Mike Epps Developing NEW ‘My Father’s Son’ Comedy Series At Netflix

Mike Eb set for My Father's Son comedy series in development at Netflix. >> Now, I know that you are a fan of this brother right here, correct? >> No. Oh my god, I can't stand that [ __ ] >> You're lying. >> Excuse my French negro. >> That's okay. You're okay. I don't believe you. Are you putting my >> I'm serious. I'm gonna tell you why. Why are you You're serious serious? What's up? >> I'm serious. I don't like him. >> Oh snap. Okay, let let us have it. >> I don't watch his movies. I don't watch anything he does. When he's in it, I turn it off. Cuz >> why? >> I was I was years ago, as you know, I used to work in the industry. I was photographer and I used to work in the industry and I was I was at a uh I was at a club. There was I don't remember it was some sort of party there or some sort of industry party I was there shooting and I was up near a VIP section. And so he he comes in and goes over to the VIP section where I was at. I was there with some all the other big celebrity folks. And he sits down and this young lady, she's probably in her, you know, early 20s, very beautiful young woman, super excited. She was, I don't know, maybe, you know, she must she probably wasn't from LA. Most people from LA don't get starruck like that. Most of us are used to seeing enough celebrities around, whether it was at the gas station, the grocery store, whatever. Most of us don't get starruck. She got a little star struck. She was like, "Oh my god, blah blah blah." And she ran over to him and wanted to say hi and and he was just he literally was just he picked up a bottle and bow and smashed it over her head. And this chick fell down. She was bleeding and his and his people got him up and rushed him up out of there and she was up there and just bleeding and they ended up having to call people and I it was one of those days where it really just changed the way that I saw Hollywood because I saw all those people around there and nobody really wanted to help her. They were just like, "You're causing a problem for the party. You're sitting over here after this dude hit you over the freaking head with a bottle and you're bleeding and you're the problem. And >> I'm muted. Let me ask you this. Was he arrested? Was he charged for this, Larry? >> I never heard anything about him being charged for anything. >> And And how long ago was this? >> Oh, this was this was decades ago. This was 20 years ago. >> Okay. >> When I was still living in LA. >> We're gonna put a pin in that because I I want to Google that cuz that's that's atrocious. I mean, I don't know if you'll ever see it. That That's the thing, though. When you like, >> well, >> I know. I'm not Don't get me I'm not trying to discount anything that you've done, but when you if you ever move to LA and you live in LA and you were working amongst these folks and maybe it's a little different now because the industry has sort of changed a little bit, but I don't think too much. But when you're around all these folks and and you're going to these parties and you're in different places and stuff where they feel comfortable cuz you see and hear a lot of stuff that you know is just not normal. >> And I'm >> and it doesn't all get reported. It doesn't all get this was preocial media days. So this was not like this happened and somebody's up there with a cell phone taking videos and it gets posted and people are talking about it. It's just stuff dis stuff happened and disappeared like back then. >> Yeah. Um I'm I'm going to definitely look into that. Do me a favor though. Check out your DM and the the private chat for me if you don't mind. >> Um but let me that that's interesting. I'm not trying to dismiss what you're saying. Um but this is the next topic right here. Mike Eb set for My Father's Son comedy series in development at Netflix. And I'm laughing because I already know your answer. not looking forward to this, but you know, [laughter] I I am. They have the exclusive. Uh Mike eps, one of Netflix's most popular standups and star of his sitcom, The Upshaws, which I did not get a chance to watch, is expanding his relationship with the streamer via My Father Son, a new comedy series he'll star in and executive produce. Sources tell Deadline. Reps for Netflix declined to comment. We're told this is a father-son story inspired by the life of Chris comedian CP Powell, the rising standup. Excuse me, I'm so sorry. From Detroit. Plot details are being kept under wraps. I'm sorry about that, y'all. Um, EP's executive producers alongside his producing partner Niles Kitner, Bob Tito, and State Street, and Maurice Williams, Intergalactic. I still haven't seen that. Who will also serve as a as writer showrunner. Doug Banker is also abro abroad to aboard to exec produce via five all in the fifth as are Trevor Inglesen of Underground and comedian CP. Why am I reading like I learned yesterday? The history surrounded this project is interesting as it's now going through its third round of development. Is that good or bad? Initially, it was set up as a liveaction show for HBO Max before moving to Netflix for development as an animated series. What the hell? The current iteration is for live action. Okay. Okay. Okay. Uh currently on his Weim them ones, you know, y'all can read on about that. Um because they're just talking about his past uh numbers and relationships with Netflix. Um I like Mike Eps. Um I never heard of him hitting women on the head with bottles, but that's awful if that's true. Um of course we know him from Friday. He had a brief cameo in The Hangover. Uh brief cameos in Resident Evil. Um are you watching the Varnell Hill Show that came out this year? That spin-off for Martin? >> I heard nothing. >> I didn't know it was out yet. I knew it was coming, but I didn't know if it was out yet. >> I' I've heard nothing but bad things about it. Um >> Oh, yeah. I just, you know. Hey, uh he was also in Trouble, Man. Uh Me and Lamont did a review for that. That's on my channel, uh as well. Uh, Madame Webb, I forgot he was in that piece of crap. Um, The House Next Door, Meet the Blacks, Too. I I mean, he I he's I mean, I'm not like a diehard Mike EPS fan, but he's funny to me. I'm entertained by him. I've never just been turned off. Um, so I'm into it, but I think it's safe to say that you're not looking forward to it. >> No, I'm not wi I'm not looking forward to it. I'm not going to wish him ill because, you know, I mean, it seems like he's out there trying to do a few things for, you know, for uh black folks and I'm and I'm I'm cool with that. I like black folks helping other black folks. So, you know, do your thing. But I Yeah, I'm not a I'm not a fan of his. I don't really support his work like