Ty Burrell and Bryan Cranston are set to stroll a Tightrope! for the Roku Channel.
The 2 Emmy winners are teaming up for a comedic transforming of a short-lived detective drama from the late Fifties (exclamation level very a lot included). Burrell will star in and government produce the six-episode collection, whereas Cranston is an government producer.
Roku made the announcement Tuesday at its newfronts presentation to advertisers, the place it additionally showcased upcoming programming together with a journey collection from Tracee Ellis Ross, culinary competitors Greatest Chew Wins hosted by Josh Peck and a chat present from John Cena, amongst others.
Tightrope! aired for one season in 1959-60 on CBS. The drama starred Mike Connors as an undercover police officer who infiltrated numerous prison organizations. The Roku present will “reshape the drama of the classic Fifties collection right into a slapstick comedy, the place Burrell performs a lone wolf detective following circumstances metropolis to metropolis whereas he searches for his long-lost love who obtained away.”
“I used to be impressed by the on-the-nose outdated drama collection of the ‘50s to mess with the entire thing and create a brand new model of a lunatic comedy, by no means seen earlier than in a TV collection,” Cranston mentioned in an announcement. “Tightrope! is a results of a fever dream, and conceived over a bowl of chili at Chasen’s, savvy?”
Village Roadshow Tv is producing the collection with Cranston’s Moonshot Leisure and Burrell’s Blue Whale Productions.
“We’re thrilled to have Ty Burrell and Bryan Cranston be part of us at Roku for this imaginative, humorous collection,” mentioned Roku Media president Charlie Collier. “What a pleasure to welcome Ty and Bryan to the Roku Originals lineup, together with the Moonshot and Desert Whale groups and our companions at Village Roadshow Tv. We’re happy so as to add Tightrope! to our rising originals slate to thrill our audiences.”
Added Burrell, “I’m so thrilled to be working with Bryan and Roku Originals on this bonkers (in one of the best ways) thought of a present.”
Cranston and Moonshot Leisure’s James Degus government produce with Burrell. Adam Small and Fax Bahr (Mad TV) will exec produce and direct.
Fashionable Household star Burrell can also be starring in and exec producing Forgive and Overlook, a multicamera comedy pilot at ABC.