EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has ordered a pilot for DINKs, an improvisational fashion multi-cam comedy starring and govt produced by real-life married couple June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer. Grace & Frankie creator Marta Kauffman is author, govt producer and showrunner of the challenge, which is produced by her Okay Goodnight banner, Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate Tv.
DINKs (Twin Revenue No Children) is about Josh (Scheer) and Charlie (Raphael), a pair who, in absence of a wedding or youngsters, determine to actually construct a life collectively by renovating their nightmare of a dream home.
Alex Fernie is directing the pilot, which Kauffman co-wrote with Hannah Ok.S. Canter. Kauffman, Canter, Raphael and Scheer govt produce with Okay Goodnight’s Robbie Rowe Tollin. Jesse Schiller serves as a producer and Molly Arkin as a co-producer.
A earlier model of DINKs – then known as A Lot – with the identical inventive auspices, together with Raphael, Scheer, Kauffman and Lionsgate, was arrange at CBS final season the place it filmed a presentation as proof of idea. DINKs will not be associated to a comedy of the identical identify that was in growth at ABC through the 2013-14 season with Raphael co-writing, govt producing and starring.
Raphael and Scheer will pull from their improv background for the pilot, which reunites Raphael with Kauffman after Raphael’s collection common function on Grace and Frankie, which ran on Netflix for seven seasons. Amazon MGM Studios is coming off the success of Amazon Freevee comedy Jury Responsibility, which additionally leaned on improvisation. It has not been decided but which Amazon-owned streaming platform DINKs could be on if it goes to collection.
This additionally marks a return to multi-camera comedy for Kauffman who co-created one of many greatest hits within the style, Mates. Along with seven seasons of Grace and Frankie, Okay Goodnight produced the Sundance Movie Competition documentary Seeing Allred. Kauffman is repped by WME.
Raphael and Scheer co-host with Jason Mantzoukas the favored podcast How Did This Get Made, which is now a dwell present touring the nation. Raphael additionally co-hosts The Deep Dive podcast with Jessica St Claire.
Scheer was not too long ago a collection common on Showtime’s Black Monday, on which Raphael recurred. His memoir Joyful Recollections of Trauma might be launched Could 21 by Harper Collins. Scheer is repped by UTA, Sugar23 and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Raphael’s current appearing credit embody arcs on Abbott Elementary, The Morning Present and Primarily based On a True Story. She is repped by UTA, MGMT Leisure and Ziffren Brittenham.
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