Quibi Developing Documentary About The History Of Reality Television

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe almost first female POTUS is in the game, but the playoff in the Emmy docuseries looks to be a battle between Joe Exotic and Michael Jordan.Facing Hulu’s Hillary, PBS’ venerable American Masters and HBO’s McMillion$, the very well watched Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness and The Last Dance snagged six and three nominations respectively from the TV Academy this morning.With directing, picture editing, sound editing, music composition, sound

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Television has announced an overall development deal with British historian Dan Jones, author of bestsellers such as “The Plantagenets,” “The Hollow Crown” and “The Templars.”The deal will see Jones develop adaptations of his works for option by Sony Pictures Television’s stable of international scripted production companies, including Left Bank Pictures and Eleven.

Quibi, the streaming service that still baffles even those subscribed to it, has dropped a trailer for its upcoming remake of The Fugitive.

‘Bad Ideas with Adam Devine’ is an adventure series that goes to different locations and does some dumb things.and Adam Devine is the perfect host for it.In it Adam goes to locations that are naturally pretty dangerous and then tries to one-up the situation to make it especially horrible.

Peter White Television EditorTom Allen & JT Parr, the pair behind viral comedy Chad Goes Deep, have teamed up with The Mick creators John & Dave Chernin to develop an animated comedy for Hulu.The streamer has handed the Untitled Parr & Allen Animated Project a script and visual development commitment.

Quibi is an odd streaming service, to say the least. Sure, the whole format is strange with “quick bite” content of roughly 10-minute episodes of series.

Hitman’s Bodyguard stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds are set to reteam for a new Quibi animated series.The pair will lend their voices to writers Jim and Brian Kehoe’s Futha Mucka.The news was announced by bosses at the streaming service in a comical press release, which reveals the two will star as themselves.“Futha Mucka will see Jackson play Reynolds’ primary caregiver,” the release states.

When launching a new streaming service, there seems to be a pretty simple (at least, on the surface) formula for success. You combine a healthy library of well-known titles with a bunch of new original series/films featuring A-list actors and/or big-name filmmakers.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Colin Callender’s Playground (Wolf Hall, Howards End) has acquired the television rights to award-winning documentary The Dog to develop as a drama series.Directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, The Dog tells the extraordinary back-story of the late John Wojtowicz, the bank robber whose antics inspired Al Pacino’s character in Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon.An official selection at the SXSW Film Festival and the Berlin

Quibi might not be enjoying the massive launch that the company hoped for, but there’s no denying that the streaming service has some impressive talent working on projects, as seen in the upcoming series, “Don’t Look Deeper,” which combines filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke with a pretty great cast.

Quavo, 29 & Saweetie, 27, are more in love than ever! The sexy couple dished about their relationship in a new interview with GQ, and it turns out their romance started in a very millennial way. “I seen her on my [Instagram] Explore page,” the Migos member reflected.

Quavo and Saweetie are reminiscing on how they first met. In a new feature for  magazine, the lovebirds reflect on their two-year relationship, and reveal what first attracted them to each other.“He's always been  to me," the «Icy Girl» rapper tells the outlet.

The Great, she learned there was more to the famed empress than the rumour she’d had sex with a horse.“I didn’t know much about her. I knew about the horse rumour — which is sad,” Fanning, 22, confesses on a Zoom call from Los Angeles.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAdam Goldberg, star of “God Friended Me” and the upcoming Russell Crowe pic “The Georgetown Project,” is developing a series at Quibi which is loosely based on his own experiences with social media, Variety has learned exclusively.The project in question is called “@GeneralStories” (working title) and also hails from Eric Siegel (“The Emoji Movie,” “Men at Work”) and Stampede Ventures.

Elle Fanning wasn’t deeply familiar with the story of Catherine the Great, the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. But quickly after she agreed to lead Hulu’s The Great, she learned there was more to the famed empress than the rumour she’d had sex with a horse.

Peter White Television EditorThe Jungle Prince of Delhi, a New York Times expose about the fake royal family of Oudh, is in development at Amazon.The streamer has secured the exclusive rights to the story, which was also profiled on the paper’s podcast The Daily and was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist.Mira Nair, who recently directed six-part BBC drama A Suitable Boy, is attached to direct and exec produce.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorHang on to your filler paper, The Office fans: The NBC sitcom turns 15 this year.

It was nearly two decades ago that TV producer Ben Silverman pitched Ricky Gervais on adapting The Office for American audiences. Now, Silverman is behind plans for a podcast that will offer a comprehensive history of the NBC comedy.

Kevin Hart is a pretty damn great comedic sidekick in a number of films, especially when he stars opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson—such as in “Central Intelligence” and the “Jumanji” films. But in the new Quibi series, “Die Hart,” the actor does his best to learn how to be the badass lead.