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‘Area 51’ – James Wan Producing Single-Camera Comedy for CBS
CBS is headed to the infamous “Area 51” with an upcoming single-camera comedy that’s being produced by James Wan’s company Atomic Monster, Deadline reports this week.
Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt (“God Friended Me”) are behind the series for CBS.
“Written and executive produced by Lilien, Wynbrandt and Laura Moran, “Area 51″ follows the humans and Aliens that work together at the country’s most mysterious place.”
Deadline notes in their exclusive report this morning, “The half-hour workplace comedy, now in development, is single-camera, indicating that CBS continues to opportunistically take shots in the single-camera comedy space where it has had a lot of success with the recently departed juggernaut Young Sheldon and ongoing hit Ghosts.”
James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett produce for Atomic Monster.
Based on the 2023 prep school thriller novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, creator Ryan Murphy’s “The Shards” is headed to FX and Hulu this Summer.
Look for “The Shards” to premiere on FX and Hulu on August 5 at 6 p.m. PT.
In the meantime, check out the brand new official poster below.
Igby Rigney (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Homer Gere (“The Agency”), Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber (Shell), Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”), Igby Rigney, Wes Bentley, and Hayes Warner star in the upcoming series “The Shards.”
Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale follows a 17-year-old Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character’s world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
In the series, Igby Rigney will portray Ellis, and Graham Campbell will play Thom. Homer Gere, son of actor Richard Gere, has been cast as Robert Mallory. Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (“American Horror Story,“ “Grotesquerie”) is attached to direct.
The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
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