{"id":14413,"date":"2020-10-30T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=14413"},"modified":"2020-10-30T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:44:27","slug":"fox-makes-first-new-series-commitment-for-2021-22-season-with-pick-up-of-docu-com-this-country-from-jenny-bicks-and-paul-feig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/30\/fox-makes-first-new-series-commitment-for-2021-22-season-with-pick-up-of-docu-com-this-country-from-jenny-bicks-and-paul-feig\/","title":{"rendered":"FOX Makes First New Series Commitment for 2021-22 Season with Pick-Up of Docu-Com &#8220;This Country,&#8221; from Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14415\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14415\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/this-country-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/this-country-poster.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/this-country-poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/this-country-poster-260x390.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/this-country-poster-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THIS COUNTRY: L-R: Chelsea Holmes and Sam Straley in THIS COUNTRY coming soon to FOX. \u00a9 2020 FOX Media LLC. Cr: Brownie Harris\/FOX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FOX has made its first new series commitment for the 2021-22 season with the formal pick-up of the docu-com THIS COUNTRY, from writer Jenny Bicks (&#8220;<em>Sex and the City<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Big C<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>&#8220;) and director Paul Feig (&#8220;<em>Zoey&#8217;s Extraordinary Playlist<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>A Simple Favor,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Last Christmas<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Love Life<\/em>&#8220;). The announcement was made today by Michael Thorn, FOX Entertainment&#8217;s President of Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Based on BBC&#8217;s BAFTA-winning comedy created by Daisy Cooper and Charlie Cooper, THIS COUNTRY will be co-produced by Lionsgate, BBC Studios&#8217; Los Angeles production arm, FOX Entertainment, and Feigco Entertainment. In the half-hour series, a documentary crew goes to a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly (Chelsea Holmes, &#8220;<em>At What Cost?<\/em>&#8220;) and Shrub Mallet (Sam Straley, &#8220;<em>The Kids Are Alright<\/em>&#8220;) and their idiosyncratic surroundings. THIS COUNTRY also stars Seann William Scott (&#8220;<em>Lethal Weapon<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>American Pie<\/em>&#8220;) and Aya Cash (&#8220;<em>The Boys<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>You&#8217;re the Worst<\/em>&#8220;). 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