Actor and comedy family scion, Damon Wayans Jr., has just been cast in TBS’ latest scripted comedy pilot Kill The Orange-Faced Bear. Also starring in the series are Jessy Hodges (Barry), Alex Karpovsky (Girls), and Nate Torrence (Hello Ladies). The pilot is scheduled to begin shooting in Portland in May. Wayans Star TBS Pilot Kill
Kill the Orange-Faced Bear is about one man’s epic revenge journey after a bear eats his girlfriend. Wayans Jr. plays Hank, the charming, funny and grieving man who’s hell-bent on tracking down the bear who attacked his girlfriend on a camping trip. The show follows Hank’s side of the story as well as the bear’s, who is just trying to move on from the incident and navigate the other idiot bears in her life.
Jessy Hodges plays Stacy, Hank’s late girlfriend, as well Jamie, her twin sister with a confusing secret. Alex Karpovsky is Ronnie, an oddball park ranger who has a score to settle with Hank. Nate Torrance is Murray, Hank’s best friend and boyfriend to Jamie, who is just trying to keep everyone together.
Wayans not only stars in the series, but also serves as executive producer. Executive producing alongside Wayans Jr. is series writer Chris Romanski (Blue Mountain State). Underground’s Trevor Engelson and Steven Fisher (Snowfall), Alex Karpovsky, and Jake Szymanski also serve as executive producers. Jake Szymanski (Funny or Die) is set to direct.
Damon Wayans Jr. comes from the legendary comedy family The Wayans. The actor is most known for his role on ABC’s Happy Endings, for which he was nominated for a NAACP Image Awards and Critic’s Choice Television Awards. Wayans Jr. has also starred on Fox’s The New Girl, the film Let’s Be Cops, and voiced the character Wasabi in Big Hero 6. He can currently be seen in the Netflix romantic comedy Love. Guaranteed.
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