The Afterparty (TV series)

The Afterparty is an American murder mystery comedy streaming television series created by Chris Miller that is set to premiere on Apple TV+.[1]

The Afterparty
Genre
Created byChris Miller
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerAudrey Lee
Production companies
Release
Original networkApple TV+

Premise

The series takes place at a high school reunion after party with each episode "a different character's perspective" of what happened that night.[2]

Cast

Production

Development

In 2013, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were attached to The Reunion, a comedy about a high school reunion.[3] The film was set-up at Sony Pictures and was to be produced by Lord, Miller (under their Lord Miller banner), Jonathan Kadin, and Hannah Minghella, and written and directed solely by Miller.[4] In 2014, Lord and Miller were still optimistic in making The Reunion while promoting The Lego Movie.[5]

On June 24, 2020, it was announced that Apple TV+ had given the production an eight-episode straight-to-series order. The series is created by Miller who is also the showrunner and is expected to executive produce alongside Lord while Audrey Lee is a producer. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Sony Pictures Television and TriStar Television.[6][1][7]

Casting

In November 2020, the cast was announced, including Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer and Dave Franco.[8]

Filming

On November 11, 2020, Chris Miller confirmed that filming for the series had officially begun on an Instagram post.[9]

References
  1. Andreeva, Nellie (June 24, 2020). "Apple Picks Up 'The Afterparty' Murder Mystery Comedy Series From Phil Lord & Chris Miller". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. Porter, Rick (June 24, 2020). "Phil Lord, Chris Miller Land Murder-Mystery Comedy at Apple". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. "Phil Lord And Chris Miller Will Make 'The Reunion' For Sony". We Got This Covered. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  4. Dave McNary (June 27, 2013). "'21 Jump Street' Directors, Sony Reunite on New Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  5. Mike Sampson (February 5, 2014). "Block Party: Talking 'The LEGO Movie' With Writer/Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller". Screen Crush. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  6. Otterson, Joe (June 24, 2020). "Chris Miller, Phil Lord Set Murder Mystery Comedy Series at Apple (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  7. Nakamura, Reid (June 24, 2020). "Lord and Miller Murder Mystery Comedy 'The Afterparty' Gets Series Order at Apple TV+". TheWrap. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  8. Petski, Denise (November 11, 2020). "Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao Among 9 Cast In Apple's 'The Afterparty'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. Miller, Chris [@chrizmillr] (November 11, 2020). "The Afterparty! Been working on this one for a decade. Now it's finally happening, with the best cast imaginable. @tiffanyhaddish @thesamrichardson @zchao @rejectedjokes @ikebarinholtz @ilana @jamiedemetriou @bejohnce Dave Franco and more!". Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Instagram.


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