BET+ is getting more Bigger. The streamer has handed a Season 2 renewal for the comedy series from executive producer Will Packer and his Will Packer Media. Watch the cast react to the pickup news above.
"I'm so proud of this show,” Packer said. “And I can't wait for new audiences to follow the shenanigans of this…
EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Universal is in development on Tias, a female-driven Latina ensemble drama based on an original pitch by TV scribe Rob Sudduth. He will also write the script.
Will Packer and James Lopez will produce under Packer's eponymous production company, Will Packer Productions. Eva Longoria and Ben…
Fox Corp.’s TV station division is bringing backCentral Ave, a show from Debmar-Mercury and Will Packer, the film and TV producer known for hits like Girls Trip, saying it fared well in a test last November.
The Atlanta-based show aims to deliver entertainment and pop culture news through a provocative, socially…
NBC has handed out its first pilot order this cycle toNight School, a multi-camera comedy based on the hit 2018 Universal movie, from Marlon co-creator Christopher Moynihan and the film’s star/producer Kevin Hart, producer Will Packer and director Malcolm D. Lee.
Penned by Moynihan, Night School the series centers on…
Director Tina Gordon is warming up her vocal cords to helm Universal Pictures’ musical comedy Praise This, a music-competition feature set in the world of youth choirs. The film is slated for release on September 25, 2020.
Gordon will rewrite the script for Praise This, which is based on an original idea by Tim…
“Don’t disrespect me,” the lawyer tells her husband the mayor as she presses a pistol against his head. “It’ll be the last thing that you do.” OWN has set a June premiere date for Ambitions, the soapy drama series from prolific producer Will Packer. Fronted by Robin Givens, it follows the deceitful machinations of…
Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury has teamed with Night School and Girls Trip producer Will Packer for a new half-hour multicultural entertainment news magazine show Central Ave. The series will air live from Atlanta and is set to launch Nov. 4 on select Fox Television Stations for a five-week preview.
Central Ave looks to…
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Peretti, best known for her role as Gina Linetti on Fox/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has come aboard Universal’s The Photograph, a romantic drama written and directed by Stella Meghie with Will Packer and James Lopez producing for Packer's eponymous production company.
Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield…
EXCLUSIVE: Will Packer Productions, the company behind 100+ million grossing comedies Girls Trip and Night School, has named Heather Washington as Director of Development, after previously serving a Creative Executive for the past two years. Washington’s new role involves identifying content, filmmakers, and talent…
Will Packer is to produce a documentary series about the murder of 29 African American children in Atlanta for Investigation Discovery.
The Girls Trip and Night School producer is making The Atlanta Child Murders for the Discovery-owned network. The three-part special will air on the cable network on March 23.
The doc…
