Dennis Miller, who took the helm of The CW after Nexstar Media Group bought majority control of it last fall, has been re-upped as president of the broadcast network through 2027.
20.07.2023 - 12:15 / deadline.com
Jon Heder and T.J. Miller are to star in a web3 animated series inspired by the collapse of crypto bank FTX.
Miller (Silicon Valley) has been cast to play a character inspired by Sam Bankman-Fried in a workplace comedy Fortun3 loosely inspired by the implosion of FTX last year. Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) is also joining the series, which is written by Ted Jessup (Ted).
Web3 story studio Toonstar is producing and, in what it calls an industry first, will also release an A.I.-powered companion game in which token holders guide characters through a series of life decisions and moral dilemmas similar to the board game, ‘The Game of Life.’
As the series storyline, the impacts will be felt by corresponding chapters of the companion game. A.I. will power the development of original characters and shareable digital comic books based on token holders’ gameplay. Players will also be able to earn their characters a role in the animated series.
Bankman-Fried’s FTX was once riding high with investments from many major figures and companies but last year dramatically collapsed, with the cryptocurrency markets spiralling to two-year lows when rival Binance pulled out of a merger agreement. A list of its creditors revealed in January read like an A to Z of media and tech companies. The likes of Larry David Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal, Stephen Curry and Naomi Osaka, who promoted the business, were all named as defendants in a class action lawsuit against the firm filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Bankman-Fried was later indicted on fraud counts. He pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts and a trial is set for October in the Southern District of New York. A judge recently rejected his attempt to throw out the charges and
Dennis Miller, who took the helm of The CW after Nexstar Media Group bought majority control of it last fall, has been re-upped as president of the broadcast network through 2027.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Dennis Miller has extended his contract as president of the CW Network through 2027. Miller (pictured above left) joined the network as president in October 2022, following its acquisition by Nexstar Media Group from Paramount Global and Warner Bros.
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