Onyx Orders ‘Deli Boy’ To Pilot From twentieth TV – Deadline

Onyx Collective has ordered Deli Boys to pilot, a venture from twentieth Tv a couple of pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers whose convenience-store magnate father dies and are then pressured to reckon with their Baba’s secret lifetime of crime.

Asif Ali will play Mir Dar, a hardworking son whose wanting to impress his father, Baba — a scrappy immigrant who arrived within the U.S. broke and constructed an empire from scratch. Saagar Shaikh will play Mir’s brother Raj, who’s a pot-smoking and entitled playboy who lives the excessive life on his father thousands and thousands.

Alfie Fuller has additionally been forged to play Prairie, Raj’s shaman who’s additionally a drugged-out “Afro-futurist” hipster who lives with him and numerous different hangers-on in stoner heaven luxurious. 

The pilot was written by Abdullah Saeed and shall be directed and govt produced by Nisha Ganatra. Apart from Saeed, different EPs are Jenni Konner, Vali Chandrasekaran and Nora Silver. If picked as much as collection, Deli Boys will air on Hulu.

Ali is an actor and comic who discovered a breakout function in Don’t Fear Darling reverse Harry Kinds and Florence Pugh. His standup comedy particular will debut in early 2023 on HBO. He’s repped by Mohammed Ali at Genuine Expertise and Literary Administration, CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.

Shaikh can at the moment be seen as Aamir Khan in Ms. Marvel. He’s additionally reprise his function from the collection within the characteristic The Marvels that stars Brie Larson. He’s repped by Gersh and Jordan Tilzer at El Centro.

Fuller is finest identified for taking part in Dinah on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Fuller is repped by the Lasher Group and Artists & Consultant.

Saeed created and produced a number of of Vice’s hashish properties, together with the James Beard Award-nominated cooking present Bong Appetit. He additionally hosted and produced the political highway journey TV collection Vice Does America that was govt produced by Spike Jonze. He’s repped by Principal Leisure LA, Gersh, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP.

Ganatra was awarded the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for movie craft. She directed the Sundance hit movie Late Night time starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling and most not too long ago, Welcome to Chippendales for Hulu. She’s repped by CAA and Morris Yorn.  

Konner (Women) is repped by CAA. Chandrasekaran (Fashionable Household) is repped by UTA and Administration 360.