that. There's a few people like that. I don't support his work. I don't like Neam Le. I don't I don't watch anything [laughter] he does ever, you know, after he talks about roaming around the cities looking to kill a black man because he was upset because somebody hurt one of his family members or something. I'm just like, that could have been me. I could have been in the street that day and you could have found me. So, I I don't mess with him. I don't mess with Cynthia Irvo either. Those three, they can they can all kick rocks. I don't I don't mess with them, >> you know. >> Hey, man. I I hear you, man. I hear you. But, uh I'm wishing you the best, Mike Eps. Uh, Larry does not wish you any ill. He's not a fan. And that that's okay. Everybody's not a fan of everybody. But you guys let us know what y'all think about this. Um, are you going to be checking out My Father Son comedy series on Netflix? Are you a fan of Mike Eps? Have you heard of him beating women over the head with bottles? Um, I'm not trying to make a joke of it. I'm being serious because that's that's not funny. Um, but I'm going to look into that. But y'all let us know down in that comment section below. Uh now hopefully this next one here um will be something that you are into. Danielle Deadweiler uh before that that's who's involved. Before she uh before we got the casting of Storm, I wanted her to be Storm in the MCU. Uh I >> uh I thought she would be perfect. If we look at her filmography, um she did Te which came out in 2022. That movie was amazing. I have a review for it on my channel. I cried my eyeballs out. Uh she also did The Harder They Fall as Cuffy that came out in 2021 on Netflix. And um she's doing she's filming right now the XFiles reboot with Ryan Cougler and Proximity Media. Um I did not finish Euphoria, so I didn't know that know she was in there. I did not see Woman in the Yard because um I'm a Scaredycat. I did see car I did see Carry On. That was great. I saw 40 Acres, that was amazing as well. And the piano lessons, which was good, too. All of those that I've seen her in, she is fire. She is a fantastic actress. So, anything that this sister is going to be a part of, I don't care what it is, I'm tuning in. And so, that's what we have right here. Danielle Deweiler, uh, Ella Bey, uh, Ike Barren Holtz, Connor Story, and more confirmed for focus features, the bell jar as production rap, latest rap production. I've never heard of the bell jar and I don't know who all these other people are just to be transparent. Only reason I'm interested in this is because of her. Focus features has rap production on this adaptation of the classic civia pla novel the bell jar starring all of these people right here. Uh they reported on this uh on beying and final tonk story had been heavily rumored to be part of the cast. The only novel pinned by American writer and poet Plav, The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical work charting a young woman's descent into mental illness uh and the burden of societal pressures. Originally published in 1963, the book parallel Plav's own experiences with depression. The writer tragically died by suicide just a month after the novel's first UK publication. In the US, the book became an instant bestseller and has since been translated into more than 40 languages with millions of copies sold worldwide. So, I think it's safe to say that um it's pretty popular novel. The Belraw makes 10 time Grammy winner uh Illicious featured acting debut. She plays the lead Oh, thank you. Uh she plays the lead role of Esther Greenwood with Mulligan as Mrs. Greenwood, Dead Waller as Dr. Nolan uh Haka Hako as Buddy Willard Taylor blah blah blah. Um and then this is more about representation right here. Um Larry, does this peique your interest? Are you familiar with the Bell Jar? Are you a fan of Danielle Deetweiler? Uh let us know, sir. Where you at? Where you >> Yeah, I'm a fan of hers. I'm not real I'm not familiar with the book. I've heard of the book, but I'm not familiar with it. I haven't read it. Um, you know, the whole sometimes I sometimes I get a little leerary about some of these books where they and and adaptations and such where they talk about uh mental illness and and suicide and all this stuff because sometimes I I think that it becomes a fine line between glorifying mental illness and and bringing awareness to it. And I think sometimes maybe sometimes in an attempt to bring awareness, they end up glorifying it. And I think a lot of these young kids nowadays, they look at it as it's something cool, you know, like, oh, I can do whatever I want because I have a I have a diagnosis of this or that or I can act chaotic with no consequences because I have a diagnosis of this, you know? And I think it's I think you have to be real careful with that because it's just you end up with you end up with people growing up in this sort of alternate reality until they get out of their parents' house and realize they're in the real world and and people don't care what ailment you have, you know, and you see that in in some respect. You see that in these videos online with somebody some people in the in a store crashing out because they don't have some flavor of of Kool-Aid they want or they don't have the color lipstick they want and they start crashing out and falling on the floor and then the next thing you know they get arrested or they get beat up or something. I just all this stuff I mean I mean don't get me wrong it's not like I don't think they should talk about mental illness and and bring awareness to I just think sometimes some of these books and movies and such, they I feel like sometimes they glorify it instead of bringing awareness to it. And I think that's a dangerous thing because these young people today, they get out there and they emulate it or they start embracing it and it just it's the consequences are pretty grave, you know. Um, are you gonna are you going to check it out or no? >> No, I'll check it out. It's probably I'll probably wait till it's on Netflix or something or HBO Max. I doubt I'll go to the theater to see that. >> Cool. Cool. Well, I'm rooting for you, Danielle. Let us know, guys, if you are rooting for Danielle as well. I am 100%. Uh, interesting pers perspective, Larry. But, um, yeah, y'all let us know um your thoughts down uh in that in that comment section. In that comment section. >> It's going to be a huge movie, though. If you have Billy Isish in there, >> this is true. The these are facts. Now, >> I mean, her her crew is deep. I mean, you talk about people like Swifties and and and the Beehive and all those stuff. Billy Isish has that whole sort of female emo crew or whatever they are call themselves. They are some they are some loyal folk.