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HBO Orders Marvel-DC Parody Series ‘The Franchise’ From ‘Succession,’ ‘Veep’ Writers

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-dc-parody-series-the-franchise-hbo-1235559767/

The half-hour comedy starring Himesh Patel and Aya Cash will spoof the behind-the-scenes world of a struggling superhero movie.

HBO Orders Marvel-DC Parody Series ‘The Franchise’ From ‘Succession,’ ‘Veep’ Writers

cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/moviesandtv@lemmy.film/t/26375

The half-hour comedy starring Himesh Patel and Aya Cash will spoof the behind-the-scenes world of a struggling superhero movie.

6 comments

Emperor

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The official description: “The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The Franchise shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every fuck-up has an origin story.”

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The Franchise is from Sam Mendes (Skyfall) along with Armando Iannucci (Veep) and showunner Jon Brown (Succession, Veep).

That definitely sounds like it has a lot of potential and with that creative team behind it...

Vamanos

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Armando is such a good writer. Veep. Thick of it. Death of Stalin. In the loop. All are comedy classics and heavily recommended. I will give him the benefit of the doubt on anything. He’s built up a lot of goodwill over the years.

Emperor

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Really the only time I think he grumbled the ball was with Avenue 5 - it felt like he was pulling his punches.

ForgetReddit

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Uhh what about the writers strike

squirmy_wormy

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They talk about it in the article

Riker_Maneuver

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I wish the people who comment before reading stayed on reddit.