“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane is developing a television adaptation of the seven-book graphic novel series “The Shrouded College” for Peacock.
MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, acquired the rights for “The Shrouded College” from authors Charles Soule and Will Sliney. Usg’s Creative Acquisitions and IP Management team, led by Jordan Moblo, alongside Fuzzy Door president Erica Huggins, were instrumental in securing the rights.
“The Shrouded College” series tells the stories of various characters enlisted to become secret agents fighting a supernatural cold war on the side of the Shrouded College, a down-and-out organization on the edge of destruction.
The show will be executive produced by Soule and Sliney alongside MacFarlane, Huggins, and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for Fuzzy Door.
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The first graphic novel in “The Shrouded College” universe, “Hell to Pay,” commenced publication from Image Comics...
MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, acquired the rights for “The Shrouded College” from authors Charles Soule and Will Sliney. Usg’s Creative Acquisitions and IP Management team, led by Jordan Moblo, alongside Fuzzy Door president Erica Huggins, were instrumental in securing the rights.
“The Shrouded College” series tells the stories of various characters enlisted to become secret agents fighting a supernatural cold war on the side of the Shrouded College, a down-and-out organization on the edge of destruction.
The show will be executive produced by Soule and Sliney alongside MacFarlane, Huggins, and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for Fuzzy Door.
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The first graphic novel in “The Shrouded College” universe, “Hell to Pay,” commenced publication from Image Comics...
- 2/17/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
For all the times that people have told Seth MacFarlane to go to Hell, he’s finally making the journey. MacFarlane is adapting The Shrouded College comic book series for television after Fuzzy Door and UCP acquired the rights. Created by Charles Soule and Will Sliney, The Shrouded College series is an interconnected set of seven adventure-horror stories. Image Comics will publish the overarching story over several years. The first arc of the story, Hell to Pay, was published by Image Comics in November. The second arc, The Bloody Dozen, will be published in late 2023.
Here’s the official synopsis for Hell to Pay from ImageComics.com:
The Shrouded College will give you magic… but you’ll incur a debt. Until it’s paid, you belong to them. Married couple Maia and Sebastian Stone took that deal. They have worked for the College ever since, using their new abilities to track down 666 cursed coins: qurrakh…...
Here’s the official synopsis for Hell to Pay from ImageComics.com:
The Shrouded College will give you magic… but you’ll incur a debt. Until it’s paid, you belong to them. Married couple Maia and Sebastian Stone took that deal. They have worked for the College ever since, using their new abilities to track down 666 cursed coins: qurrakh…...
- 2/17/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Graphic novel series The Shrouded College is in the works as a TV series after Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door and UCP secured the rights. The project is set up at Peacock.
The Shrouded College series is an interconnected set of seven adventure-horror stories that will be published in comic and graphic novel formats over the next several years. Taken together, the series tells the stories of various characters enlisted to become secret agents fighting a supernatural cold war on the side of the Shrouded College, a down-and-out organization on the edge of destruction.
The first graphic novel in the series, Hell to Pay, was published by Image Comics in November 2022 and tthe second installment, The Bloody Dozen, will publish in late 2023.
The book series comes from Charles Soule and Will Sliney, who will exec produce the project alongside MacFarlane, Erica Huggins and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for Fuzzy Door.
Soule...
The Shrouded College series is an interconnected set of seven adventure-horror stories that will be published in comic and graphic novel formats over the next several years. Taken together, the series tells the stories of various characters enlisted to become secret agents fighting a supernatural cold war on the side of the Shrouded College, a down-and-out organization on the edge of destruction.
The first graphic novel in the series, Hell to Pay, was published by Image Comics in November 2022 and tthe second installment, The Bloody Dozen, will publish in late 2023.
The book series comes from Charles Soule and Will Sliney, who will exec produce the project alongside MacFarlane, Erica Huggins and Rachel Hargreaves-Heald for Fuzzy Door.
Soule...
- 2/17/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Nye will host and exec-produce a new science series called The End is Nye for Peacock, the streamer announced today.
Brannon Braga will serve as showrunner and executive producer and direct all episodes.
Nye, the Emmy-winning television host (Bill Nye the Science Guy), science educator, mechanical engineer and author, will explore various epic global disasters imaginable, both natural and unnatural, with each episode of The End is Nye examining the mystery and reality of such threats as viruses, volcanoes, asteroids, authoritarianism, climate change and chemical warfare.
The series is produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio and UCP, divisions of Universal Studio Group, and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins executive produce for Fuzzy Door. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door.
Nye is represented by Nick Pampenella at N/Prjcts.
Brannon Braga will serve as showrunner and executive producer and direct all episodes.
Nye, the Emmy-winning television host (Bill Nye the Science Guy), science educator, mechanical engineer and author, will explore various epic global disasters imaginable, both natural and unnatural, with each episode of The End is Nye examining the mystery and reality of such threats as viruses, volcanoes, asteroids, authoritarianism, climate change and chemical warfare.
The series is produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio and UCP, divisions of Universal Studio Group, and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins executive produce for Fuzzy Door. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door.
Nye is represented by Nick Pampenella at N/Prjcts.
