EXCLUSIVE: Off Fairfax, described as a provocative popular culture conspiracy comedy, from Rell Battle (Roast Battle), brothers Yassir (The Gutter) and Isaiah Lester (Black-ish), and Stephen Curry and Erick Payton’s Unanimous Media, is in precedence growth at Amazon MGM Studios.
Created and written by Battle, Off Fairfax revolves round Quinn, who remains to be reeling from his mom’s disappearance 20 years earlier. Quinn leads a misfit group of native hood sleuths on hilarious missions, with every resolve kicking off the following episode’s investigation, till all of the puzzle items finally make them the reality about Quinn’s mom’s disappearance.
Yassir and Isaiah Lester function co-showrunners. Ingrid Escajeda (Griselda, Silo) govt produces by way of her Sugarwitch Productions with Curry and Peyton by way of Unanimous Media.
“Off Fairfax is a wild trip by the absurd, hilarious, and heartfelt corners of popular culture and thriller,” stated Peyton and Curry of Unanimous Media. “We’re excited to companion with Rell Battle, Yassir & Isaiah Lester, Ingrid Escajeda, and Amazon to deliver viewers into this world. At its core, it’s concerning the household you make and what occurs when a gaggle of lovable, misfit characters refuse to cease asking the large questions.”
Added Escajeda, “Off Fairfax is a type of true gems that mixes heartfelt themes with absurdist hilarity, and I can’t look forward to the world to see it. Rell is a real comedic expertise, as are Yassir and Isaiah, and we couldn’t ask for a greater companion than Unanimous Media on this trip.”
Battle’s credit embody Roast Battle, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Tow. He’s presently filming Season 2 of Sugar. Battle is repped by Paradigm, 3 Arts Leisure, Trey Witter, and Hansen Jacobson.
Yassir Lester wrote and co-directed 2024 comedy function The Gutter, starring Shameik Moore and Susan Sarandon. His different writing/producing credit embody HBO’s Women and Showtime’s Black Monday. He’s repped by UTA, OPE Companions and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark.
Isaiah Lester, whose writing credit embody Black-ish and The Tonight With Jimmy Fallon, is repped by CAA, Truhett Administration, and lawyer Melissa Fox.
Escajeda is repped by Echo Lake Administration and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP.
Curry and Peyton’s Unanimous Media is repped by WME, Yorn Levine, and Midnight Daybreak.
