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[06/24/22 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 24
Updates include: Hulu cancels "Woke" after two seasons; Fat Joe brings "The Book of Jose" to Showtime; and Peacock looks to import Australian comedy "Laid."







BOOK OF JOSE, THE (SHOWTIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/24/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, June 2022) The Book of Jose is a rags-to-riches story following Fat Joe's evolution from growing up in the drug and violence-scarred streets of the Bronx to becoming a Grammy-nominee, producer, and actor with a career spanning nearly three decades. The project will follow every phase of Joe's life and the threats that have come in the form of rivals, addiction, incarceration, and death. All of which showed the artist that resilience and the love of his family are the only paths to success.
CREW INFORMATION:
· E. Brian Dobbins as EP
· Jessy Terrero as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Jorge A. Reyes as CRTR/EP
· Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena as EP
· Kenya Barris as EP
· Luis F. Velasco as PROD
· Ulysses Terrero as PROD
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Artists First
· BET Studios
· Buffalo Kid Films
· Cinema Giants
· Khalabo Ink Society