EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has acquired The islandan argument of the comedy classified r based on an idea of the old Daily show Hoste Trevor Noah, recruiting Neighbors Scribe Andrew Jay Cohen to adapt the scenario.
The island Tell the story of two polar opposites – a successful alpha businesswoman and a dedicated dedicated high school teacher, who are the only survivors of a plane crash on a desert island and have to count on each other to stay alive. Sources have said that the cocovated lock inspired Noah’s idea.
While the sources have indicated that The island has been in Paramount for some time, we are told that Cohen only signed to adapt the script earlier this year. Noah will produce alongside Sanaz Yamin in the first Day Zero Productions agreement with the studio. Norman Aladjem will also produce for Mainstay Entertainment, with Rebekah Cheyne and Derek van Pelt execution.
A comic multi-hyphenate better known for accommodation The Daily Show On Comedy Central from 2015 to 2022, Noah has since executed MSNBC docuseries The turning point And organized the Grammys three times more, bringing his count to five. He released the special Netflix comedy nominated at Emmy and Golden Globe Trevor Noah: Where was I in 2023. Currently host the weekly spotify podcast What now? With Trevor NoahWhere he brings celebrities, opinion leaders, athletes and friends to discuss contemporary subjects in the mind of everyone, he is taken up by the CAA, the main entertainment and Hanson, Jacobsen, Teller.
Cohen a co-written and Exec has produced Universal Neighbors Comedies, with Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron, and also co-written the Comédie Fox Mike and Dave need wedding datesWith Efron and Adam DEVINE. Also known for writing and making Warner Bros comedy The houseWith Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, he was taken over by Aaron Brown in Avalon and Jeff Endlich in Yorn Levine.
