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‘I Gotta Ask My Wife’: Fox Developing Multi-Cam Comedy From Finesse Mitchell & Warren Hutcherson
20.05.2022 - 22:27 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: I Gotta Ask My Wife, a multi-cam comedy starring Saturday Night Live alum Finesse Mitchell is in the works at Fox, Deadline has learned exclusively. The series hails from Mitchell who also executive produces and writes alongside Emmy-nominated scribe Warren Hutcherson (The Bernie Mac Show).
Inspired by Mitchell’s standup, I Gotta Ask My Wife is an edgy multi-cam that follows the friendship between three men, all living in the same apartment building, at different stages in their romantic lives: one in his 20s, single and looking for love, one thirty-something who can’t get divorced fast enough, and one happily married, father of two (Mitchell, 40s), who just wants to “chill” (code for: stay out of trouble) at home with his wife.
Mitchell will pen the pilot with Huterchson. They executive produce alongside Rick Dorfman for Authentic Talent & Literary Productions. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
An actor, author and stand-up comedian, Mitchell became known during his three-year run on Saturday Night Live, creating a number of characters including “Starrkeisha” and impersonating Morgan Freeman and 50 Cent during his tenure from 2003 to 2006. He has since starred in the one-hour comedy specials Snap Famous, One Man Monster and The Spirit Told Me To Tell You. He is currently in production on his fourth while also producing the weekly podcast Understand This With Finesse Mitchell. His recent television credits include Kenan, Outmatched, Roadies, According to Him + Her and A.N.T. Farm.
Hutcherson has written and produced for a number of television titles including Saturday Night Live, Moesha, Living Single and Raven’s Home. In 1992 and 1993 he earned Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in
Here’s what went down at Bring Me The Horizon’s “throwback” Malta set
Bring Me The Horizon hosted their own festival in Malta this weekend, and Saturday night (May 28) saw them play a special “throwback” set – see footage, setlist, reaction and more below.Curated by the band themselves, the Malta weekender also hosted Bullet For My Valentine, Nova Twins and Beartooth among others, and earlier in the festival, the band debuted a new song called ‘Strangers’ during a DJ set.During their Saturday night throwback set, the band were joined by a host of special guests and performed rare old tracks that they haven’t played live in over a decade.After the set began with the first live performance of ‘Liquor & Love Lost’ since 2008, the band were then joined by Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante for ‘Chelsea Smile’, Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo for ‘Antivist’, Malevolence’s Alex Taylor for ‘Pray For Plagues’, While She Sleeps‘ Loz Taylor for ‘Empire (Let Them Sing)’ and more.Watch footage of the performances and see the full setlist below.alligator blood.@bmthofficial x @staticdress pic.twitter.com/ltlk6VLox6— Static Dress (@staticdress) May 28, 2022Chelsea Smile with Courtney of Spiritbox Bring me the horizon Throwback Set in Malta 2022 pic.twitter.com/Ai6uNGFmph— bring me the horizon stan for lyfe (@bmthstan4lyfe) May 28, 2022Can’t believe I met Oli Sykes in the day and then saw him performing Pray For fucking Plagues & Diamonds Aren’t Forever in the evening, what a genuinely unreal dayActually speechless (probably cos my voice is now fucked) #BMTHMalta pic.twitter.com/2NUjNSmdOS— ss (@SamwhereNow) May 29, 2022EMPIRE.@bmthofficial @LOZWSS @whileshesleeps // BMTH MALTA WEEKENDER // 28.05.2022 pic.twitter.com/VuLYgoSCFq— josh //
Laurence Fox: Journalist Ash Sarkar says actor asked her what colour her ‘knickers’ were
Ash Sarkar has said that Laurence Fox asked her what colour her “knickers” were. On Friday (27 May), Sarkar posted to Twitter relaying an alleged interaction she had with the Lewis star. “So, I got to ask Laurence Fox in person today who’s funding his defamation defence,” she wrote.
Bring Me The Horizon debut new song ‘Strangers’ during DJ set at their Malta festival
Bring Me The Horizon debuted a new song ‘Strangers’ in a DJ set at their festival in Malta. Listen below.In a clip posted to Twitter today (May 27), the British quintet can be seen performing the unreleased track to the audience at the ‘Bring Me The Horizon & Friends’ event, which kicked off yesterday and will run for four days at Malta’s Gianpula Village.In the videos below, see the band play ‘Strangers’ and teach the crowd its lyrics, which go: “We’re just a room full of strangers / Looking for something to save us / Alone together“.BRING ME THE HORIZONS NEW SONG STRANGERS!!!! First heard in Malta!!!! #bmth #bmthmalta #bringmethehorizon pic.twitter.com/2iJWGd4xAB— True_SCHU in MALTA for BMTH (@True_Schu) May 26, 2022Curated by the band themselves, the Malta weekender will also host Bullet For My Valentine, Nova Twins and Beartooth among others.Bring Me The Horizon’s last solo release was their 2021 song, ‘DiE4u.’ That single was the first to be lifted from BMTH’s forthcoming album, a follow-up to their multi-part 2020 EP, ‘Post Human: Survival Horror.’In an interview with NME in 2021, Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes said the band was “working on parts two, three and four” of ‘Post Human,’ before assuring that they’d “get songs out as soon as [they] can”.The unreleased track arrives after a more recent album tease in May, when Sykes revealed that “we’ve been working on [‘Post Human Part Two’] for about a year now.”“We’ve got lots of music, we’re just being quite picky about what we want to release.
Blue Fox Entertainment Buys ‘Unexpected,’ Comedy With Anna Camp, Joseph Mazzello, Neil Flynn and Ryann Shane (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBlue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to “Unexpected,” an offbeat comedy starring Anna Camp, Joseph Mazzello, Neil Flynn and Ryann Shane. The movie is currently in post-production.
Bruce Willis’ Wife Emma Heming Admits She Struggles Amid His Aphasia Battle: It’s ‘Taken a Toll’ on ‘My Mental Health’
Needing to put herself first. Emma Heming has been a pillar of strength for husband Bruce Willis amid his recent aphasia diagnosis — but she forgot to take of herself in the process.
Demi Moore Shares Throwback Cannes Pic With Ex Bruce Willis, His Wife Emma Responds
All in the family! Demi Moore celebrated the start of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival with a throwback snap of her ex-husband Bruce Willis — and the memory earned Emma Heming Willis‘ seal of approval.
Mike O’Malley Multi-Cam Comedy Nears NBC Pilot Order
NBC is finalizing deals for a pilot order to an untitled multi-camera comedy (fka We Thought We Were Done), from creator Mike O’Malley and Lionsgate Television.
Machine Gun Kelly Sparks Speculation After Dedicating BBMAs Performance To 'Wife' Megan Fox & Their 'Unborn Child'
Machine Gun Kelly’s performance at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night has people speculating all kinds of things!
Machine Gun Kelly Dedicated a Song to ‘Wife’ Megan Fox and Their ‘Unborn Child’
eventually be his wife. He could also be doing something similar with the “unborn baby” part: Fox may not be pregnant, but it's possible they're in a planning stage or referring to the child they would like to have together one day. Of course this isn't the first time In February the couple attended an NBA all-star game where a sports announcer could be heard saying, “Please welcome Machine Gun Kelly and his wife, actress Megan Fox.” Fox reacted by laughing and shaking her head, which seemed to show she recognized the error but wasn't upset by it. Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox got in January 2022. The couple announced their engagement to the public via Instagram.