Amplify Pictures Teams with Duplass Brothers Productions

Amplify Pictures and Duplass Brothers Productions have teamed up to produce the comedic crime thriller Sleep King.

“Jay and Mark Duplass are pioneers—few have done more to expand the possibilities of indie television,” said Amplify Pictures CEO Joe Lewis. “With Sleep King, Jay brings his singular voice as both writer and director to a series that’s hilarious, mysterious, heartfelt and fearless—the kind of commercial yet risky storytelling we built Amplify to support. We’re thrilled to be making this with Jay and James Lee Freeman, as well as Mark, Mel and the Duplass Brothers Productions team.”

Sleep King, which is being independently financed by Amplify, is written by James Lee Freeman and Jay Duplass, who will also direct.

The series is executive produced by Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen, Colin King Miller and Luke Esselen for Amplify Pictures and Jay and Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn for Duplass Brothers Productions. Shuli Harel is serving as a co-executive producer for Duplass Brothers Productions. Amplify Pictures is financing the series, with production set to begin in 2026.

Sleep King follows Mike “The King of Sleep” Chamberlain, the face of an Inland Empire mattress store chain, who is convinced that his high school girlfriend, recently declared dead, is alive. He dives headfirst into a mystery tangled in family betrayal, drugs, soft rock and mattress sales.

“We are thrilled to be getting into bed with Amplify on Sleep King,” Jay Duplass said. “Their no-nonsense, ‘make great stuff with great people’ approach is the dream for this very special project about crime, love and retail mattress sales.”