No, it’s simply that the new series they’re co-producing, Embeds, which Variety describes as the adventures of five young reporters who get in “way over their heads” while having “raucous adventures in an unexpected world of sex, drugs, and swing states” amid cameos from “big-name politicians” sounds more like a political version of Cameron Crowe’s Roadies than any sort of pointed satire. Go90, Verizon’s one-year-old ad-supported streaming service, has ordered six half-hour episodes of the series, which will tell the story of the young journalists embedded with a candidate on the presidential campaign trail. Kelly, De Luca, Hamby and Conroy are all represented by CAA.
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Their goal is to have the first episode on air by Election Day, with the show actively casting leading roles.
Kelly also has a book coming out this November, so clearly her rising star has no signs of slowing… One exception was The Runner, a reality series produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon that streamed this summer. “Verizon has acquired a handful of low-budget scripted series for Go90, including AwesomenessTV’s high-school-set “Guidance” and social-media thriller “@tagged”, as well as New Form Digital’s forthcoming “Mr. Student Body President”. De Luca’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” made more than $165 million worldwide on a $40 million budget.
Kelly, whose national profile has risen exponentially during the circus of the 2016 campaign, is also producing the TV adaption of “The Residence” for FX.
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It is being produced by US-based trio Michael de Luca Productions, Complex Networks and Haven Entertainment, with Todd Walmna showrunning, and is set to air ahead of the real-life U.S. presidential election this November. Kelly and De Luca are repped by CAA, as are Conroy and Hamby.
