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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Group Chat' Comedy Starring La La Anthony From Kenya Barris & Kim Kardashian Gets Hulu Pilot Order
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has handed a pilot order to Group Chat, a satirical comedy starring and executive produced by La La Anthony (BMF), written and executive produced by black-ish creator Kenya Barris and executive produced by Kim Kardashian. Group Chat landed at Hulu for development in summer 2024 as the first project under a first-look deal Kardashian signed with 20th Television. The Disney TV Studios division co-produces the comedy with BET Studios where Barris is a principal partner. More from Deadline Kim Kardashian Says She "Will Never Do A Roast Again" After Getting Booed At Tom Brady's Roast; Slams Tony Hinchcliffe For Crude Jokes Ava DuVernay Wants To Make A TV Series About Tom Bradley Kim Kardashian Urges Higher Wages For Inmates Who Serve As Firefighters: "I See Them As Heroes" Loosely inspired by Anthony's bestseller The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness, Group Chat revolves around five fly, successful women in their forties who have conquered LA and seemingly have it all. But behind their picture perfect lives is a secret group chat where the real drama unfolds. In their world, the truth is messier, more unfiltered, and juicier than anyone could imagine. Longtime close friends Kardashian and Anthony executive produce alongside Barris and Adam Kassan via Khalabo Ink Society. Hulu has been ramping up its live-action comedy slate. Mid-Century Modern, which originated as a pilot, just premiered last week. Another comedy pilot, Phony, starring Connie Britton, remains in contention. At Hulu, Kardashian also stars in and executive produces the upcoming Ryan Murphy legal drama series All's Fair and executive produces the streamer's top unscripted series, The Kardashians. Additionally, she executive produces with Emma Roberts the drama series Calabasas in the works at Netflix. She's repped by WME. Barris, the creator/executive producer of the black-ish franchise which spanned three series, executive produces the praised BET+ series Diarra From Detroit, created by and starring Diarra Kilpatrick, and The Vince Staples Show for Netflix where he also wrote and directed the movie You People. Barris and Khalabo Ink Society are repped by WME, Artists First and attorney Gregg Gellman at Morris Yorn. Known for her role on Starz's Power, Anthony is a series regular on BMF and recurred on The Chi. She also appeared on Barris' show grown-ish and in You People. Her first book, the 2014 The Love Playbook, was followed by The Power Playbook. Anthony is repped by WME, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Renee Farrell. Best of Deadline TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Everything We Know About 'Black Mirror' Season 7 So Far 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Arrive On Max?
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Adam West Batmobile Sells For Almost Half A Million Bucks
Read the full story on Backfire News While we know some people adore the Adam West Batman television show and especially love that version of the Batmobile, hearing that one of the original cars sold for almost half a million dollars is surprising. After all, we know what kinds of vehicles you can buy with that kind of cash, so to say the classic TV vehicle is of the same value is built by Barris Kustom City back in November 1966, this and the other Batmobiles were used for filming the ABC television show as well as Batman: The Movie and displayed during various promotional events. This particular one is the third one made for the campy interpretation of The Dark Knight, something that people seemed to either love or absolutely hate. But enough people have fond memories of the show that when the Barris Batmobile crossed the auction block it snagged a high bid of $495,000. Even some people who hate the Adam West show love the Barris version of the Batmobile. The design was inspired by the futuristic-looking Lincoln Futura concept car built by Ghia back in 1955, over a decade before. In fact, George Barris had the Futura concept in his possession at the time since he bought it directly from Ford, using that to make the first car. He was able to whip together the Batmobile in only two weeks' time, which is why he got the job and not Dean Jeffries, who was originally approached by the studio. Once studio executives were onboard with the Barris design, he fashioned the other Batmobiles using 1966 Ford Galaxies, putting fiberglass bodies onto the chassis. After the TV series and movie were wrapped up, this particular Batmobile, number three, was kept in the Imperial Palace collection located in Las Vegas before being sold to Dr. Stewart Berkowitz in 2011. The man's extensive collection of TV and movie cars, plus some reproductions, were sold off at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2025 auction. If you think almost half a million is too much to pay for this Batmobile, keep in mind number one was sold at Barret-Jackson in 2013 for a whopping $4.62 million. See this Batmobile's lot listing here. Images via Barrett-Jackson
