In what might be the most interesting and confounding news of the day, Channing Tatum’s production company, Free Association, is teaming with A24 to produce a Romanian buddy cop spoof TV series called “Iron Fisting,” according to Entertainment Weekly.
Inspired by 80’s cop shows like “Miami Vice,” “Iron Fisting” follows the misadventures of two mismatched buddy cops as they protect their Communist society from the dreaded Capitalism. The series will be dubbed in English. There are no casting announcements yet, but the series is the brainchild of “Animal Practice” creators Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka, while directing the show will be Rhys Thomas who is an alum of “Saturday Night Live” and a co-creator of the series “Documentary Now!”
The series will film a full season in Eastern Europe beginning in the fall, and is being fully financed by A24. Along with “Iron Fisting,” Tatum’s production company is also working on a number of projects including the sequel to “22 Jump Street,” Steven Soderbergh’s “Lucky Logan,” and the next installment in the “Magic Mike” film series. This sounds like it could be a sort of U.S. version of something like “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace,” and we’re fascinated to see how it turns out. Look for it in 2017, and take a look at the first poster below.
