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25-03-2025
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‘Comedy InvAsian' Preps Season 3 As Co-Creator Quentin Lee Gears Up For France-Canada Lab At Series Mania
EXCLUSIVE: Canada's Quentin Lee has touched down at Series Mania this week with scripted show Morning, Paris! and a third season of their stand-up show Comedy InvAsian in their back pocket. The director-producer's Margin Films has again teamed with Comedy InvAsian co-creator and showrunner Koji Steven Sakai from Little Nalu Pictures and exec producer Victor Elizade from Viva Pictures on the show, which spotlights AAPI comedians doing 30-minute sets in each episode. Lee is the director. More from Deadline Amanda Seyfried Never Thought She Would Play A Cop: "The Industry Sees You In A Certain Way Through The Years" Blue Ant Media Going Public Through Reverse Takeover Of Boat Rocker Media; Boat Rocker Studios Set For MBO Kaley Cuoco, Sam Claflin, Karin Viard & Matthias Schweighöfer Set For 'Vanished'; AGC Launching Hot TV Package For Series Mania Ahead Of France Shoot The show is produced by Little Nalu Pictures and distributed by Viva Pictures Distribution. It was the TV debut of AAPI comedians such as Atsuko Okatsuka, Joey Guila, Robin Tran and Jiaoying Summers. Seasons 1 and 2 premiered on Hulu as an exclusive in 2018, and both are now streaming on Peacock, Tubi and Prime Video. Season 3 is set for principal photography in July. 'With Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) a hot-button in the national discussion, it's even more important that shows like Comedy InvAsian III exist, said Sakai. 'Asian American diversity in television broadens narratives, enriches our culture, and inspires future generations to embrace their heritage.' 'We're incredibly proud to help bring this next wave of talented comedians to a global stage,' added Elizade, President of Viva Pictures. 'Comedy has the unique power to connect us through shared laughter, while also spotlighting personal experiences that are as diverse as they are universally relatable. There's nothing better than comedy that cracks you up and opens your eyes – and Comedy InvAsian III does both.' Elizalde also produces Entre Nos, the LatinX stand-up comedy show that runs on HBO. 'I'm thrilled to be working with the original gangstas who started the Comedy InvAsian party and having some fun together,' said Lee, who co-created Comedy InvAsian and spinoff series Comedy Invasion, which won the 2024 Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Special. This comes as Lee pitches Morning, Paris! at the Canada-France Series Lab at Series Mania in Lille, France today. The initiative is a joint venture between Series Mania, Telefilm Canada and the CNC. Lee's show follows Chanel Lee, a 29-year-old aspiring fashion designer from Vancouver, who flies to Paris with Tristan Nahanee, a security guard with an enigmatic past, without 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 Fashion Week as Chanel experiences the city's magic for the first time.' 'At its heart, Morning, Paris! is a story about a cross-cultural fashion enthusiast and underdog, driven by passion and ambition, striving to break into the exclusive Parisian fashion world,' said Lee. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery How To Watch 'Wicked: Part One': Is The Film Streaming Yet? All The Songs In 'Severance' Season 2: From The Who To Ella Fitzgerald
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Vivica A. Fox, Lynn Chen, Dwayne Perkins Board Multicultural Rom-Com ‘Love Bait' (EXCLUSIVE)
Lynn Chen, Vivica A. Fox and standup comedian Dwayne Perkins have boarded Romell Foster-Owens sophomore feature 'Love Bait,' according to its producer Quentin Lee of Margin Films who presents 'Love Bait' as well romantic comedy TV series 'Morning, Paris!' at the Series Mania Forum, running March 24-27 in Lille, France. 'In this politically charged era, with Trump trying to erase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI], I'm especially excited to produce this uniquely diverse, cross-cultural comedy. It feels like a family reunion getting to work with Lynn Chen, Koji Steven Sakai, Vivica A. Fox, Dwayne Perkins and Romell Foster-Owens – talented people I've admired and collaborated with over the years,' said Lee. More from Variety 'Gossip Girl' Who? In Beta Film YA Thriller 'Shadow Leaks,' Based on Jonas Ems' Novel, All the Secrets Are Out REinvent International Sales Boards Crime Series 'The Pushover' from 'Fatal Crossing' Creators (EXCLUSIVE) Apple TV+ 'Carême' Turns World's First Celebrity Chef into Sex-Oozing Rock Star: 'We Spent Hours Looking at Lenny Kravitz and Mick Jagger' 'Love Bait' centers on a driven young Asian American woman (Chen) groomed by her traditional parents for corporate success, who hatches a bold plan to win their approval of her boyfriend. She hires a professional 'bad boyfriend' (Perkins) to make her real partner seem like the ideal choice. But as her scheme unfolds, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to the charming imposter, leading to a hilariously twisted love triangle. A longtime collaborator of Romell Foster-Owens, Fox, who also serves as executive producer, will play the mother, Mrs. Jones, to Perkin's professional 'bad boyfriend.' Foster-Owens is the first African American woman to have directed a comedy feature, 'The Three Muscatels,' starring Richard Pryor in 1991. 'Love Bait'is co-penned by Perkins and Sakai and to be produced by Foster-Owens ('First Love,' 'Conflict of Interest') and Sakai ('The Commando,' 'The People I've Slept With') alongside Lee, whose stand-up comedy docu-series 'Comedy Invasion' won Best Comedy Special at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. Perkins has previously starred opposite Chen in the Sakai-written comedic thriller 'Dying to Kill'(2016) and also the Sakai written narrative podcast 'Elucidity' (2024) from Voyage Media. Chen also co-starred in the hit indie sex comedy 'The People I've Slept With' (2009), produced and written by Sakai, and produced and directed by Lee. Meanwhile, 2024 Leo Award nominee Nadia Hatta (Netflix's 'Away') is set to star in 'Morning, Paris!,' the half-hour romantic comedy series from Lee, its creator and showrunner. The project was selected for the prestigious Canada-France Series Lab 2025, a joint venture between Series Mania, Telefilm Canada and CNC (French National Centre of Cinema). 'Love Bait' is set to begin production this Fall. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
