Prime Video Orders ‘Barbershop' Series Starring Jermaine Fowler
Marshall Todd (Woke), who wrote the original Barbershop's screenplay, is writing and executive producing the series; Max Searle (Dave) is set as co-showrunner and executive producer. The Barbershop series will be produced by Kevin Hart's Hartbeat (he's among the executive producers), Prominent Productions, State Street Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios.
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The television adaptation of the Barbershop movie franchise revolves around Travis 'Trav' Porter (Fowler), who is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber at the iconic 'Calvin's' barbershop in Chicago. And though 'the barbers are new, the shop remains just as lively, the customers just as argumentative and the fades are still the dopest in the city — because at Calvin's, the community comes together for way more than just a haircut,' the logline reads.
'We are thrilled to announce a new series based on the hilarious and innovative world of Barbershop forour global Prime Video customers,' Vernon Sanders, global head of television Amazon MGM Studios, said in a statement. 'The television adaptation of this iconic film franchise is in excellent hands with co-showrunners Max Searle and Marshall Todd. We couldn't be happier with their collaboration and hard work to bring Calvin's Chicago-based barbershop to life for a new audience on Prime Video.'
Bryan Smiley, Mike Stein, Bradley Gardner, Cameron Burnett and Autumn Bailey-Ford are also among the show's executive producers; Tiffany Brown co-executive produces.
There have been a trio of Barbershop films: the OG Barbershop in 2002, Barbershop 2: Back in Business in 2004 and Barbershop: The Next Cut in 2016. The movies starred Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainment, Anthony Anderson and Eve, among others.
Amazon Prime Video hosted its upfront event on Monday night, capping off a busy day for advertisers that began at 10:30 a.m. ET with NBCUniversal and continued at 4 p.m. for Fox.
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