- 3/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Peacock picked up a new science series from Bill Nye and “Cosmos” producer Seth MacFarlane, the streamer announced Tuesday.
Hosted by the longtime TV scientist, “The End Is Nye” is billed as a “scientific blueprint for surviving anything that comes our way.”
According to Peacock’s description, the series sends Nye “into the most epic global disasters imaginable – both natural and unnatural – and then demystifies them using science to show how we can survive, mitigate, and even prevent them.” Topics will range from “viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare.”
The series will be executive produced by Nye and MacFarlane. “Cosmos” alum Brannon Braga will serve as executive producer, showrunner and director on all episodes.
Universal Television Alternative Studio and UCP, where MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company has an overall deal, will produce the series. Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins also executive produces for Fuzzy Door,...
Hosted by the longtime TV scientist, “The End Is Nye” is billed as a “scientific blueprint for surviving anything that comes our way.”
According to Peacock’s description, the series sends Nye “into the most epic global disasters imaginable – both natural and unnatural – and then demystifies them using science to show how we can survive, mitigate, and even prevent them.” Topics will range from “viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare.”
The series will be executive produced by Nye and MacFarlane. “Cosmos” alum Brannon Braga will serve as executive producer, showrunner and director on all episodes.
Universal Television Alternative Studio and UCP, where MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company has an overall deal, will produce the series. Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins also executive produces for Fuzzy Door,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Peacock has ordered a new series hosted by world-famous science educator Bill Nye, Variety has learned exclusively.
Each episode of the show, titled “The End is Nye,” dives into the myths and realities of both natural and unnatural threats, from viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare. The show offers a scientific blueprint for surviving, mitigating, and preventing such catastrophes from occurring.
Brannon Braga will serve as showrunner and executive producer on “The End Is Nye” in addition to directing all episodes. Nye will also executive produce in addition to hosting. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins of Fuzzy Door Productions will executive produce. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door. The series is a co-production between Universal Television Alternative Studio UCP. Fuzzy Door currently has an overall deal with NBCUniversal.
Nye first rose to fame in the 1990s as the host...
Each episode of the show, titled “The End is Nye,” dives into the myths and realities of both natural and unnatural threats, from viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare. The show offers a scientific blueprint for surviving, mitigating, and preventing such catastrophes from occurring.
Brannon Braga will serve as showrunner and executive producer on “The End Is Nye” in addition to directing all episodes. Nye will also executive produce in addition to hosting. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins of Fuzzy Door Productions will executive produce. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door. The series is a co-production between Universal Television Alternative Studio UCP. Fuzzy Door currently has an overall deal with NBCUniversal.
Nye first rose to fame in the 1990s as the host...
- 3/2/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with Amy Pascal to adapt Elan Mastai’s novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock.
The pair are developing a series adaptation for the NBCU streamer.
Published in 2018, the book is a mind-bending time-travel love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and often unexpected ways. It tells the story of Tom Barren’s world, set in 2016, where technology has solved all of humanity’s problems — there’s no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. Unfortunately, Tom isn’t happy. He’s lost the girl of his dreams. And what do you do when you’re heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid.
Finding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality, Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career and the woman who might...
The pair are developing a series adaptation for the NBCU streamer.
Published in 2018, the book is a mind-bending time-travel love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and often unexpected ways. It tells the story of Tom Barren’s world, set in 2016, where technology has solved all of humanity’s problems — there’s no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. Unfortunately, Tom isn’t happy. He’s lost the girl of his dreams. And what do you do when you’re heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid.
Finding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality, Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career and the woman who might...
- 1/27/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Elan Mastai is developing a series adaptation of his novel “All Our Wrong Todays” at Peacock with Seth MacFarlane onboard as an executive producer.
The project is described as a mind bending time travel love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and often unexpected ways.
Mastai will adapt the novel for the screen. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will executive produce via Fuzzy Door Productions, with Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald overseeing the project. Amy Pascal and Rachel O’Connor of Pascal Pictures will also executive produce. UCP will serve as the studio. Fuzzy Door is currently under a rich overall deal at UCP.
Mastai currently works as a writer and supervising producer on the hit NBC drama series “This Is Us.” His feature credits include “What If” and “The Samaritan.” “All Our Wrong Todays” was originally published in 2017 and has since been translated into 24 languages.
He is...
The project is described as a mind bending time travel love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and often unexpected ways.
Mastai will adapt the novel for the screen. MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will executive produce via Fuzzy Door Productions, with Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald overseeing the project. Amy Pascal and Rachel O’Connor of Pascal Pictures will also executive produce. UCP will serve as the studio. Fuzzy Door is currently under a rich overall deal at UCP.
Mastai currently works as a writer and supervising producer on the hit NBC drama series “This Is Us.” His feature credits include “What If” and “The Samaritan.” “All Our Wrong Todays” was originally published in 2017 and has since been translated into 24 languages.
He is...
- 1/27/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane continues to add to his increasingly prolific slate at NBCUniversal.
The Family Guy creator is teaming with This Is Us writer Elan Mastai to adapt the latter’s best-selling novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock. The drama, which is currently in the development stage, is based on the time-traveling love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and unexpected ways.
