Matt Silverstein & Dave Jeser Team With IDW On ‘Family Time’ Sci-Fi Comedy Series

EXCLUSIVE: IDW is teaming up with writing duo Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser (Drawn Together, Solar Opposites, Accidental Love) in a co-development deal. Under the pact, the team will develop and produce the sci-fi comedy, Family Time as a television series and original comic book property. The comic is scheduled for release next summer.

Writer James Asmus (Quantum and Woody, Survival Street, Gambit) and artist Edison Neo (Snake Claws, No-Brainer, Tights) are also attached to the project.

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“At IDW, we are perfectly poised to develop properties that live in the same universe, across various platforms,” said Nachie Marsham, Publisher, IDW. “We’re thrilled that our first Entertainment and Publishing co-development project is with Matt and Dave; their comedic talent is off-the-charts. We know their vast background, combined with IDW’s robust expertise, will produce great content, both in print and on-screen.”

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“Working in tandem with our colleagues at every level within our Entertainment and Publishing divisions brings a wealth of opportunities for writers, producers, and other creatives to develop projects across various verticals simultaneously,” said Paul Davidson, Executive Vice President IDW Entertainment. “It’s an ideal landscape for a creator’s vision to be realized.”

Silverstein and Jeser have been creating together for more than 20 years, first writing and producing segments for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers and Drawn Together, as well as Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Golan the Insatiable, and Solar Opposites.

“We couldn’t be more excited to be working with the entire IDW team, who are exquisitely talented, collaborative, and as charming as we are,” said Silverstein and Jeser. “We appreciate being given the opportunity to fail and we truly look forward to doing just that.”

Family Time falls within IDW’s recently announced slate of new original projects that include Dark Spaces: Wildfire, Trve Kvlt, Crashing, Earthdivers, Dead Seas, Golgotha Motor Mountain, Arca, The Sin Bin, and The Hunger and the Dusk.

The partnership also comes on the heels of IDW Entertainment announcing that it has inked six series development deals with Ánima Studios, Cartoon Network Studios, HBO Max, Universal Content Productions (UCP), Universal International Studios, and Warner Bros. Television to develop television series based on IDW Publishing and Top Shelf Productions (an imprint of IDW) graphic novels and comics.

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