Today's News: Our Take - Marlon Wayans Launches Comedy Website with Funny or Die Founder
Marlon Wayans is launching a new comedy website called WhattheFunny.com, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Wayans is partnering with producer Peter Coleman and Funny or Die founder Randy Adams for the new project. "If Funny or Die is the <em>Saturday Night Live </em> of the web, what we're trying to do is the <em>In Living Color </em> of the web," Adams said. Added Coleman: "There is a huge underserved market and we will appeal not only to African-Americans, but to Latinos and all fans of hip-hop."
"[This is a] playground for my family and for all comedians who have something funny they want to do," Wayans said. "Eventually [this] will be the new network everyone watches."
The new site, which is slated to launch in late 2013 or early 2014, will feature short-form content. But unlike Funny or Die's compilation of one-off videos, the new site will present content as series, with new installments added on a regular day and time. "We believe that is the way to build a fan base that's attached to a particular series, those comedic talents and whatever the sketch is about," Coleman said.
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