Mastai will pen the script for the potential series and exec produce the drama alongside MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door partner Erica Huggins. Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will oversee for the company. Amy ...
The Family Guy creator is teaming with This Is Us writer Elan Mastai to adapt the latter’s best-selling novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock. The drama, which is currently in the development stage, is based on the time-traveling love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and unexpected ways.
Mastai will pen the script for the potential series and exec produce the drama alongside MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door partner Erica Huggins. Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will oversee for the company. Amy ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane continues to add to his increasingly prolific slate at NBCUniversal.
The Family Guy creator is teaming with This Is Us writer Elan Mastai to adapt the latter’s best-selling novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock. The drama, which is currently in the development stage, is based on the time-traveling love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and unexpected ways.
Mastai will pen the script for the potential series and exec produce the drama alongside MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door partner Erica Huggins. Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will oversee for the company. Amy ...
The Family Guy creator is teaming with This Is Us writer Elan Mastai to adapt the latter’s best-selling novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock. The drama, which is currently in the development stage, is based on the time-traveling love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and unexpected ways.
Mastai will pen the script for the potential series and exec produce the drama alongside MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door partner Erica Huggins. Fuzzy Door’s Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will oversee for the company. Amy ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door is expanding the executive team under president Erica Huggins with the hire of former Marvel Television exec Aimee Carlson as SVP.
Reporting to Huggins, Carlson will work to grow Fuzzy Door’s slate spanning drama, comedy and areas such as science, history, politics and music across film, television, digital and animation. Additionally, Fuzzy Door has brought in 6th & Idaho’s Sam Hoffman as Creative Executive.
Carlson, a 18-year industry veteran, recently served as VP of Original Programming at Marvel Television where she oversaw Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and additional development projects. Prior to Marvel, she was VP of Digital for Ucp and eventually transitioned back to the TV side, developing several Ucp series, including Difficult People, Harmonquest, Childhood’s End, Channel Zero, Umbrella Academy and Happy!.
She is now returning to Ucp where Fuzzy Door is based under the company’s blockbuster deal with Universal Studio Group.
Reporting to Huggins, Carlson will work to grow Fuzzy Door’s slate spanning drama, comedy and areas such as science, history, politics and music across film, television, digital and animation. Additionally, Fuzzy Door has brought in 6th & Idaho’s Sam Hoffman as Creative Executive.
Carlson, a 18-year industry veteran, recently served as VP of Original Programming at Marvel Television where she oversaw Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and additional development projects. Prior to Marvel, she was VP of Digital for Ucp and eventually transitioned back to the TV side, developing several Ucp series, including Difficult People, Harmonquest, Childhood’s End, Channel Zero, Umbrella Academy and Happy!.
She is now returning to Ucp where Fuzzy Door is based under the company’s blockbuster deal with Universal Studio Group.
- 10/13/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane has set his first project under his overall deal with NBCUniversal inked earlier this year. Ucp has put in development The Winds of War (working title), a limited series based on Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, with MacFarlane and Seth Fisher (The Alienist) set to pen the adaptation and executive produce.
The Winds of War is the epic story of one American family’s turbulent voyage across the continents and across the years that spanned the Second World War.
Family Guy and The Orville creator MacFarlane and Fisher will executive produce with Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins. Ucp, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is the executive in charge for Fuzzy Door.
“We are thrilled to announce The Winds of War (and War and Remembrance) as the first of many projects we are developing with Fuzzy Door.
The Winds of War is the epic story of one American family’s turbulent voyage across the continents and across the years that spanned the Second World War.
Family Guy and The Orville creator MacFarlane and Fisher will executive produce with Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins. Ucp, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald is the executive in charge for Fuzzy Door.
“We are thrilled to announce The Winds of War (and War and Remembrance) as the first of many projects we are developing with Fuzzy Door.
- 8/12/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Seth MacFarlane is taking another major step in the ramp-up of his Fuzzy Door production company with the hire of veteran executive and producer Erica Huggins as President. Huggins is coming off a 14-year stint at Imagine Entertainment, the last five as President.
Huggins’ appointment comes two years after MacFarlane brought in the first high-level executive at Fuzzy Door, naming Jason Clark as President of Production and Business Development. Huggins will join Clark, who has been key to the company’s expansion over the last two years and serves as executive producer on The Orville and Cosmos series for Fox and The Long Road Home miniseries for National Geographic. Additional executives at Fuzzy Door include VP Alana Kleiman and creative executive Rachel Hargreaves-Heald.
In her new role, Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital.
“I’m excited to begin working with Erica...
Huggins’ appointment comes two years after MacFarlane brought in the first high-level executive at Fuzzy Door, naming Jason Clark as President of Production and Business Development. Huggins will join Clark, who has been key to the company’s expansion over the last two years and serves as executive producer on The Orville and Cosmos series for Fox and The Long Road Home miniseries for National Geographic. Additional executives at Fuzzy Door include VP Alana Kleiman and creative executive Rachel Hargreaves-Heald.
In her new role, Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital.
“I’m excited to begin working with Erica...
- 8/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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