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NBC has handed out its first pilot order this cycle to Night 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…

BET Networks has set the cast for their forthcoming original comedy series Bigger from executive producer Will Packer. The scripted series will star Tanisha Long, Angell Conwell, Rasheda Crockett, Chase Anthony and Tristen Winger. Bigger recently wrapped production this summer in Atlanta. The 10 half-hour episodes…

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…

UPDATED with new release date: Universal has dated its Paul Feig-directed romantic comedy Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding and Emma Thompson for November 8, 2019. That’s ahead a week from its originally announced November 15 date. Deadline broke the news about the project back in June. Last Christma…

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…

Universal has just announced that an untitled Will Packer romance feature will open next year on Valentine’s Day. The movie will square off with a Disney untitled live action movie, Fox’s Blue Sky Animation feature Nimonia and MGM’s Bond 25, the latter of which Uni is handling overseas. Traditionally, Bond films get…

Will Packer has appointed Shayla Cowan as Chief of Staff of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media. She will be tasked with managing and overseeing all operational and administrative activities of both companies, continuing in her role of advising Packer and supporting the development and production of his…

EXCLUSIVE: After an auspicious directorial breakout on the 2014 comedy Top Five, Chris Rock is getting back behind the camera. He is in negotiations to direct Kevin Hart in Co-Parenting, a Will Packer-produced comedy for Universal Pictures. Script is being written by Yamara Taylor (black-ish) and the film revolves…