Netflix ‘Blockbuster’ Comedy Series: Everything We Know So Far

Netflix alongside Universal Television are teaming up on a new comedy series called Blockbuster which documents the lives of the staff who work at the last remaining Blockbuster store in the United States. Then’s a rundown of everything we know so far about the new series that will be headlined by Randall Park.

We first reported on the design back in early November 2021 with it also being officially verified by Netflix on November 17th. The series, created by Vanessa Ramos, will be 10 30- nanosecond long occurrences.
In a press release to Deadline, Tracey Pakosta who serves as head of comedy at Netflix said “ This is eventually the story of a devoted group ofco-workers, with a lot of heart. And now with the ridiculous Randall Park subscribing on to play the lead, it’s a no brainer.”

Who’s behind Blockbuster on Netflix?

Vanessa Ramos is leading the design for Universal and Netflix. Ramos has an emotional capsule working as aco-producer on Superstore as well as serving as a pen on other NBC series similar as Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Crashing, and Kenan. She’s also served as a consulting patron on Netflix’s Big Mouth series Vanessa RamosAlso serving as pens on the series are David Caspe and Jackie Clarke. Caspe is most known for his work on Kenan and Black Monday but also served as a pen on the Adam Sandler film, That’s My Boy John Davis will serve as an administrative patron under his Davis Entertainment banner. David Entertainment worked on Shaft and Dolemite Is My Name for Netflix Jackie Clarke, David Caspe, John Fox and Vanessa Ramos will serve as administrative directors with Bridger Winegar and Robert Petrovic serving asco-executive directors.

What’s Blockbuster on Netflix going to be about?

According to multitudinous descriptions, we ’ve got a enough good idea of what we can anticipate from the show.

In a world of constantly available on- demand content, a group of nostalgic workers and their small- city community come together to try to save the last Blockbuster Video store in the world. The series explores what it takes – and more specifically who it takes – for a small business to succeed against all odds in a dying assiduity, in a dying strip boardwalk, in a dying city The show is similar to the likes of Superstore as well as Parks & Recreation and The Office all of which have been big successes for NBC The series will reportedly give an “ authentic experience” down memory lane with the product acquiring the rights to be suitable to use the sanctioned Blockbuster totem and store’s uniforms throughout the product.

• Randall Park (known for Wandavision, Always Be My Maybe, and Fresh Off the Boat) will play Timmy, one of the main leads who is described as a dreamer and a lover of movies.

• Connie is described as maternal and that she works in Blockbuster because of the friends she’s made there and certainly not the money.
• Carlos is a young male in his 20s and is described movie aficionado which leads him to come off as a snob.
• Hannah is a young girl in her 20s and described as a girl next door.
• Eliza is a headstrong female in her 40s.
• Kayla is the youngest of the main cast members who is described as stylish and too cool for school.

Netflix’s History with Blockbuster Video