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HBO Orders Marvel-DC Parody Series ‘The Franchise’ From ‘Succession,’ ‘Veep’ Writers (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/television@lemmy.world

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The half-hour comedy starring Himesh Patel and Aya Cash will spoof the behind-the-scenes world of a struggling superhero movie.

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The official description: “The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The Franchise shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every fuck-up has an origin story.”

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The Franchise is from Sam Mendes (Skyfall) along with Armando Iannucci (Veep) and showunner Jon Brown (Succession, Veep).

That definitely sounds like it has a lot of potential and with that creative team behind it...

[–] Vamanos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Armando is such a good writer. Veep. Thick of it. Death of Stalin. In the loop. All are comedy classics and heavily recommended. I will give him the benefit of the doubt on anything. He’s built up a lot of goodwill over the years.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Really the only time I think he grumbled the ball was with Avenue 5 - it felt like he was pulling his punches.

[–] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh what about the writers strike

[–] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They talk about it in the article

[–] Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

I wish the people who comment before reading stayed on reddit.