EXCLUSIVE: Chad Powers has discovered its first director.
Tony Yacenda, creator of Netflix’s American Vandal, will direct the pilot episode of the Hulu comedy collection stars Glen Powell.
Yacenda will even exec produce the half-hour collection, which is predicated on an Eli Manning sketch that aired on ESPN+.
Powell stars alongside Perry Mattfeld and Frankie A. Rodriguez within the collection, which additionally lately forged Steve Zahn.
The collection follows a hotshot quarterback whose faculty profession ends after unhealthy habits. He then disguises himself because the proficient and affable Chad Powers, who walks onto a struggling Southern soccer staff.
Co-creators and govt producers are Powell and Michael Waldron (Loki), who additionally wrote the pilot. It hails from twentieth Tv. Manning serves as govt producer together with Omaha Productions’ Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ben Brown and ESPN. Waldron and Adam Fasullo are producing for Anomaly Footage whereas Powell is EPing below his manufacturing co-banner Brainstorm.
Yacenda additionally lately directed Paramount+ collection Gamers and has directed a number of episodes of FXX comedy collection Dave.
He’s repped by 3 Arts, CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Pattern & Klein.