George wallace, Former Governor of Alabama

Los Angeles, April 3 Hollywood star Will Smith is set to host and executive produce a 16-episode stand-up comedy series called "This Joka".The series will showcase upcoming and established comed, and feature a blend of stand-up sets, one-on-one conversations between Smith and the comics and documentary footage from backstage and around Las Vegas.The comed featured on the show are Baron Vaughn, Megan Gailey, Punkie Johnson, Sean Patton, Rosebud Baker, Shane Torres, Clayton English, Christi Chiello, Vanessa Gonzalez, Martin Urbano, Sam Tallent, David Gborie, Jackie Fabulous, Chris Estrada, Rell Battle and Daphnique Springs. George Wallace, Demi Adejuyigbe and Shawn Wasabi will make "special appearances".The project comes from Smith's Westbrook Studios and Topgolf Entertainment Group. The latter's Las Vegas outlet will serve as one of the locations for the show, reports hollywoodreporter.com."Will's love and respect for stand-up comedy runs deep, and with this series on Quibi, we hope to discover, learn from and uplift the next generation of diverse comedic talent. The goal of 'This Joka' isn't just to laugh but to find the universal human truths behind the laughter," said Terence Carter, co-president of Westbrook Studios.Smith and Carter are executive producing "This Joka" with Miguel Melendez, Brad Haugen, Lukas Kaiser, Erik Anderson, Chad Nelson and YuChiang Cheng. Lance Bangs is on board to direct. Smith will back the show for the short-form streaming service Quibi.( With inputs from IANS )

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

George WallaceFOLLOW

George wallace, Latest News

International :Obama condemns US govt's response to peaceful demonstrations

Former US President Barack Obama on Thursday (local time) took aim at the Trump administration for sending federal agents to use "tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators." ...

Entertainment :Will Smith to host, executive produce 16-episode stand-up comedy series

Hollywood star Will Smith is set to host and executive produce a 16-episode stand-up comedy series called "This Joka". ...