A “Skywatch” series based on the viral short film of the same name is being developed for Peacock by Ucp and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door.
The short was made by Colin Levy and has racked up over a million views since December. Ucp and Peacock got the rights to the short, which they’ll use as a proof-of-concept for the series, in a competitive situation.
The subsequent series is described as the following: “When an outcast teen hacks into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on his school bully, he accidentally crashes a dangerous prototype – and finds himself entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.”
Levy will direct “Skywatch,” and will write and executive produce with Mike Sundy. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will executive produce for Fuzzy Door, with Andre Danylevich for Lightning Hill Pictures, and Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander for Fourth Wall Management. Ucp, a division of Universal Studio Group,...
The short was made by Colin Levy and has racked up over a million views since December. Ucp and Peacock got the rights to the short, which they’ll use as a proof-of-concept for the series, in a competitive situation.
The subsequent series is described as the following: “When an outcast teen hacks into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on his school bully, he accidentally crashes a dangerous prototype – and finds himself entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy.”
Levy will direct “Skywatch,” and will write and executive produce with Mike Sundy. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will executive produce for Fuzzy Door, with Andre Danylevich for Lightning Hill Pictures, and Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander for Fourth Wall Management. Ucp, a division of Universal Studio Group,...
- 8/26/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Seth MacFarlane and Chadwick Boseman are teaming as executive producers on a limited series about the Little Rock Nine that is currently in development at Universal Content Productions (Ucp).
The untitled series is set in 1957 after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. 14 year-old Carlotta Walls is among the first black students to attend the all-white Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. She walks into an unexpectedly violent struggle against integration, which suddenly turns her and the other black students into civil rights icons.
The series is based on the best-selling memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High” by Carlotta Walls, now known as Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest member of The Little Rock Nine and the first African American female to graduate from the integrated school.
Eisa Davis is the writer on the project and will also executive produce.
The untitled series is set in 1957 after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. 14 year-old Carlotta Walls is among the first black students to attend the all-white Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. She walks into an unexpectedly violent struggle against integration, which suddenly turns her and the other black students into civil rights icons.
The series is based on the best-selling memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High” by Carlotta Walls, now known as Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest member of The Little Rock Nine and the first African American female to graduate from the integrated school.
Eisa Davis is the writer on the project and will also executive produce.
- 8/18/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ucp is developing a scripted limited series about the Little Rock Nine with Seth MacFarlane and Chadwick Boseman attached to executive produce, the studio announced Tuesday.
The untitled series is based on the memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High” by Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest member of The Little Rock Nine and the first African American woman to graduate from the integrated school. “She’s Gotta Have It” writer Eisa Davis will serve as writer and executive producer.
The project marks the first foray into television for Boseman’s X•ception Content. It is being developed at Ucp — a division Universal Studio Group — under MacFarlane’s company Fuzzy Door’s overall television deal with NBCUniversal.
Also Read: Seth MacFarlane to Adapt 'The Winds of War' Into Limited Series for Ucp
Here is the logline for the series:
In 1957, after the landmark...
The untitled series is based on the memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High” by Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest member of The Little Rock Nine and the first African American woman to graduate from the integrated school. “She’s Gotta Have It” writer Eisa Davis will serve as writer and executive producer.
The project marks the first foray into television for Boseman’s X•ception Content. It is being developed at Ucp — a division Universal Studio Group — under MacFarlane’s company Fuzzy Door’s overall television deal with NBCUniversal.
Also Read: Seth MacFarlane to Adapt 'The Winds of War' Into Limited Series for Ucp
Here is the logline for the series:
In 1957, after the landmark...
- 8/18/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with She’s Gotta Have It writer Eisa Davis and Chadwick Boseman to develop a drama about Carlotta Walls, the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine.
It marks the Family Guy creator’s second development project with Ucp, a division Universal Studio Group, since striking an overall deal with NBCUniversal. Last week, MacFarlane revealed he was adapting Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, with Seth Fisher (The Alienist) as a limited series.
Based on Carlotta Walls Lanier’s memoir A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High, the series will tell the story of how 14 year-old Carlotta Walls became one of the first black students to attend the all-white Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas following the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.
Walls Lanier, who will consult on the project,...
It marks the Family Guy creator’s second development project with Ucp, a division Universal Studio Group, since striking an overall deal with NBCUniversal. Last week, MacFarlane revealed he was adapting Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, with Seth Fisher (The Alienist) as a limited series.
Based on Carlotta Walls Lanier’s memoir A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High, the series will tell the story of how 14 year-old Carlotta Walls became one of the first black students to attend the all-white Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas following the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.
Walls Lanier, who will consult on the project,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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