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Anthony Kiedis will star and produce Hellicious based on the comic series by Mina Elwell, Alan C. Medina, Kit Wallis, and Simon Oré

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Another comic is being developed and coming to television. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis will star and executive produce a series based on Hellicious. The show is in development at TBS. Kiedis will executive produce it along with Bob Forrest and Ron Burkle.

Hellicious is a comic series by Mina Elwell, Alan C. Medina, Kit Wallis, and Simon Oré. It follows Cherry, the Devil’s precocious 7-year-old grandaughter. She steals the soul of a Heaven-bound rock icon Briggy Bundy (Kiedis role). They head to different realms in the afterlife evading those who want to get Briggy’s soul as well as Cherry’s mother.

Carly Craig will write and executive produce the project, with Oré also executive producing. Along with Kiedis, Burkle, and Forrest, Barry Josephson and D. Matt Geller of Josephson Entertainment will also executive produce.

Geller will oversee the project with Christian Bersani, Josephson Entertainment’s vice president of development. Bersani will also serve as co-producer and initially brought in the project. Patrick Munroe of Said and Done will oversee the project for that company and also co-produce.

(via Variety)

The Tick to Return to Television

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the tickRumors have been circulating since 2014, but Deadline is reporting in an exclusive that The Tick is indeed returning to television thanks to Netflix. The show will be returning after two previous stints on television 1994 for an animated series and 2001 for a live action version. It had previously been rumored to return with Amazon.

The series creator Ben Edlund is back as writer and executive producer and Barry Josephson will also be exec producer.

Griffin Newman will be playing Arthur, while Valorie Curry will be Arthur’s sister Dot. Patrick Warburton had previously played the Tick, and it has not been announced who will be taking on the role.

In this version, the Tick will be recovering from memory loss and will reteam with Arthur to fight evil. It’s unknown what other characters from the animated, live action, and comic series will appear.