Maz Jobrani Developing New Animated Comedy Inspired By His Life

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Maz Jobrani is developing an animated comedy series inspired by his upbringing as an Iranian-American immigrant in the United States with Curiosity Ink Media.

Deadline was the first to reveal information about the co-created series entitled Laugh on Lorb from Jobrani and Dustin Ellis centers on an aspiring teenage comic who is selected to introduce Oprah Winfrey at an appearance at his school. He is mistakenly kidnapped from the stage by alien Lorbs who believe he is Oprah, and then taken back to their planet to meet their princess. After learning that she is on a mission to bring emotion back to Lorb to save it from disaster, he agrees to channel his inner Oprah to help her and, through the eyes of a teenage Iranian immigrant, share his own insight, wit and philosophy of life while learning about comedy – and himself- along the way.

The co-creators will develop, direct, and write the series.

Our Take

As for landing spots, I don’t know if a broadcast television network would go for this. This is more of a streaming pitch for a network that wants to get more international exposure.

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