Universal Studio Group’s Ucp has unveiled its unscripted development slate, which includes projects from Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, the Jim Henson Company and Wondery.
“While we have had great success in the realm of true-crime, we also have a softer side that we want to show off. I can’t think of a better time for some fun, smart, light-hearted yet timely fare for our unscripted slate,” said Dawn Olmstead, president of Ucp.
“Micronations” is one such project, executive produced by MacFarlane and Erica Huggins for Fuzzy Door alongside Jason Clark and Sarah Ullman, as part of MacFarlane’s overall deal with Ucp. The documentary tackles the question of what it means to belong, to be a citizen, and to build a country. The show’s host will go on “an adventure around the world to the countries that don’t exist.”
Ucp and the Jim Henson Company...
“While we have had great success in the realm of true-crime, we also have a softer side that we want to show off. I can’t think of a better time for some fun, smart, light-hearted yet timely fare for our unscripted slate,” said Dawn Olmstead, president of Ucp.
“Micronations” is one such project, executive produced by MacFarlane and Erica Huggins for Fuzzy Door alongside Jason Clark and Sarah Ullman, as part of MacFarlane’s overall deal with Ucp. The documentary tackles the question of what it means to belong, to be a citizen, and to build a country. The show’s host will go on “an adventure around the world to the countries that don’t exist.”
Ucp and the Jim Henson Company...
- 9/2/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Inspired by true events, Holy Rollers tells the story of how a group of Orthodox Jews ran a drug ring from Brooklyn that managed to send out over a million illegal pills to Amsterdam. The catch? The majority of these Jews had no idea what they were doing. In fact, they thought they were transporting ‘medicine’ to rich customers.
Set in 1998, we are introduced to the very Jewish society Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg) is at the heart of. Searching for a higher purpose than working for his father, Sam is unsure of his path and whether to train as a Rabbi. With Sam naïve about the world he inhabits, next-door neighbour Yosef (Justin Bartha) is his polar opposite. Manipulating this naivety and turning Sam into his puppet, when Sam finally realises what he’s been dragged into, it’s too little too late.
Antonio Macia’s script effortlessly handles the...
Set in 1998, we are introduced to the very Jewish society Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg) is at the heart of. Searching for a higher purpose than working for his father, Sam is unsure of his path and whether to train as a Rabbi. With Sam naïve about the world he inhabits, next-door neighbour Yosef (Justin Bartha) is his polar opposite. Manipulating this naivety and turning Sam into his puppet, when Sam finally realises what he’s been dragged into, it’s too little too late.
Antonio Macia’s script effortlessly handles the...
- 10/25/2011
- by Emma Thrower
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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