{"id":23713,"date":"2025-10-24T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amplify-pictures-teams-with-duplass-brothers-productions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:42:48","slug":"amplify-pictures-teams-with-duplass-brothers-productions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amplify-pictures-teams-with-duplass-brothers-productions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amplify Pictures Teams with Duplass Brothers Productions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amplify Pictures and Duplass Brothers Productions have teamed up to produce the comedic crime thriller <em>Sleep King<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJay and Mark Duplass are pioneers\u2014few have done more to expand the possibilities of indie television,\u201d said Amplify Pictures CEO Joe Lewis. \u201cWith <em>Sleep King<\/em>, Jay brings his singular voice as both writer and director to a series that\u2019s hilarious, mysterious, heartfelt and fearless\u2014the kind of commercial yet risky storytelling we built Amplify to support. We\u2019re thrilled to be making this with Jay and James Lee Freeman, as well as Mark, Mel and the Duplass Brothers Productions team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Sleep King<\/em>, which is being independently financed by Amplify, is written by James Lee Freeman and Jay Duplass, who will also direct.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sleep King<\/em> follows Mike \u201cThe King of Sleep\u201d Chamberlain, the face of an Inland Empire mattress store chain, who is convinced that his high school girlfriend, recently declared dead, is alive. 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