Ice Cube is attached to star and will executive produce alongside his partner Jeff Kwatinetz through his Cube Vision production company.
MTV Studios is reviving another classic MTV series, “Celebrity Deathmatch.” The recently launched studio is developing a reimagined version of the cult-favorite claymation stop-motion satire that skewered celebrities, politicians and everyone in between during its famed original 1998-2002 run. Ice Cube is attached to star and will executive produce alongside his partner Jeff Kwatinetz through his Cube Vision production company. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce as well, with additional showrunners and talent to be named shortly.
The all-new “Celebrity Deathmatch” will be shopped as a weekly series to premium and streaming networks in 2019. The show is the first step in a plan for reinventing the franchise across consumer products, gaming, theatrical and more.
MTV in June announced the creation of MTV Studios with exploiting library IP as a main goal and an initial slate that included a reimagining of MTV’s animated comedy “Daria, ” an update of the unscripted series “Made” as well as a live-action remake of animated sci-fi series “Aeon Flux” and a return of the network’s reality series “The Real World, ” largely for digital platforms.
