Kevin Smith is creating a comic book e book retailer homicide thriller TV collection referred to as Local Heroes for Universal and NBC
Filmmaker Kevin Smith has been the proprietor of a comic book e book retailer referred to as Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash for many years, and for seven seasons AMC aired a actuality present that was based mostly across the retailer and the characters that inhabited it, a present referred to as Comic Book Men. Now, Variety reviews that Smith is drawing inspiration from his personal comedian e book retailer once more whereas creating a brand new TV collection referred to as Local Heroes. Smith is a author and govt producer on the brand new present, alongside 30 Rock alums Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan. Set up at Universal, the present is being developed for NBC.
Hazy Mills’ Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner are additionally behind the venture, as is Jordan Cerf.
Local Heroes is alleged to be about a gaggle of comedian e book retailer regulars who band collectively to resolve crimes of their hometown.
Jim Donnelly, Universal TV comedy growth govt vp, offered the next assertion: “We satisfaction ourselves on facilitating collaborations. Sean Hayes’ firm has been right here for a very long time. Josh and Dylan are total deal writers who’ve labored in Mike Schur’s and Tina Fey’s camps. And Kevin Smith is a hero of mine and has his finger on the heartbeat of the style world. This homicide thriller present in a comic book e book retailer actually suits into NBC’s single-camera office, large-ensemble exhibits.“
Local Heroes is a part of an “uptick in the output” of Universal’s comedy division, emboldened by an Emmy win for his or her present Hacks earlier this 12 months, which was the primary time the corporate had gained that award since 30 Rock bought the distinction in 2009. Donnelly says the important thing ingredient for a Universal comedy is that it ought to have an “underlying positivity.” “Our exhibits have a tendency to not be caustic. We consider comedy as, it makes you are feeling good on the finish of the episode or at finish of the season. I believe that every one our exhibits try this fairly efficiently.“
In addition to Hacks, different comedies Universal is at present having success with embody A Man on the Inside, St. Denis Medical, Happy’s Place, and Loot. Their present Laid, starring Stephanie Hsu as a girl whose lovers are mysteriously dying, one after the other, is ready to premiere on Peacock on December nineteenth, and The Four Seasons, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell, will attain Netflix subsequent 12 months. They’re additionally working with Greg Daniels and Michael Koman on a brand new comedy set on this planet of The Office.
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I’ve been a devoted Kevin Smith fan for thirty years, so I’m trying ahead to seeing how Local Heroes will end up… and hoping that this affiliation with Universal will by some means additionally get him a greenlight for the Mallrats sequel he has been eager to make for years.