HBO has formally granted a straight-to-series order to the upcoming Steve Carell-led school comedy, which hails from veteran TV producers Invoice Lawrence (Ted Lasso) and Matt Tarses (Scrubs).
“The untitled present is a single-camera comedy set on a school campus, centering on an writer’s difficult relationship together with his daughter,” reads the logline.
This marks Carell’s newest main TV mission after lately signing on to star reverse Tina Fey within the Netflix collection The 4 Seasons. Following his iconic efficiency as Michael Scott in The Workplace, Carell was in a position to exhibit his abilities within the drama style, due to his appearances on The Morning Present and The Affected person. Previous to his upcoming HBO comedy, he beforehand headlined Netflix’s short-lived office comedy House Pressure.
Who’s concerned in Steve Carell’s school comedy collection?
The untitled comedy is government produced by Lawrence and Tarses, who’re additionally writing the primary episode. Along with main the solid, Carell will government produce alongside Liza Katzer and Jeff Ingold. It’s a manufacturing by Warner Bros. Tv.
“We’re so excited to be collaborating with the dream staff of Steve Carell, Invoice Lawrence, and Matt Tarses on what is certain to be a superb new collection,” WB TV boss Channing Dungey mentioned in an announcement. “Collectively, they’ve been on the middle of among the most iconic and profitable exhibits in tv historical past. With due to our companions at HBO, we sit up for bringing them collectively to ship the subsequent nice comedy.”
