TORONTO and LOS ANGELES — Canadian production company marblemedia, in association with Cloudco Entertainment, today announced it has received a series order for a half-hour, live-action comedy, Overlord and the Underwoods, from CBC, Nickelodeon and ITV, in association with BYUtv.
The original, single-camera comedy (20 episodes x 30 minutes) follows the Underwood family, “whose life is turned upside down when their distant cousin, Overlord, the second most-wanted villain in the universe, seeks refuge in their home after being forced into intergalactic witness protection,” reads the press release from marblemedia announcing the series order.
The series is created by BAFTA-winning showrunner Anthony Farrell (The Office, Secret Life of Boys, Little Mosque on the Prairie, The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker) and Ryan Wiesbrock (Buddy Thunderstruck, Holly Hobbie). Academy Award-winning FX specialist Roger Christian (Alien, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope) is lead character designer for the series. The character effects team at MastersFX (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Umbrella Academy) will bring Christian’s character designs to life.
Executive producers of Overlord and the Underwoods include Mark Bishop, Matt Hornburg, Carrie Paupst Shaughnessy, Sean Gorman, Ian Lambur, and Wiesbrock.
Pre-production on the series has begun in Toronto.
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