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Sep 21, 2021, 6 tweets

A “Pitch Perfect” series has been ordered at Peacock with @ADAMDEVINE onboard to reprise his role from the film franchise. bit.ly/3hTnvcM

The series is set several years after the events of the films. Devine returns as Bumper Allen, who moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. bit.ly/3hTnvcM

Bumper was the main antagonist of the first film and the leader of The Treblemakers. He returned in the second film as the love interest of Rebel Wilson’s Fat Amy. He worked as a backup singer for John Mayer before returning to Barden as a security guard. bit.ly/3hTnvcM

“Pitch Perfect” will be written by @meganamram, who will also be executive producer and showrunner. @ElizabethBanks and Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions will also executive produce along with Paul Brooks and Scott Neimeyer of Gold Circle Films. bit.ly/3hTnvcM

Devine will executive produce in addition to starring. Universal Television will produce. Brownstone and Gold Circle produced all three films in the “Pitch Perfect” franchise, with Banks having directed “Pitch Perfect 2″ and appearing in all three films. bit.ly/3hTnvcM

Everything we know about the #PitchPerfect series: bit.ly/3hTnvcM

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