Blockbuster is an American workplace comedy television series created by Vanessa Ramos, who also serves as showrunner and is executive producer. Based upon the Blockbuster brand, the series is set in the last Blockbuster Video store and explores what, and who, it takes for a small business to succeed. The series premiered on Netflix on November 3, 2022 and stars Randall Park as Timmy, the manager of the Blockbuster Video store.Originally, the series was pitched to executives at NBC; however, they were not interested in green-lighting the series. Universal Television began shopping the series to other networks eventually gaining approval from Netflix; Randall Park was then cast in the lead role.Blockbuster Season 1 Download
[8] Netflix had previously acquired streaming rights to 1091 Pictures’ 2020 documentary film The Last Blockbuster.[9]Netflix officially announced the series on November 17, 2021. The series is created by Vanessa Ramos who previously worked on shows such as Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Along with the series announcement it was confirmed that the series will be produced by Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.[1] It was also announced that David Caspe and Jackie Clarke would be serving as writers on the series, and John Davis would serve as an executive producer under Davis Entertainment. Clarke, Caspe, John Fox and Ramos will serve as executive producers with Bridger Winegar and Robert Petrovic serving as co-executive producers.[2] In February 2022, Deadline Hollywood reported that Payman Benz would be directing four episodes of the series including the pilot. Benz will also serve as an executive producer for those four episodes.[10] In addition, Aleysa Young and Katie Locke O’Brien will serve as directors in the first season in addition to Benz.[7] Rick Page serves as cinematographer for the series.[11]With the announcement of the series in November 2021, Randall Park joined the cast as a character named Timmy, who is described as a dreamer and a lover of movies, per Deadline Hollywood.[1][2] In February 2022, Melissa Fumero was cast as a character named Eliza who is described as a mother whose marriage to her high school sweetheart is on thin ice, per Hollywood Reporter.