EXCLUSIVE: BET has picked up Lot Patrol to series, a caller original drama mockumentary from Manny Halley Productions. The web touts that nan bid offers a “laugh-out-loud look astatine Hollywood from a position nan manufacture seldom lets you see.”
Lot Patrol follows a mismatched squad of eccentric information guards who patrol nan chaotic backlot of a awesome Hollywood studio, wherever they wrangle unhinged actors, rogue unit members, and their ain wildly dysfunctional individual lives.
Lot Patrol will prima DeRay Davis (21 Jump Street), Carl Anthony Payne (Martin), Tamera Kissen (White Men Can’t Jump), and Darius McCrary (Family Matters). The formed will besides see Skeet Carter, TK Kirkland, Alex Thomas, Nick Nervies, Dawn Raven, Iyana Halley, and G Thang.
The web notes that nan bid is “shot successful a sharp-witted mockumentary style, Lot Patrol blends absurd encounters, razor-sharp municipality humor, and unexpectedly heartfelt moments, offering a behind-the-scenes look astatine nan manufacture done nan eyes of those hardly holding it together.”
“Lot Patrol shines a ray connected nan group down nan scenes who support Hollywood running, told pinch humor, heart, and a spot of chaos,” shared Halley. “It’s a fresh, culturally rooted return connected nan industry, and we’re excited to partner pinch BET to bring this communicative to life.”
Erik White directs, pinch Ernest L. Dancy and Manny Halley serving arsenic main writers.
“Ultimately, Lot Patrol has been a testament to perseverance, talent, activity ethic, and nan value of building beardown relationships. Fast guardant from erstwhile I first began penning nan aviator section to now… Manny, nan team, and I are happy to beryllium bringing Lot Patrol to fruition for millions of viewers to bask and person a batch of really bully laughs,” Dancy said.