American VandalcreatorsTony YacendaandDan Perraultare reuniting to create an eSports mockumentary. The duo has landed a series order forPlayers, a mockumentary that follows a fictional pro team for the popular PC gameLeague of Legends.
To win it all at their first championship tournament, the team will have to rely on their 17-year-old rookie prodigy. This means the team’s 27-year-old veteran will have to set aside their ego and work together to finally bring the team a victory.
Yacenda and Perrault will serve as executive producers on the series, with Yacenda also tapped to direct. Funny Or Die’sJoe FarrellandMike Farahwill act as executive producers alongside 3 Arts’Ari Lubet, Brillstein Entertainment Partners’Todd Sellers, andTim McAuliffefrom Riot Games, the developers ofLeague of Legends. The project will be produced by CBS Studios, in association with Funny or Die. 3 Arts Entertainment, Funny or Die, and CBS Studios were also behind the pair’s other mockumentaryAmerican Vandal.
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American Vandalasked the important questions, like"Who drew the dicks?". The series was a parody of popular true crime documentaries likeMaking a MurdererandSerial.It premiered on Netflix in 2017 and ran for two seasons before the streamer canceled it, despite it winning a Peabody Award and earning an Emmy nomination for best writing for a comedy series.
Yacenda and Perrault are no strangers to humor or parody. They have been the forces behind some of the most iconic comedic videos from CollegeHumor, Screen Junkies, and Honest Trailers. Most recently, Perrault has been working on the Moovex original animated comedyKelsey Rachelle Hewitt Gets Grounded, while Yacenda has been writing forDave. Knowing what they created withAmerican Vandal,Playersis bound to be hilarious.
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