EXCLUSIVE: Canada‘s Quentin Lee has touched down at Collection Mania this week with scripted present Morning, Paris! and a 3rd season of their stand-up present Comedy InvAsian of their again pocket.
The director-producer’s Margin Movies has once more teamed with Comedy InvAsian co-creator and showrunner Koji Steven Sakai from Little Nalu Footage and exec producer Victor Elizade from Viva Footage on the present, which spotlights AAPI comedians doing 30-minute units in every episode. Lee is the director.
The present is produced by Little Nalu Footage and distributed by Viva Footage Distribution. It was the TV debut of AAPI comedians reminiscent of Atsuko Okatsuka, Joey Guila, Robin Tran and Jiaoying Summers.
Seasons 1 and a pair of premiered on Hulu as an unique in 2018, and each at the moment are streaming on Peacock, Tubi and Prime Video. Season 3 is ready for principal pictures in July.
“With Range, Fairness and Inclusion (DEI) a hot-button within the nationwide dialogue, it’s much more necessary that reveals like Comedy InvAsian III exist, mentioned Sakai. “Asian American range in tv broadens narratives, enriches our tradition, and evokes future generations to embrace their heritage.”
“We’re extremely proud to assist convey this subsequent wave of proficient comedians to a worldwide stage,” added Elizade, President of Viva Footage. “Comedy has the distinctive energy to attach us by shared laughter, whereas additionally spotlighting private experiences which might be as numerous as they’re universally relatable. There’s nothing higher than comedy that cracks you up and opens your eyes – and Comedy InvAsian III does each.”
Elizalde additionally produces Entre Nos, the LatinX stand-up comedy present that runs on HBO.
“I’m thrilled to be working with the unique gangstas who began the Comedy InvAsian social gathering and having some enjoyable collectively,” mentioned Lee, who co-created Comedy InvAsian and spinoff sequence Comedy Invasion, which received the 2024 Canadian Display screen Award for Finest Comedy Particular.
This comes as Lee pitches Morning, Paris! on the Canada-France Collection Lab at Collection Mania in Lille, France right now. The initiative is a three way partnership between Collection Mania, Telefilm Canada and the CNC.
Lee’s present follows Chanel Lee, a 29-year-old aspiring dressmaker from Vancouver, who flies to Paris with Tristan Nahanee, a safety guard with an enigmatic previous, with out informing her boss, Benoit Petit. The unlikely duo, who producers say embody “a comical reinvention of The Odd Couple” as they “navigate the chaos of crashing Paris Trend Week as Chanel experiences the town’s magic for the primary time.”
“At its coronary heart, Morning, Paris! is a narrative a couple of cross-cultural style fanatic and underdog, pushed by ardour and ambition, striving to interrupt into the unique Parisian style world,” mentioned Lee.
