Steven Argila is reteaming with Paul Reiser on the upcoming period comedy There’s… Johnny!. The show is created by Reiser & David Steven Simon (Mad About You) and stars Tony Danza, Ian Nelson, Jane Levy, Roger Bart, T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, Nate Smith, David Hoffman, Daniel Strauss and Andrew Schulz. The series follows a wide-eyed 19-year-old Nebraskan who stumbles into a job on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and a young Talent Coordinator on the show. Reiser and Simon are executive producing the project. David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Stronger) has directed multiple episodes and also serves as an executive producer. Argila has previously collaborated with Reiser on The Paul Reiser Show. There’s… Johnny! is set to premiere on November 16, 2017 on Hulu.
Argila (10 Items or Less, Monster High, Max Steel) also has the feature indie romantic comedy Basmati Blues coming up. The film directed by Dan Baron and starring Brie Larson, Donald Sutherland, Scott Bakula & Utkarsh Ambudkar revolves around a scientist who creates genetically modified rice with her father, and their boss sends them to India to sell it to rural farmers. The movie is expected to be released in 2018.
