The BBC has unveiled its first ever virtual reality comedy film – a VR spin-off of BBC Three series People Just Do Nothing. The five-minute VR film puts the viewer at the centre of a scene featuring the characters of the comedy series, which focuses on fictitious pirate radio station Kurupt FM. In the VR […]
Men Behaving Badly scribe Simon Nye and Tiger Aspect MD Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (pictured) have teamed to launch Genial Productions, with minority investment from ITV. Genial will focus on returning comedy and comedy drama series. Both Clarke-Jervoise and Nye have defined comedy backgrounds, with the former having previously served as head of comedy at BBC, while the […]
Ahead of its debut on Hulu and the UK’s Channel 4, Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual has secured presales with Canal+, Stan and New Zealand’s Sky Network. The six-part series is written, directed and stars Iranian-American filmmaker and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Desiree Akhavan. It is produced by Sister Pictures-owned comedy label Hootenanny for Channel […]
Netflix is set to bring together 47 comedians and 13 regions in a stand-up comedy event series premiering in 2019. Each comedian will perform a half-hour stand-up special, some of which will be recorded at the upcoming Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and sets also filmed in Brazil, Mexico, India, Germany and The Netherlands. […]
Entertainment One (eOne) is partnering with Skins creator Bryan Elsley and the trio behind BBC/Netflix hit People Just Do Nothing to develop comedy series Gary1987. Set in the world of virtual reality, Gary1987 tells the story of unemployed Gary, a VR novice, who enters into the alternate world to make money but ends up way […]
Bruce Tuchman, former president of AMC Global and Sundance Channel Global, has invested in NextUp, the stand-up comedy SVOD service, as it sees its latest investment round double. NextUp’s last financial raise saw it valued at £1.5 million (US$2.12 million). The target for the latest funding round on SyndicateRoom was £300,000, and is currently oversubscribed […]
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has struck a “tentative” deal with Hollywood’s film and TV producers that averts the threat of a strike. News of a potential deal dribbled through this morning (GMT), before the WGA released a letter to members confirming an agreement. With the previous contract having ended on May 1, writers […]
Hulu comedy The Mindy Project is to end after a final, sixth season. The series has been on air since 2012, initially on US broadcaster Fox and latterly Fox-backed on-demand service Hulu, which rescued it in 2015. Hulu has now renewed the show for a sixth run that’s scheduled for September this year, with the […]
The Big Bang Theory, one the US’s most-successful sitcoms, is getting its first spin off. Big Bang broadcaster CBS has given the greenlight to Young Sheldon, which will be a half-hour, single-cam comedy for the 2017-18 season. Jim Parsons, who plays science genius Sheldon in the original sitcom, will reprise his role as narrator. The […]
White Gold was the most popular show among buyers at the BBC Worldwide Showcase event in Liverpool this week. The upcoming BBC comedy, which is set in 1980s Essex and sees several of The Inbetweeners team reuniting, had the highest rating among the assembled acquisition execs in town for Showcase. It ranked ahead of wildlife […]
