Landmark studio group & michael rapaport team on original dramedy series ‘flagrant’

EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Studio Group has put in development _Flagrant,_ an original dramedy series with Michael Rapaport (_Atypical, White Famous)_ set to star and executive produce.  Peter

Hoare (_Standing Up, Falling Down, Down Under Cover_) and Pete Correale _(The Pete and Sebastian Show, Kevin Can Wait_) will serve as co-writers and showrunners.  The project is among the

first set at Landmark, co-funded by Chicken Soup For the Soul Entertainment and Cole Strategic Partners, following its launch last month. In _Flagrant,_ twenty years after he was caught

throwing a game and gambling on his own team, a disgraced college basketball player gets an unlikely shot at redemption. He fled Queens, NY decades ago to get away from the stigma of the

scandal, but he’s now asked to come home and fill in as coach for a currently-failing team, at the same school he famously sold down the river decades ago. Landmark CEO David Ozer and vice

president of development and production Tim Rouhana will also serve as executive producers. WATCH ON DEADLINE “This project is an incredible opportunity for Landmark to work with such an

amazing team of creatives to bring this unique new series to life,” said Ozer. “Michael is one of the best in the business whose solid career spans decades and continues to boom with sold

out venues for his stand-up tour and ever-growing social media footprint. I cannot be more excited to work with this great team on _Flagrant_ as one of the first projects under the Landmark

banner.” As previously announced, Landmark develops, produces, and distributes original content to sell to any network or platform, while also developing and producing content for Chicken

Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s recently acquired AVOD platform Crackle. Landmark controls all worldwide rights of its content and distributes through Chicken Soup for the Soul

Entertainment’s Screen Media division. “I am extremely excited to have the combined talents of Pete and Peter driving the series, and with their comedy pedigree, it is going to be a fun and

creative ride to realize this vision with them and the Landmark team,” added Rapaport. Rapaport stars as Doug Gardner in_ Atypical,_ which recently launched its third season on Netflix. He

also recurred on Showtime’s _White Famous._ Previous credits include a season-long arc in FX’s _Justified_ and a key role opposite Ed Burns in _Public Morals._ Hoare was a writer on CBS

sitcom_ Kevin Can Wait_ and also wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Billy Crystal-starring comedy film _Standing Up, Falling Down_, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival

and also penned upcoming feature _Down Under Cover,_ starring Tiffany Haddish and Chris Helmsworth. Correale was a writer on _Kevin Can Wait_ and co-hosts _The Pete and Sebastian Show_ on

Sirius XM. Rapaport and Hoare are repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Correale is managed by Jim Serpico.