Prepared to return to the barbershop? It’s been nearly a decade for the reason that final Barbershop film hit theaters, however now, Amazon Prime Video is bringing ahead a brand new story set on the planet of the beloved institution.
On Monday (Could 12), the streamer introduced at its annual upfront presentation that it has ordered to collection a brand new Barbershop collection, starring Jermaine Fowler within the lead as Travis “Trav” Porter, the grandson of the legendary barber who made Calvin’s such a vacation spot for brand spanking new ‘dos.
The outline for the collection reveals, “[Trav] endeavors to comply with within the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber on the iconic Calvin’s barbershop in Chicago. And whereas the barbers are new, the store stays simply as vigorous, the shoppers simply as argumentative, and the fades are nonetheless the dopest within the metropolis — as a result of at Calvin’s, the group comes collectively for far more than only a haircut.”
Marshall Todd serves as author and govt producer on the collection, and Max Searle is co-showrunner and govt producer.
In an announcement, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of tv, Vernon Sanders, mentioned of the information, “We’re thrilled to announce a brand new collection based mostly on the hilarious and revolutionary world of Barbershop for our international Prime Video prospects. The tv adaptation of this iconic movie franchise is in wonderful fingers with co-showrunners Max Searle and Marshall Todd. We couldn’t be happier with their collaboration and arduous work to convey Calvin’s Chicago-based barbershop to life for a brand new viewers on Prime Video.”
The collection comes from Hartbeat, Distinguished Productions, and State Road Photos and is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
The Barbershop present would be the sixth installment within the franchise. It first started within the 2002 comedy, centering on Ice Dice‘s Calvin as he inherited the barbershop from his father and, after promoting it to a mortgage shark, sought to reclaim his father’s legacy.
The second movie, 2004’s Barbershop 2: Again in Enterprise, picked up as Calvin and his workers handled in-fighting and competitors from the skin. In 2005, the spinoff movie Magnificence Store featured Queen Latifah as Gina Norris, a hairstylist and widow who moved from Chicago to Atlanta and tried to arrange her personal store within the South.
Additionally launched in 2005 was a short-lived TV collection known as Barbershop, which aired on Showtime. It featured Omar Gooding as Calvin Palmer Jr. and lasted only one season on the pay cable community.
After a decade of absence from screens, Barbershop: The Subsequent Minimize was launched in 2016 and was a direct sequel to Barbershop 2, following Cedric and Angie (Regina Corridor) as they ran the barbershop amid struggles with gang violence within the neighborhood.