EXCLUSIVE: Married couple Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita are dancing into the microseries space.
The pair are producing musical comedy series Theater Kids vs. Zombies for aTwist.
The series follows a group of scrappy theater kids who, when zombies attack their high school, realize that their only hope for survival is to put on the greatest musical of their lives. With humanity hanging in the balance, the students must sing, dance and fight their way through the apocalypse.
It stars Kadyn Kozminski, Jeff Lawless, Amanda Drewes, John Woods III and Danielle Judovits.
Modern Family star Ferguson will direct and will produce with Mikita, who is a producer on Broadway musical revival Cats: The Jellicle Ball. The creative team also includes choreographer Jamal Sims and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Shane McAnally.
Microseries studio aTwist, which will launch its platform later this summer, was founded by former President of Showtime Jana Winograde, who serves as CEO, former Chairman of NBCU Content and President of Warner Bros TV Susan Rovner, who is chief creative officer, and former ABC and WME chairman Lloyd Braun, who is executive chairman.
“Musical theater and zombies are our passion, so this is a no brainer,” said Ferguson and Mikita. “Thrilled to be bringing this silly, joyful, camp and fun microseries to life, or.. death with this incredible team.”
“Zombies vs. Theater Kids is exactly the kind of bold, original and joyfully unexpected storytelling we want to bring to aTwist,” added Rovner. “It takes the energy and spectacle of musical theater, throws it into the middle of a zombie apocalypse and brings together an extraordinary creative team led by Jesse, Justin, Jamal and Shane. The result is a wildly entertaining genre mashup that feels fresh, cinematic and made to keep audiences coming back for more.”
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