Ben Stiller is about to star within the upcoming hourlong dramedy sequence The Band at HBO, in keeping with a current report from Deadline.
What will we learn about The Band?
The sequence, which is at the moment in improvement at HBO, is created by Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the duo behind the hit TBS comedy Search Celebration. The present will observe Stiller’s character Oscar, a expertise mogul who’s tasked with making a boy band.
The sequence will give attention to the music trade, and supply up “an inside take a look at the music trade centered on Oscar (Stiller), a pop impresario and expertise mogul beset by scandal who’s tasked with forming a brand new act with a view to save his profession – and maybe his soul,” in keeping with the logline for the sequence.
Bliss and Rogers will function showrunners, and also will government produce the sequence alongside Stiller, John Lesher, Savan Kotecha, Michael Ellenberg, and Lindsey Springer.
For Stiller, it is a uncommon lead function in a tv sequence for the legendary actor. Previous to this, his solely different lead function 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 initiatives throughout his profession, nevertheless, 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, Evening 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 the moment serves as the first director for Apple TV+’s Severance, which was created by showrunner Dan Erickson.
(Supply: Deadline)
