Netflix Picks Up Dramedy Series AWOL From Craig Rowin
Craig Rowin will write the hour-long series, with John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein executive producing through GoldDay Productions.
Netflix has acquired the hour-long dramedy series package AWOL in a competitive situation and put it into development, according to Deadline. Craig Rowin will write the series.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein will executive produce through GoldDay Productions, with Sara Smith of GoldDay overseeing the project. Deal terms were not disclosed, and no plot details for AWOL have been revealed.
Rowin was most recently a co-executive producer on Apple's upcoming series The Off Weeks, starring Ben Stiller and Jessica Chastain, and previously held the same role on Apple's Chris O'Dowd comedy The Big Door Prize. His other credits include HBO Max's Search Party, ABC's Bless This Mess, Netflix's Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later and Hulu's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog election specials.
Daley and Goldstein are currently developing the next Star Trek film for Paramount, which they will direct and produce from their own script. Their Mayday, a Cold War buddy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, released on Apple TV in September and became their biggest-ever film debut.
The pair recently attached to direct Renegades, a Sony action-thriller based on a short story by Will Simmons. They previously directed Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Game Night and the Vacation reboot, and wrote on Spider-Man: Homecoming, Vacation Friends, Horrible Bosses and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Quick answers
Who is writing AWOL for Netflix?
Craig Rowin will write the hour-long dramedy series.
Who is executive producing AWOL?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein will executive produce through GoldDay Productions, with Sara Smith overseeing the project.
What is AWOL about?
The plot of AWOL has not been revealed.