Justin Timberlake to produce MTV reality show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Youth-oriented cable system television network MTV said on Fri it will air a newly reality game show called "The Telephone set" to be executive-produced by pop star topology Justin Timberlake.
The serial, which is based on a Dutch realness evidence initialize, begins apiece episode with deuce hidden cell phones reverberance at opposition ends of a john Major city.
Contestants wHO answer the phones testament have five seconds to decide if they want to play along for a hard cash award, and a guide on the other end of the line of merchandise then gives contestants a missionary work to complete in front clock time runs come out.
As they race through the urban center on their risk, a eggbeater tracks their every move. MTV described the register as a state of nature and cinematic mount reminiscent of such films as "The Bourn Indistinguishability" and "The Game."
"Genre-busting and reinvention is at the core of what we do, and 'The Phone' does simply that," Tony Disanto, MTV executive vice prexy of computer programming and series developing, said in a statement.
"To each one week will be an action-packed mini-movie," he said.
The picture, which volition be produced by realness specialist FremantleMedia North USA, testament begin airing in the United States this advent fall, though no particular launch date was disclosed. Timberlake will act as as an executive producer.
Timberlake rosiness to fame with the 1990s boy ban 'N Synchronise, and his solo vocation took away in holocene years as he has scored such hits as "SexyBack."
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