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Barbershop is headed to Prime Video. The brand new comedy sequence will function Jermaine Fowler within the tv adaptation of the movie franchise. This isn’t the primary time the movie franchise has headed to tv. A sequence aired on Showtime in 2005 for one season.
Prime Video revealed extra concerning the sequence in a press launch.
“Forward of Amazon’s annual upfront presentation, Prime Video introduced it has ordered Barbershop, starring Jermaine Fowler (Ricky Stanicky), to sequence. Marshall Todd (Barbershop, Woke) is writing and government producing the sequence, with Max Searle (Neon, Dave) set as co-showrunner and government producer. The sequence comes from international leisure firm Hartbeat, Outstanding Productions, and State Road Footage and is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The sequence will premiere completely on Prime Video in additional than 240 international locations and territories worldwide.
The tv adaptation of the franchise revolves round Travis “Trav” Porter (Fowler), who endeavors to observe within the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber on the iconic “Calvin’s” barbershop in Chicago. And whereas the barbers are new, the store stays simply as vigorous, the purchasers simply as argumentative, and the fades are nonetheless the dopest within the metropolis — as a result of at Calvin’s, the neighborhood comes collectively for far more than only a haircut.
“We’re thrilled to announce a brand new sequence based mostly on the hilarious and progressive world of Barbershop for our international Prime Video clients,” stated Vernon Sanders, international head of tv, Amazon MGM Studios. “The tv adaptation of this iconic movie franchise is in glorious fingers with co-showrunners Max Searle and Marshall Todd. We couldn’t be happier with their collaboration and exhausting work to deliver Calvin’s Chicago-based barbershop to life for a brand new viewers on Prime Video.”
The sequence is government produced by Marshall Todd, who may also write; Max Searle, who may also function co-showrunner; Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, and Mike Stein for Hartbeat; Bradley Gardner; Cameron Burnett, and Autumn Bailey-Ford for Outstanding Productions; and State Road Footage. Tiffany Brown will co-executive produce for Hartbeat. The sequence is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.”
The premiere date for Barbershop might be introduced later.
What do you assume? Are you going to look at this new Prime Video sequence?
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