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Based on a True Story (TV series)

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Based on a True Story
GenreComedy thriller
Created by
Written byCraig Rosenberg
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
Release
Original networkPeacock

Based on a True Story is an upcoming American comedy thriller created by Craig Rosenberg and Jason Bateman, and will star Kaley Cuoco. The series is set to premiere on Peacock.[1][2]

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Comedy thriller

Comedy thriller

Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers.

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman

Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor, director and producer known for his roles of Michael Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development and of Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022). He has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2017 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005). Thereafter, Cuoco voiced Brandy Harrington on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006) and appeared as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the television series Charmed (2005–2006). She later starred as Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and received a Satellite Award, a Critics' Choice Award, and two People's Choice Awards for the role. Since 2020, Cuoco has starred in and served as executive producer for the HBO Max comedic thriller The Flight Attendant, which received widespread critical acclaim. For this performance, she has received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics' Choice Awards.

Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by the Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Named after the NBC logo, the service launched on July 15, 2020. The service primarily features series and film content from NBCUniversal studios and other third-party content providers, including television series, films, news, and sports programming. The service is available in a free ad-supported version with limited content, while premium tiers include a larger content library and access to additional NBC Sports, Hallmark Channel, and WWE content.

Cast

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Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005). Thereafter, Cuoco voiced Brandy Harrington on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006) and appeared as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the television series Charmed (2005–2006). She later starred as Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and received a Satellite Award, a Critics' Choice Award, and two People's Choice Awards for the role. Since 2020, Cuoco has starred in and served as executive producer for the HBO Max comedic thriller The Flight Attendant, which received widespread critical acclaim. For this performance, she has received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics' Choice Awards.

Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Christopher Messina is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the Fox/Hulu romantic comedy series The Mindy Project (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

Tom Bateman (actor)

Tom Bateman (actor)

Thomas Jonathan Bateman is a British actor, best known for his roles on the historical fantasy drama series Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015), and in the film Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and its sequel Death on the Nile (2022).

Liana Liberato

Liana Liberato

Liana Daine Liberato is an American actress. She played the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film The Best of Me and starred in the drama films The Last Sin Eater (2007) and Trust (2010), the thriller films Trespass (2011) and Erased (2012), and the horrors Haunt (2013) and The Beach House (2019). In 2017, she was part of the ensemble cast of the drama Novitiate and in 2018 she starred in the comedy Banana Split.

Priscilla Quintana

Priscilla Quintana

Priscilla Ann Quintana is an American actress and model. Quintana stars in The CW science fiction series Pandora as Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou, and has the recurring role of Isabella on Freeform's Good Trouble.

Natalia Dyer

Natalia Dyer

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Aisha Alfa

Aisha Alfa

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Annabelle Dexter-Jones

Annabelle Dexter-Jones

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Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li

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Production

In April 2022, it was announced that Peacock had given a straight-to-series order to a comedy thriller series created by Craig Rosenberg and Jason Bateman.[1] In August, it was announced that Kaley Cuoco had joined the main cast as a realtor, Ava Bartlett.[2] In October, it was announced that Chris Messina had been cast as Nathan, the husband of Ava,[3] with additional casting including Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, Priscilla Quintana, Natalia Dyer and Li Jun Li announced the following month.[4][5]

The series will be executive produced by Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan through Aggregate Films, and Craig Rosenberg. Roxie Rodriguez will serves as co-executive producer for Aggregate Films.[1] Production companies for the series include Aggregate Films and Universal Content Productions.[1]

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Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by the Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Named after the NBC logo, the service launched on July 15, 2020. The service primarily features series and film content from NBCUniversal studios and other third-party content providers, including television series, films, news, and sports programming. The service is available in a free ad-supported version with limited content, while premium tiers include a larger content library and access to additional NBC Sports, Hallmark Channel, and WWE content.

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman

Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor, director and producer known for his roles of Michael Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development and of Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022). He has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2017 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005). Thereafter, Cuoco voiced Brandy Harrington on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006) and appeared as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the television series Charmed (2005–2006). She later starred as Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and received a Satellite Award, a Critics' Choice Award, and two People's Choice Awards for the role. Since 2020, Cuoco has starred in and served as executive producer for the HBO Max comedic thriller The Flight Attendant, which received widespread critical acclaim. For this performance, she has received nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Critics' Choice Awards.

Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Christopher Messina is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the Fox/Hulu romantic comedy series The Mindy Project (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

Tom Bateman (actor)

Tom Bateman (actor)

Thomas Jonathan Bateman is a British actor, best known for his roles on the historical fantasy drama series Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015), and in the film Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and its sequel Death on the Nile (2022).

Liana Liberato

Liana Liberato

Liana Daine Liberato is an American actress. She played the younger version of the female lead in the 2014 film The Best of Me and starred in the drama films The Last Sin Eater (2007) and Trust (2010), the thriller films Trespass (2011) and Erased (2012), and the horrors Haunt (2013) and The Beach House (2019). In 2017, she was part of the ensemble cast of the drama Novitiate and in 2018 she starred in the comedy Banana Split.

Priscilla Quintana

Priscilla Quintana

Priscilla Ann Quintana is an American actress and model. Quintana stars in The CW science fiction series Pandora as Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou, and has the recurring role of Isabella on Freeform's Good Trouble.

Natalia Dyer

Natalia Dyer

Natalia Danielle Dyer is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things (2016–present). She has also appeared in the films Yes, God, Yes (2019), Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), and Things Heard & Seen (2021).

Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li is an American actress, known for her roles as Iris Chang in the ABC series Quantico, Rose Cooper in the Fox series The Exorcist, Jenny Wah in the Netflix series Wu Assassins and Lady Fay Zhu in the period drama Babylon (2022).

Michael Costigan (film producer)

Michael Costigan (film producer)

Michael Costigan is a film and television producer.

Aggregate Films

Aggregate Films

Aggregate Films is an American motion picture production company founded by actor Jason Bateman. The company currently has a first-look deal with Netflix to generate film and television projects. It previously had a two-year first-look producing deal with Universal Pictures. Bateman hired Jim Garavente to run the company. In 2015, Bateman brought on Aaron Schmidt as the Co-head of Development.

Universal Content Productions

Universal Content Productions

Universal Content Productions (UCP) is an American television production company operating within the Universal Studio Group division of NBCUniversal.

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References
  1. ^ a b c d White, Peter (April 11, 2022). "'Based On A True Story' Comedy Thriller From Craig Rosenberg & Jason Bateman Lands Straight-To-Series Order At Peacock". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (August 8, 2022). "Kaley Cuoco To Star In 'Based On A True Story' Peacock Comedic Thriller Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 7, 2022). "Chris Messina To Star In 'Based On A True Story' Peacock Comedic Thriller Series, Joining Kaley Cuoco". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  4. ^ Otterson, Joe (March 21, 2023). "Peacock Series Based on a True Story Adds Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, Priscilla Quintana to Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. ^ Otterson, Joe (March 21, 2023). "Stranger Things Star Natalia Dyer, Industrys' Alex Alomar Akpobome Among Five Cast in Peacock Series Based on a True Story (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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