Quibi has been lining up celebrities to help them launch their brand new platform. They've recruited Chance The Rapperto revamp Punk'd while Offset has landed a brand new show called, Skrrt. With all the star power in the world, it appears that Quibi has lined up other celebrities such as Chrissy Teigan, Queen Latifah, Usher, and more to get involved.
Another actress that's involved in Quibi is Reese Witherspoon whose new show, Fierce Queens launched today. In one of the most unexpected moments on social media of the year, Reese Witherspoon and Offset hopped on Instagram Live together where they discussed their respective shows and geeked out over old school cars. At one point, Witherspoon had Offset in awe after revealing she learned to drive a car in a 1975 Cadillac El Dorado which has apparently just been sitting in her dad's yard.
"Tell him let me buy it," Offset said. "I'll clean it up. I'll fix it up. Put a new engine in it. New interior. Put some Forgis on it... Put it on the road."
"I'm going to hook you up," Reese replied. "I'm going to hook you up with my dad."
Hopefully, Reese pulls through for Offset in the near future. Check out the clip below.
Offset Releases Trailer For His New Show
Offset is executive producing a new show for Quibi called "Skrrt With Offset," featuring Cardi B, T-Pain, Chance The Rapper, Quavo, and others.
We could all use some extra quarantine material to keep us entertained for the next month -- or however long this will last. Thankfully, there's an abundance of content waiting for us to press play and escape from the perils of our new isolated lives.
Migos rapper Offset is at the helm of a new show called Skrrt With Offset, which he will be executive producing with Quibi, and the service has just released a new trailer for the program.
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Offset is the main character in a reality show where he will be racing luxury cars with a few other superstars in the hip-hop community. The trailer features appearances from his bandmate Quavo, his wife Cardi B, and his friends Dapper Dan, Chance the Rapper, T-Pain, and more. In addition, he will also be working with the likes of Jay Leno on the show.
The 28-year-old Atlanta native recently made his acting debut on NCIS, which flows nicely into his foray to reality television. It will likely be some time before we ever see Offset or Cardi B on another episode of Love & Hip Hop so this is probably the closest we'll get to the couple through the small screen.
Skrrt With Offset premieres on Quibi on April 6. Will you be tuning in?
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Drake To Executive Produce "48 Laws Of Power" Series For Quibi
Drake and co-manager Future The Prince are helping to bring Robert Greene’s best-selling book, “48 Laws of Power” to the small screen with a new series on Quibi.
Drake and his longtime co-manager and business partner, Future The Prince, are setting out to pursue yet another television project, this time for the soon-to-be launched streaming platform, Quibi. Based on Robert Greene’s New York Times best-selling book, Drake and Adel “Future” Nur will be executive producing 48 Laws of Power, a series that will “detail the nature of power and how one can secure and maintain it.” Jason Shirer from the duo’s “co-venture” production company, DreamCrew, will also serve as executive producer, as will Zack Hayden of Anonymous Content, and Greene himself. Drake is also set to direct an episode of the series.
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“When Drake and I sat down with Robert Greene, it was incredibly inspiring,” Future said. “The laws allow for a wide range of dynamic storytelling, and Quibi allows us to tell these stories in bite-sized chapters similar to the book.” Greene is also excited to bring the pages of his widely-read book to the small screen. “I have always thought that The 48 Laws of Power would be a perfect fit for a series, bringing to life the timeless Machiavellian game of power as portrayed in the book,” the author noted. “But it was not until Drake and Future with Anonymous Content approached me with their unique cinematic approach to the laws that I knew I could join forces with them and go all in for a filmed interpretation of my work.”
The series will debut on Quibi, a short-form mobile entertainment platform launching on April 6th. Other series that are set to premiere on Quibi are Chance The Rapper’s Punk’d reboot, as well as Idris Elba and rally driver Ken Block’s car race competition show, Elba vs. Block. Quibi will be offering a 90-day free trial once it has launched.
Megan Thee Stallion Gets "Punk’d" By Chance The Rapper With Gorilla: Watch
Meg got bamboozled by the new “Punk’d” host.
Cahnce The Rapper is one some real cold boy sh*t. The rapper-turned-TV-host successfully pulls one over on the Hot Girl herself, Megan Thee Stallion, in a sneak peak from the Punk’d reboot. Not only was it announced last week that the early 2000s MTV celebrity prank show would be revived for the new generation, but it was also revealed that Chance would be taking on hosting duties for the Quibi series. The mobile streaming platform already shared a teaser for the series, in which Megan has a run-in with a caged gorilla, but a new extended clip gives viewers a more thorough look at what to expect from the reboot’s first act of trickery.
In the new promo video, viewers can watch as Punk’d’s first celebrity target encounters a friend from the jungle as Chance runs the operation from a control room nearby. Megan and her entourage spot an “actual gorilla” in a cage in the distance while they wait for Megan’s stylist, E.J. to return. E.J. is seen approaching the car per Chance’s orders, and the gorilla opens its cage and starts chasing him. Megan freaks out, calling after E.J. to dodge the wild animal. What Megan doesn’t know is that E.J. is totally in on the prank, as Chance is shown speaking to the stylist through a hidden microphone. Chance has a blast pulling off the prank, and shows just how much he’s enjoying being the new Ashton.
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Quibi, which launches on April 6th, will air their first-ever Super Bowl commercial on Sunday. Chance even assisted them in the bank heist advertisement, as seen below.
Chance The Rapper Hosts MTV’s Revived Prankster "Punk’d" Series On Quibi
Megan Thee Stallion really thought her car was being attacked by a gorilla.
Ashton Kutcher made Punk’d a cultural phenomenon during it’s MTV reign. While he was the show’s host from 2003 to 2007, there have been a few revamps of the series with celebrity guest hosts and even a BET reboot. It looks like MTV is giving Punk’d another go because they’ve announced that this time around,Chance The Rapper will take on as host of the Quibi show that is “reimagined for a new generation.”
Brian Ach / Stringer / Getty ImagesChance will be directing the “with new laughs, new hoaxes and new celebrity ‘marks’ in bite-sized episodes,” states a press release. We’ll have to wait and see who those “marks” are, but Chance looks forward to making this latest try at reviving Punk‘d a successful attempt. “Punk’d is one of MTV’s most iconic franchises,” said the Grammy award-winning artist. “I grew up watching this show and it’s surreal to be in the driver’s seat this time around on Quibi.”
Quibi is set to launch on April 6, 2020, and is described as being an entertainment platform design specifically for your phone. It’s reportedly designed for “quick bites”—hence the name Quibi—of shows that are 10 minutes or less in length. You can sign up over on Quibi.com. Meanwhile, take a peek at what you can expect from Punk’d below.