“Billionaire Class,” a new one-hour drama hailing from Malcolm Spellman and Eric Haywood is in development at Fox, TheWrap has confirmed.
The logline is as follows: “A brilliant but disillusioned billionaire’s executive assistant (Jo) teaches a charismatic, fast-talking street hustler (Miles) how to walk, talk and act like a billionaire in order to con her employer’s super-wealthy friends into using their money to help the less fortunate.” The series is billed as a “high-stakes wish-fulfillment drama, offering a complex vision of wealth, race and equity in America.”
Haywood and Spellman will serve as executive producers, reuniting since their time together on the same network as producers on “Empire,” starring Taraji P. Henson. The former will also write, while Ray Smith will co-produce. Executive producers are Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Eli Dansky under The 51 banner, Five All In The Fifth’s Douglas Banker, Trevor Engelson of Underground and Maurice “Mo” Marable.
The logline is as follows: “A brilliant but disillusioned billionaire’s executive assistant (Jo) teaches a charismatic, fast-talking street hustler (Miles) how to walk, talk and act like a billionaire in order to con her employer’s super-wealthy friends into using their money to help the less fortunate.” The series is billed as a “high-stakes wish-fulfillment drama, offering a complex vision of wealth, race and equity in America.”
Haywood and Spellman will serve as executive producers, reuniting since their time together on the same network as producers on “Empire,” starring Taraji P. Henson. The former will also write, while Ray Smith will co-produce. Executive producers are Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Eli Dansky under The 51 banner, Five All In The Fifth’s Douglas Banker, Trevor Engelson of Underground and Maurice “Mo” Marable.
- 7/6/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Fox is developing Billionaire Class, a one-hour drama from writer Eric Haywood, Malcolm Spellman and Nichelle Tramble Spellman’s The 51 and Fox Entertainment.
Written by Haywood, Billionaire Class is described as a high-stakes wish-fulfillment drama, offering a complex vision of wealth, race, and equity in America. It focuses on a brilliant but disillusioned billionaire’s executive assistant (Jo), who teaches a charismatic, fast-talking street hustler (Miles) how to walk, talk, and act like a billionaire in order to con her employer’s super-wealthy friends into using their money to help the less fortunate.
Haywood executive produces with Malcolm Spellman, Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Eli Dansky for The 51, Trevor Engelson via Underground, his frequent collaborator Douglas Banker for Five All In The Fifth as well as director Maurice “Mo” Marable (Woke). Ray Smith co-produces. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
The project reunites Haywood and Malcolm...
Written by Haywood, Billionaire Class is described as a high-stakes wish-fulfillment drama, offering a complex vision of wealth, race, and equity in America. It focuses on a brilliant but disillusioned billionaire’s executive assistant (Jo), who teaches a charismatic, fast-talking street hustler (Miles) how to walk, talk, and act like a billionaire in order to con her employer’s super-wealthy friends into using their money to help the less fortunate.
Haywood executive produces with Malcolm Spellman, Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Eli Dansky for The 51, Trevor Engelson via Underground, his frequent collaborator Douglas Banker for Five All In The Fifth as well as director Maurice “Mo” Marable (Woke). Ray Smith co-produces. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
The project reunites Haywood and Malcolm...
- 7/6/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Even as their hit Emmy-winning comedy Barry makes its long awaited return, HBO is looking to stay in business with its star Henry Winkler as sources tell Deadline that HBO is developing the new limited series King Rex with Henry Winkler attached to star and his son, Max, directing the pilot. It would mark the first time the father-son duo have worked together in the business and both Winklers are also exec producing. Joining them as exec producers are Malcolm Spellman and Nichelle Tramble Spellman who will exec produce through their The 51 banner along with Eli Dansky (the Spellman’s have a first look deal with HBO). Scott Brown and Megan Creydt of Texas Monthly (who also has first look deal with HBO) will also exec produce with Trey Selman writing the pilot and co-exec producing.
Based on the November 1980 Texas Monthly article, “Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia,...
Based on the November 1980 Texas Monthly article, “Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC is developing an adventure drama titled “Goldbug,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Inspired by a true story of gold lost in South America at the beginning of World War I, “Goldbug” follows a bookish PhD student who must travel halfway across the world to find the treasure her estranged mother never could. What begins as a hunt for gold quickly becomes a quest to solve a dark family mystery. NBC has given the project a script commitment with a penalty attached.
Daniel Tuch will serve as the writer and executive producer. Gale Anne Hurd will also executive produce via Valhalla Entertainment along with Ben Watkins and Eli Dansky. Universal Cable Productions will produce in association with Valhalla and Blue Monday Productions. Valhalla is currently under an overall deal at Ucp.
Tuch’s previous credits include USA’s “Burn Notice” and Amazon’s “Hand of God.” He is repped by Paradigm,...
Inspired by a true story of gold lost in South America at the beginning of World War I, “Goldbug” follows a bookish PhD student who must travel halfway across the world to find the treasure her estranged mother never could. What begins as a hunt for gold quickly becomes a quest to solve a dark family mystery. NBC has given the project a script commitment with a penalty attached.
Daniel Tuch will serve as the writer and executive producer. Gale Anne Hurd will also executive produce via Valhalla Entertainment along with Ben Watkins and Eli Dansky. Universal Cable Productions will produce in association with Valhalla and Blue Monday Productions. Valhalla is currently under an overall deal at Ucp.
Tuch’s previous credits include USA’s “Burn Notice” and Amazon’s “Hand of God.” He is repped by Paradigm,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Hand of God creator Ben Watkins has signed with Wme for representation in all areas. He was previously with CAA.
Watkins most recently created and served as showrunner of Hand of God, which ran for two seasons on Amazon.
Through his recently launched banner Blue Monday Productions, Watkins and his producing partner Eli Dansky, have projects in active development for FX (Trainhoppers) and USA (Roar). Up next, Watkins will executive produce Apple’s anticipated upcoming series Are You Sleeping, starring Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan and Aaron Paul.
Previously, Watkins rose from staff writer to executive producer over the seven-season run of USA’s hit series, Burn Notice. On the film side, Watkins wrote, co-directed and starred in the award-winning short Quest to Ref, which was a Sundance Film Festival official selection and won the American Black Film Festival.
When he’s not behind the camera, Watkins actively supports community programs...
Watkins most recently created and served as showrunner of Hand of God, which ran for two seasons on Amazon.
Through his recently launched banner Blue Monday Productions, Watkins and his producing partner Eli Dansky, have projects in active development for FX (Trainhoppers) and USA (Roar). Up next, Watkins will executive produce Apple’s anticipated upcoming series Are You Sleeping, starring Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan and Aaron Paul.
Previously, Watkins rose from staff writer to executive producer over the seven-season run of USA’s hit series, Burn Notice. On the film side, Watkins wrote, co-directed and starred in the award-winning short Quest to Ref, which was a Sundance Film Festival official selection and won the American Black Film Festival.
When he’s not behind the camera, Watkins actively supports community programs...
- 8/10/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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