All the tasks coming to Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s chew-size streaming carrier
Another day, any other upcoming streaming carrier with a bold slate of programming. With the TV landscape already more crowded than ever, Jeffrey Katzenberg is trying to reinvent the very medium with Quibi, a streaming carrier to supply “brief bites” of content — episodes or installments going for walks 10 minutes or less. Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman have pitched the mobile-primarily based service as brief leisure for viewers at the cross.
“You leave the house each morning with a bit of TV in your pocket. It’s known as your clever phone,” Whitman stated in 2018. “During the day, you have got those in-among moments. Ten minutes right here, 15 minutes there, in which you need to peer some thing incredible.”
Quibi is scheduled to release on April 6, 2020, with a two-tier pricing system: $four.Ninety-nine with commercials, $7.99 without. And lest all people continue to be skeptical, the service already has a raft of A-list expertise covered up for numerous tasks. Read on for a list of the whole lot in the development. Details are varying degrees of vague on they all — and those are simply the initiatives we understand approximately enough to without a doubt describe. (For instance, Paul Feig is likewise growing projects for the platform, but no further data on them is but available.)
Chrissy’s Court: Chrissy Teigen will preside over real-lifestyles small claims instances, Judge Judy-style, with final and legally binding verdicts. Oh, and her mom is the bailiff.
Spielberg’s After Dark: Appointment TV is back, sorta. The loved filmmaker is writing a “10 or 12-bankruptcy” spooky story that could best be viewed after the sun is going down.
Punk’d and Singled Out: MTV is “reimagining” of its most famous fact indicates in quick-form…form.
Elba vs. Block: Is there something Idris Elba can’t do? After DJ’ing at Coachella earlier this yr, the actor ventures into the world of stunt using with this eight-episode collection. Elba will compete with professional rally motive force Ken Block in such vehicle-based setpieces because the “Wall of Death,” the “Car Tightrope,” and the “Flaming Obstacle Course.”
Don’t Look Deeper: Emily Mortimer (Mary Poppins Returns) and Don Cheadle headline this sci-fi series directed and govt produced through Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. The tale, set “15 mins into the destiny” (anything that includes), follows a high college senior who realizes she might not be human.
Dummy: Starring Anna Kendrick and Donal Logue (of the overdue Gotham), this comedy follows the tale of an aspiring creator and her boyfriend’s sex doll(?). Originally written as a TV pilot, the venture became developed into a film script to be diced up into Quibi’s 10-minute-or-less “bites.”
Wolves and Villagers: Pitched using Katzenberg as “Fatal Attraction 2.0,” this series boasts Naomi Watts in the lead role and Blumhouse maestro Jason Blum (the producer behind Get Out and Ma) as a govt producer.
Thanks a Million: Jennifer Lopez and nine different human beings provide $one hundred,000 to an influential individual from their lifestyles. That man or woman offers $50,000 to a person else, who offers $25,000 to someone else, and on down the line. We’re guessing-minimize-hoping giant checks can be concerned.
Frat Boy Genius: Based on a buzzy feature screenplay, this series will inform the story of Snapchat’s upward thrust through a Social Network-esque, reportedly profoundly unflattering portrait of founder Evan Spiegel.
50 States of Fear: Original Spider-Man and The Evil Dead helmer Sam Raimi is developing this horror anthology, which pulls notion from the folklore of each U.S. Nation.
You Ain’t Got These: This unscripted display from The Chi creator Lena Waithe explores social issues thru the lens of sneaker lifestyle.
Untitled Antoine Fuqua venture: The director of The Equalizer and 2016’s The Magnificent Seven is tackling a cutting-edge retelling of the ’70s classic Dog Day Afternoon.
Untitled Guillermo del Toro challenge: The Oscar-triumphing Shape of Water director is developing a problem described as a “present day zombie story.”
El Señor de Los Cielos prequel: Telemundo is partnering with Quibi on a prequel to its acclaimed telenovela, chronicling the upward thrust of notorious actual-lifestyles drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
Untitled song competition collection: Justin Bieber‘s longtime manager Scooter Braun is generating, and could be a choice for, a musical competition series. How will it fluctuate from The Voice or American Idol? Unclear. However Katzenberg guarantees it is going to be “particular and differentiated.”
