Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Terry Crews has been tapped because the lead and in addition will govt produce JumpStart, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot primarily based on Robb Armstrong’s long-running cartoon. Wayne Conley (The Best Man) penned the TV adaptation for the undertaking from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV and CBS Studios. Phill Lewis will direct and govt produce the pilot, changing Kelly Park because of modifications within the manufacturing schedule; Park is directing NBC’s comedy pilot Non-Evil Twin as a substitute.
Based on the favored cartoon that debuted in 1989, JumpStart is ready in Philadelphia and follows Joseph L. Cobb (Crews), a cop, his spouse Marcy, a nurse, and Joe’s accomplice Crunchy.
Crews’ Joe Cobb is a loyal husband, son, father and Philadelphia police officer. He can be a proud Black man and sometimes feels pressured to be flawless in every of his roles, particularly in mild of controversies surrounding cops. He is an enthralling and exuberant function mannequin in his neighborhood. Joe loves his spouse and household, however does come up quick in hilarious and endearing ways in which maintain audiences cheering for him.
Conley govt produces with Crews, Kaplan and Melanie Frankel of Kapital Entertainment, Trilling for TrillTV, Armstrong’s producer Bridget McMeel, who introduced the property to Hollywood, for Andrews McMeel Entertainment, and Troy Zien. Armstrong serves as co-executive producer. CBS Studios is the studio.
Known for his starring roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Are We There Yet? and Everybody Hates Chris, Crews hosts NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which just lately wrapped its seventeenth season, in addition to America’s Got Talent spinoffs, AGT Champions and AGT Extreme. He additionally starred in Tales of the Walking Dead and his movie work contains Sorry To Bother You, Deadpool 2 and most just lately, Rumble. Crews, who launched his memoir, Tough: My Journey to True Power final April and his newest youngsters’s graphic novel, Terry’s Crew, this previous November, is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, UTA and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzmann.
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