Tracy Morgan and Jordan Peele Team Up For FX Ex Con Pilot
Fresh off his successful stint on Comedy Central’s Key and Peele, Jordan Peele is joining Morgan and John Carcieri to write the as of now unnamed pilot. Nick Grad, President of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, said in a statement. “We’ve been committed to Tracy from the start and are thrilled that Jordan, John, Eric and Joel are joining him in developing this new project.”
The collaboration – Morgan’s first foray into a series since his devastating car crash eighteen months ago- centers on a career criminal who is released from prison after 15 years, hoping to reintegrate into a society that long ago left him behind. Now a man whose only expertise is making grilled cheese with an iron must navigate a modern world of political correctness, the Internet and self-driving cars. The premise seems to mirror Morgan’s own journey of re-entering life after facing his own hardship. With a crew of capable writers and real life experience with the trials of reacclimation to draw from, this seems like the perfect platform for Morgan to step confidently back into the limelight.
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