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EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures and Denver Broncos all-pro linebacker Von Miller are teaming on a half-hour animated comedy project titled Mars Martians, about the NFL’s first expansion team on Mars. Miller will voice the lead role and serve as an executive producer on the potential series, which is being written by Maxwell Th…

EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures has optioned the life rights of Michael Clegg, the Catholic priest who became a prolific dealer of MDMA, a drug he would later dub Ecstasy as he saw it as a conduit to God. The company is teaming with 3 Arts Entertainment to develop a limited scripted TV series based on his story, with OBB's…

OBB Pictures, the production company behind the Kevin Hart LOL Network interview series Cold as Balls and Netflix’s upcoming Historical Roasts starring Jeff Ross, has signed a deal with augmented reality video company Octi to create content across digital, social and traditional platforms. The strategic partnership…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going old-school, ordering six episodes of Historical Roasts, a half-hour comedy series from Comedy Central roast star Jeff Ross and OBB Pictures. The project stems from the popular live Los Angeles comedy club show that has been running since 2014. OBB (Kevin Hart’s Cold as Balls) optioned…

EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures has launched a new division, OBB Music, focused on developing and producing content around the world's biggest artists, stories and events in music. The company's expansion into music comes after their original series with Kevin Hart, Cold as Balls, launches into its second season after a…

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Longino, who penned the upcoming Lionsgate comedy Uncle Drew toplined by NBA star Kyrie Irving, Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery, has been set to adapt The Smart Money, a TV series in development based on Michael Konik's 2006 memoir about about life inside one of Las Vegas and the world's most sought…

EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures has optioned rights to The Smart Money, Michael Konik’s 2006 memoir about about life inside one of the world's most sought after gambling rings run by the industry's most feared player. OBB is teaming with 3 Arts Entertainment to fast-track development, with plans to adapt the book into a…

OBB Pictures CEO Michael D. Ratner and Crypt TV CEO Jack Davis said they partnering to develop and produce horror and thriller series for the premium television and digital space. In the new partnership, the companies will work together on several projects that combine Crypt TV's library of horror IP, fan base and…

The 5th Quarter, the mock documentary series chronicling “the greatest untold and untrue stories in sports history” that attracted a slew of big names to its first season on Verizon Media’s go90, has been renewed for two more 10-episode seasons. Season 2 will bow November 30 with three episodes, with three more to…

EXCLUSIVE: Verizon’s Go90 has given a straight-to-series order to OBB Pictures’ scripted sports comedy The 5th Quarter. The mockumentary series made in partnership with 3 Arts Entertainment and Kids at Play chronicles “the greatest untold and untrue stories in sports history” will get 12 episodes with the series…

Mandalay Sports Media and Michael D. Ratner's OBB Pictures have entered into a co-production agreement to develop and produce a slate of sports-themed films, TV projects and multiplatform programming. Their first series project is Embiid, a documentary that centers on Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid's journey from…