft for Orit; Waddingham; Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Irene Yeung for Double Dream; and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Tv. Mark Mikutowicz and Blair Bigelow developed the challenge for Skydance.
“I used to be in as quickly as I heard Tessa’s gorgeous pitch. To have the ability to dive into a job like Debbie is uncommon, and dealing with Hannah to carry this distinctive friendship to life is a dream,” mentioned Spencer. “We knew we had one thing particular with Skydance and Double Dream, and now that now we have a house at Amazon, our imaginative and prescient has change into a actuality.”
Coates is a author, performer and stand-up who co-hosts the podcast No person Panic. Her first of three stand-up reveals, Primates, was tailored for ABC with Greg Daniels (The Workplace) hooked up to exec produce. On display screen, Coates has been seen on Starstruck, Really feel Good, Ladhood, Smothered, Comedian Reduction, Birds of a Feather and Damned. She was one-third of the sketch group Huge Dad, alongside Stevie Martin and Liz Kingsman.
“I’m not gonna lie, just a few expletives fell out of my face on the prospect of working with the magnificent Ms. Spencer, Tessa Coates’ vastly energetic, exhilarating script, Skydance and Double Dream,” mentioned Waddingham. “To then see the quick excited response from a mighty beast like Amazon! It’s all simply extremely thrilling, and I can’t wait to get our collective enamel into it!”
The position marks Waddingham’s follow-up to Emmy-winning breakout hit Ted Lasso, the way forward for which stays up within the air as Apple, producers Warner Bros. TV and creators together with star Jason Sudeikis talk about potential spinoffs or maybe a return for a fourth season sans the reveals titular character. Waddingham, who famously rang the “disgrace” bell on Recreation of Thrones, additionally has a vacation selection present on Apple, Dwelling for Christmas, and counts Netflix’s just lately concluded Intercourse Training, Fox’s animated comedy Krapopolis and the upcoming options Fall Man, Garfield and Mission: Unimaginable — Useless Reckoning Half Two.
Spencer, in the meantime, and her Orit banner have exec produced collection together with Fact be Instructed, Self-Made: Impressed by the Lifetime of Madam C.J. Walker in addition to the docuseries Misplaced Ladies of Freeway 20 and Feds.
Double Dream, led by siblings Andy and Barbara Muschietti, is producing It offshoot Welcome to Derry for Max and depend the options It and The Flash amongst their firm’s credit.
