Sequence Co-Created and Government Produced by Peabody Award Winners
Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault (“American Vandal”)
Comedic Documentary-Type Sequence Will Discover the World of Esports
Via a Fictional League of Legends Staff’s Pursuit of a Championship
Sequence Produced by CBS Studios in Affiliation with Humorous Or Die
August 27, 2021 – Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, in the present day introduced a brand new sequence order for PLAYERS. From the Peabody Award-winning creators of “American Vandal,” Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, PLAYERS is a comedic documentary-style sequence that follows a fictional professional League of Legends esports staff, as they pursue their first championship after years of shut calls and heartache. To win all of it, they are going to want their prodigy, a 17-year-old rookie, and their 27-year-old veteran to place their egos apart and work collectively.
PLAYERS, produced by CBS Studios in affiliation with Humorous Or Die, reunites the Peabody Award-winning producing staff behind Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda’s critically acclaimed freshman sequence “American Vandal.” Along with co-creating and government producing alongside Perrault, Yacenda may also direct. Humorous Or Die’s Joe Farrell and Mike Farah additionally function government producers alongside Tim McAuliffe, Riot Video games, 3Arts’ Ari Lubet and Brillstein Leisure Companions’ Todd Sellers.
Riot Video games’ “League of Legends” is the most-played PC sport on this planet and generates billions of hours of gameplay per yr. League of Legends can be the biggest esport on the planet, with the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Finals producing a record-breaking 23.04 million common minute viewers.
PLAYERS joins Paramount+’s rising comedic slate which incorporates iCARLY, NO ACTIVITY, FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, the darkish dramedy WHY WOMEN KILL, and animated grownup comedies STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS and STEPHEN COLBERT PRESENTS TOONING OUT THE NEWS. Different upcoming comedy sequence embody animated sequence THE HARPER HOUSE and extra to be introduced.