Netflix Orders Its First Pilot Episode for Samara Weaving Comedy

Netflix has notoriously carried out a straight-to-series mannequin for many of its content material, however in keeping with a current report from Deadline, the streamer is ordering a pilot for a comedy sequence starring Samara Weaving.

The sequence, titled Little Sky, shall be a single-camera comedy starring and government produced by Weaving (Scream VI, Prepared or Not). In response to the report, Netflix has ordered a pilot for the venture from creator Rightor Doyle (Down Low), who can even direct the venture.

The report additionally mentions that the transfer is just not a part of a broader change at Netflix, however as a substitute particularly for this sequence. Per Deadline, executives at Netflix are excessive on the venture, however needed to see what the tone and chemistry of its forged would seem like first earlier than shifting ahead.

The sequence will observe Weaving’s character Penelope Paul Porter as she tries to comprehend her dream of being a revered on-air information reporter. “When she receives an nameless tip that the Mayor of Little Sky is lacking, she is aware of it’s her probability to lastly show herself,” reads the synopsis of the sequence. “Arriving within the spooky, distant city of Little Sky, she senses she’s on to a giant story – however little does she know she’s stumbled upon one thing a lot darker than she may have ever imagined.”