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Ben Stiller To Headline Music Industry Dramedy ‘The Band’ In Works At HBO From ‘Search Party’ Co-Creators, Media Res & Red Hour
HBO is developing 'The Band,' an hourlong dramedy series starring Stiller as a Simon Cowell-esque character. The project comes from Media Res.
Created by Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, co-creators of the acclaimed TBS/Max comedy Search Party, The Band offers an inside look at the music industry centered on Oscar (Stiller), a pop impresario and talent mogul beset by scandal who is tasked with forming a new act in order to save his career – and perhaps his soul. Media Res’s current slate includes the Emmy and SAG Award-winning Apple drama The Morning Show, which is headed into its fourth season, and the streamer’s Pachinko. At HBO, where Media Res founder Ellenberg was once a top drama executive, the company previously produced Scenes From a Marriage, starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac.
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