Earlier this year it was announced that HBO had put into development a Lorne Michaels-produced series called Brothers in Atlanta, a comedy written by and starring former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin as “struggling entertainers and best friends Langston (Riddle) and Moose (Salahuddin) trying to navigate relationships and life in the black mecca of Atlanta.†Today, Variety reports that the pay network has officially ordered Brothers in Atlanta to series, and as previously reported, Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith will have recurring roles, and Tim Story (Ride Along, Fantastic Four) will direct. Brothers in Atlanta marks Lorne Michaels’s very first series order at HBO.
HBO Orders Lorne Michaels-Produced ‘Brothers in Atlanta’ to Series
