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‘Car Wash’ Comedy Series Based On Movie In Works At NBC With Malcolm D. Lee Producing


The cult classic 1976 Universal Pictures film 'Car Wash' is being adapted for TV by producer Malcolm D. Lee and writer Opey Olagbaju.

Set at a modern-day DC car wash, the TV series focuses on an immigrant family’s generational and cultural clashes between father and son and their eclectic group of employees. The Michael Schultz-directed film follows the lives of a group of friends from Los Angeles who work at the Dee-Luxe Car Wash and the interesting characters they interact with one Friday in July. Olagbaju is a Nigerian American writer and comedian who has written on popular shows like CBS’ Bob Hearts Abishola, Hulu’s This Fool and the Max animated series Close Enough.

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