Brooklyn Nine-Nine alumna Melissa Fumero is set as the female lead opposite Randall Park in Blockbuster, Netflix’s upcoming single-camera workplace comedy.Blockbuster, from Universal Television, is a 10-episode ensemble comedy that takes place in the last Blockbuster Video in America.
It explores what it takes – and more specifically who it takes – for a small business to succeed against all odds.Fumero will play Eliza, a dedicated mother whose marriage to her high school sweetheart is on the rocks.
She left Harvard after one semester to start a family and now works at Blockbuster alongside Timmy (Park) as his trusty number two…and maybe more.The series is created by Vanessa Ramos, with David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers/executive producers.
John Davis and John Fox executive produce for Davis Entertainment. Payman Benz will direct and co-executive produce four episodes, including the pilot.Fumero is segueing to Blockbuster from another single-camera workplace comedy series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, on which Ramos did a stint as a writer-producer and Benz as an episodic director.
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