Ben Stiller is about to star within the upcoming hourlong dramedy sequence The Band at HBO, based on a latest report from Deadline.
What can we learn about The Band?
The sequence, which is at present in improvement at HBO, is created by Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the duo behind the hit TBS comedy Search Party. The present will observe Stiller’s character Oscar, a expertise mogul who’s tasked with making a boy band.
The sequence will concentrate on the music business, and provide up “an inside take a look at the music business centered on Oscar (Stiller), a pop impresario and expertise mogul beset by scandal who’s tasked with forming a brand new act to be able to save his profession – and maybe his soul,” based on the logline for the sequence.
Bliss and Rogers will function showrunners, and also will govt produce the sequence alongside Stiller, John Lesher, Savan Kotecha, Michael Ellenberg, and Lindsey Springer.
For Stiller, this can be a uncommon lead position in a tv sequence for the legendary actor. Previous to this, his solely different lead position in a TV sequence got here in his personal 1990 sketch comedy present The Ben Stiller Present. Stiller has appeared in small roles in tv tasks throughout his profession, nonetheless, together with cameos on Arrested Growth and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Stiller is thought for his numerous hit comedy movies, together with There’s One thing About Mary, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder, the Meet the Dad and mom movies, Night time on the Museum, the Madagascar franchise, and extra. Stiller can be prolific behind the digital camera, the place he’s labored primarily since 2010. He at present serves as the first director for Apple TV+’s Severance, which was created by showrunner Dan Erickson.
(Supply: Deadline)
