EXCLUSIVE: Canada‘s Quentin Lee has touched down at Series Mania this week with scripted present Morning, Paris! and a 3rd season of their stand-up present Comedy InvAsian of their again pocket.
The director-producer’s Margin Movies has once more teamed with Comedy InvAsian co-creator and showrunner Koji Steven Sakai from Little Nalu Photos and exec producer Victor Elizade from Viva Photos on the present, which spotlights AAPI comedians doing 30-minute units in every episode. Lee is the director.
The present is produced by Little Nalu Photos and distributed by Viva Photos Distribution. It was the TV debut of AAPI comedians corresponding to Atsuko Okatsuka, Joey Guila, Robin Tran and Jiaoying Summers.
Seasons 1 and a pair of premiered on Hulu as an unique in 2018, and each are actually streaming on Peacock, Tubi and Prime Video. Season 3 is ready for principal pictures in July.
“With Range, Fairness and Inclusion (DEI) a hot-button within the nationwide dialogue, it’s much more vital that reveals like Comedy InvAsian III exist, mentioned Sakai. “Asian American variety in tv broadens narratives, enriches our tradition, and evokes future generations to embrace their heritage.”
“We’re extremely proud to assist deliver this subsequent wave of proficient comedians to a world stage,” added Elizade, President of Viva Photos. “Comedy has the distinctive energy to attach us via shared laughter, whereas additionally spotlighting private experiences which are as various as they’re universally relatable. There’s nothing higher than comedy that cracks you up and opens your eyes – and Comedy InvAsian III does each.”
Elizalde additionally produces Entre Nos, the LatinX stand-up comedy present that runs on HBO.
“I’m thrilled to be working with the unique gangstas who began the Comedy InvAsian celebration and having some enjoyable collectively,” mentioned Lee, who co-created Comedy InvAsian and spinoff collection Comedy Invasion, which gained the 2024 Canadian Display screen Award for Finest Comedy Particular.
This comes as Lee pitches Morning, Paris! on the Canada-France Collection Lab at Collection Mania in Lille, France at the moment. The initiative is a three way partnership between Collection Mania, Telefilm Canada and the CNC.
Lee’s present follows Chanel Lee, a 29-year-old aspiring designer from Vancouver, who flies to Paris with Tristan Nahanee, a safety guard with an enigmatic previous, with out informing her boss, Benoit Petit. The unlikely duo, who producers say embody “a comical reinvention of The Odd Couple” as they “navigate the chaos of crashing Paris Trend Week as Chanel experiences the town’s magic for the primary time.”
“At its coronary heart, Morning, Paris! is a narrative a few cross-cultural style fanatic and underdog, pushed by ardour and ambition, striving to interrupt into the unique Parisian style world,” mentioned Lee.
