‘The Honeymooners’ Female-Driven Reboot In Works At CBS With Damon Wayans Jr. Executive Producing
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: A classic blue-collar comedy title from the CBS library is plotting a return. The network is developing The Honeymooners, a reimagining of the 1950s sitcom created by and starring Jackie Gleason.
The multi-camera project hails from Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow’s Two Shakes Entertainment and CBS Studios where the company has been based.Written by Lindsey Shockley (mixed-ish) and to be directed by Kelly Park (Country Comfort), The Honeymooners is described as a bold, female-driven reboot of the iconic working-class comedy centered around new wife, Ruth, and her husband, Alex, who are determined to have a marriage where they are true equals in every way.
But what happens when a marriage has two heads of the household? Are they co-heads? Or no head at all?Shockley and Park executive produce with Two Shakes Entertainment’s Wayans Jr.
and Tarlow.The original Honeymooners was based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason’s variety show.
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