Exclusive: Alison Pill is getting into the scripted podcast universe.
The Star Trek: Picard and Devs star is to star in and produce supernatural audio drama The Doctor Is In.
The series was created and written by Cassie Keet and is produced by Paul Feig and Laura Fischer’s Powderkeg Media for podcast studio Echoverse.
The Doctor Is In is a darkly comedic supernatural drama that features medical student-turned-veterinarian Dr. Kate Spencer, voiced by Pill, who works the graveyard shift at an animal hospital in Chicago. When her late-night patients begin to shift from household pets to more exotic creatures like werewolves and vampires, Kate suddenly finds herself in the middle of a brewing underground war.
Greg Lubin and Kesila Childers will produce on behalf of Powderkeg Media.
Powderkeg Media is behind podcast Close To Death with UCP Audio and is in development with a project at Spotify. It also...
The Star Trek: Picard and Devs star is to star in and produce supernatural audio drama The Doctor Is In.
The series was created and written by Cassie Keet and is produced by Paul Feig and Laura Fischer’s Powderkeg Media for podcast studio Echoverse.
The Doctor Is In is a darkly comedic supernatural drama that features medical student-turned-veterinarian Dr. Kate Spencer, voiced by Pill, who works the graveyard shift at an animal hospital in Chicago. When her late-night patients begin to shift from household pets to more exotic creatures like werewolves and vampires, Kate suddenly finds herself in the middle of a brewing underground war.
Greg Lubin and Kesila Childers will produce on behalf of Powderkeg Media.
Powderkeg Media is behind podcast Close To Death with UCP Audio and is in development with a project at Spotify. It also...
- 2/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Usg Audio, the podcast division of Universal Studio Group, is ramping up its slate with two new series.
The company, which was previously known as UCP Audio, is launching Close to Death hosted by comedian Utkarsh Ambudkar, and a second season of The Followers.
The shows form part of the nascent division’s audio slate, which has included Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories of the Art World, The Greatness with Kareem Maddox and The Lost Kids. The idea is to use its audio stories as a development tool across its TV units, a move that has already seen UCP developing a docuseries around Josh Bloch’s The Lost Kids.
The Followers: Madness of Two, which will be released on September 15, asks how did a perfect suburban mom get wrapped up with doomsday preppers and prophets? It will tell the story of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell and what drew...
The company, which was previously known as UCP Audio, is launching Close to Death hosted by comedian Utkarsh Ambudkar, and a second season of The Followers.
The shows form part of the nascent division’s audio slate, which has included Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories of the Art World, The Greatness with Kareem Maddox and The Lost Kids. The idea is to use its audio stories as a development tool across its TV units, a move that has already seen UCP developing a docuseries around Josh Bloch’s The Lost Kids.
The Followers: Madness of Two, which will be released on September 15, asks how did a perfect suburban mom get wrapped up with doomsday preppers and prophets? It will tell the story of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell and what drew...
- 9/10/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker Paul Feig has named Laura Fischer as his new co-President of Universal based Feigco Entertainment. Fischer takes on the added duties while she continues to run Powderkeg, the digital production company Feig launched in partnership with Superbrands Capital LLC, the private entertainment industry investment company of Adam Bold. This new arrangement will allow both Feigco and Powderkeg to bring a new creative efficiency to each project. Powderkeg has been developing a talent pool and content since its inception, and they also have the established network of female-focused comedic talent on the Feigco slate.
Fischer remains CEO of Powderkeg, home to scripted and unscripted series, as well as incubator programs to champion under-served voices. Powderkeg’s projects include Last Resort with Dwayne Johnson and the unscripted QTalks both for Quibi, as well as the Powderkeg: Fuse female directors program, the mini-series East of La Brea and the currently launched...
Fischer remains CEO of Powderkeg, home to scripted and unscripted series, as well as incubator programs to champion under-served voices. Powderkeg’s projects include Last Resort with Dwayne Johnson and the unscripted QTalks both for Quibi, as well as the Powderkeg: Fuse female directors program, the mini-series East of La Brea and the currently launched...
- 9/9/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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