News > Will Smith's Overbrook Gets into TV
October 15, 2007
Written by David Morgan
Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment is looking to expand their presence in television with a number of new shows, according to . And they're really getting into a bit of everything (though mostly comedy).
One project is a series version of Smith's feature film Hitch. It would be a single-camera, half hour piece. Smith would not be acting in the series but would serve as executive produce.
Outkast's Big Boi will also be getting his own sitcom, a family comedy called Uncle Rudy.
I Hate Pink, a comedy about a plain Jane in high school, is being considered by the N.
The Cypha will premiere in 2008 on BET. It is a futuristic animated hip hop series about rappers with superpowers.
Raw Materials is a single-camera comedy for ABC that explores the state of dating today and why men and women are not getting together.
Almost is a supernatural show set in a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere that doubles as purgatory, where the recently deceased are given a chance to revisit episodes from their past as a way of finding closure and paying off their karmic debts before moving on.
