CBS All Access Sets Projects with Ridley Scott, Will Ferrell

CBS All Access has added three new series to its original programming slate, among them No Activity, an American adaptation from Will Ferrell of an Australian comedy.

Created by Mark Heyman (Black Swan, The Wrestler), Strange Angel is based on George Pendle’s book of the same name. The series, set in 1940s Los Angeles, explores the dramatic intersection between genius and madness, science and science fiction. It is about Jack Parsons, who by day helps birth the entirely unknown discipline of American rocketry, and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley. CBS Television Studios is producing in association with Scott Free Productions.

CBS All Access is working with Ferrell, Adam McKay and Funny Or Die on No Activity, marking the first original comedy for the VOD and live streaming service. Based on the Australian series produced by Jungle and broadcast by Stan, the series is set against the world of a major drug cartel bust. It follows two low-level cops who have spent far too much time in a car together, two criminals who are largely kept in the dark, two dispatch workers who haven’t really clicked, and two Mexican tunnelers who are in way too small a space considering they’ve only just met.

Also coming to the service is $1, a mystery/thriller set in a small rust belt town in post-recession America, where a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple murder. The series is created by Jason Mosberg.

“CBS All Access is dedicated to delivering inventive, premium original programming for our subscribers and creating opportunities for world-class content creators to find new, creative ways to tell stories,” said Marc DeBevoise, the president and COO of CBS Interactive. “The addition of Strange Angel, our first series based on a compelling and true story, No Activity, our first comedy series, and $1, an innovative thriller, builds on the tremendous momentum CBS All Access has generated in its first season of original programming with The Good Fight and the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery.”