EXCLUSIVE: Alongside A24, Jimmy Tatro and Dan Lagana have bought HBO on Lifties, an ensemble comedy sequence set within the snow.
Additional plot particulars are underneath wraps. Tatro will star within the sequence, which he’s co-writing and exec producing alongside Lagana, with A24 as co-studio. The challenge reunites Lagana and Tatro following their work on American Vandal, an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning mockumentary for Netflix, which ran for 2 seasons.
Lifties involves HBO because the premium cabler seems to be to type its subsequent chapter in comedy, following the conclusion of such lauded sequence as Barry, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Righteous Gem stones. At the moment airing the second season of Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal, HBO has put loads of concentrate on comedy of late, with orders for The Chair Firm from Tim Robinson, an untitled codependent buddy group comedy from Rachel Sennott, and one other untitled sequence pairing Steve Carell with Ted Lasso‘s Invoice Lawrence. Most lately, they set Robby Hoffman to co-write and star in Unentitled following her standout flip as Randi, the eccentric assistant to expertise managers Jimmy and Kayla, within the newest season of Hacks.
One among at this time’s rising comedic stars, each in entrance of and behind the digicam, Tatro is at present taking pictures a job reverse Will Ferrell and Zac Efron in Judgment Day, Amazon MGM Studios’ courtroom comedy from director Nick Stoller. Just lately, he additionally wrapped on Scream 7 and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice for twentieth reverse Vince Vaughn. One of many key creatives behind mockumentary The Actual Bros of Simi Valley and its current function continuation at Roku, Tatro has additionally lately been seen starring within the Sundance breakout Theater Camp from Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
Lagana most lately got here aboard to co-write and produce The Breadwinner, TriStar’s comedy starring Nate Bargatze, which this morning introduced the addition of Mandy Moore and extra to its forged. He co-wrote and exec produced Rudy Mancuso’s Música for Amazon, previous to that showrunning on American Vandal at Netflix. He additionally co-created and showran Zach Stone is Gonna Be Well-known for MTV, which launched the profession of Bo Burnham.
Tatro and Lagana are each with UTA. Tatro can be repped by Brillstein and attorneys Ayo Adeyeye and Patti C. Felker at Felker Toczek Suddleson; Lagana by Paul Younger of Make Good Content material and Jeff Hynick at Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
