So the rumor of a very strange sort of pairing in the TV world is actually true! Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher are teaming up to create a series for ABC. It may or may not be a cross between Punk'd, ANTM and Crowned. In other words, a little slice of heaven! I can't wait to figure out which waifish Russian model who thinks her car is being repossessed while she is inside the theater doing a jazzersize routine with her mom, to root for! Hollywood Reporter has the scoop:
The as-yet-untitled project will feature contestants competing in a beauty pageant. Naturally there's a twist, but the network has requested that the concept remain under wraps because the show hasn't started production.
ABC has ordered eight episodes from Banks' Bankable Prods., Kutcher and Jason Goldberg's Katalyst and Warner Horizon where Banks has a deal.
Kutcher and Banks, repped by Endeavor, have found success producing unscripted projects. Kutcher is behind MTV's "Punk'd" and the CW's "Beauty and the Geek," and Banks executive produces the CW's top-rated "America's Next Top Model" as well as an upcoming CW project in which contestants compete to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine.
Also, the Style Network said Tuesday that it has acquired the rights to Kutcher's hidden-camera comedy series "The Real Wedding Crashers." The show had a short-lived run last year on NBC and is produced by Katalyst Films and New Line Television.
