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Barbershop is headed to Prime Video. The brand new comedy collection 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 collection aired on Showtime in 2005 for one season.
Prime Video revealed extra in regards to the collection in a press launch.
“Forward of Amazon’s annual upfront presentation, Prime Video introduced it has ordered Barbershop, starring Jermaine Fowler (Ricky Stanicky), to collection. Marshall Todd (Barbershop, Woke) is writing and govt producing the collection, with Max Searle (Neon, Dave) set as co-showrunner and govt producer. The collection comes from international leisure firm Hartbeat, Distinguished Productions, and State Avenue Footage and is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The collection will premiere completely on Prime Video in additional than 240 nations and territories worldwide.
The tv adaptation of the franchise revolves round Travis “Trav” Porter (Fowler), who endeavors to comply with 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 group comes collectively for far more than only a haircut.
“We’re thrilled to announce a brand new collection based mostly on the hilarious and revolutionary world of Barbershop for our international Prime Video prospects,” mentioned 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 arduous work to convey Calvin’s Chicago-based barbershop to life for a brand new viewers on Prime Video.”
The collection is govt produced by Marshall Todd, who can even write; Max Searle, who can even function co-showrunner; Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, and Mike Stein for Hartbeat; Bradley Gardner; Cameron Burnett, and Autumn Bailey-Ford for Distinguished Productions; and State Avenue Footage. Tiffany Brown will co-executive produce for Hartbeat. The collection is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.”
The premiere date for Barbershop might be introduced later.
What do you suppose? Are you going to look at this new Prime Video collection?
