Audible and Broadway Video Enterprises are launching two new, original comedy podcasts this fall, with a lineup of castmembers including Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Taraji P. Henson and Tracee Ellis Ross.
The Best Man’s Ghostwriter follows Nate (voiced by Powell) as a speechwriter hired to help write best man speeches and one of his client’s, Dan (voiced by Braun), in a podcast exploring the “often idiotic world of male friendship.” The podcast, written and directed by comedian Matthew Star, a former real-life best man’s ghostwriter, debuts Sept. 12.
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The cast for The Best Man’s Ghostwriter also includes Ashley Park, D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, Zach Braff, Lukas Gage, Alex Wolff, Debra Messing, George Takei, Jack McBrayer, Nicole Byer, Zach Cherry, Lennon Parham, Neil Flynn, Jason Mantzoukas, Ben Marshall, John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Jonathan Van Ness and Sherri Shepherd.
“Bringing The Best Man’s Ghostwriter to life was a blast,” Powell said. “I wanted to produce a heartfelt and hilarious story about the highest stakes moment for any friendship…the best man’s speech. And even better I got to act alongside my most talented friends.”
Stranded, created and directed by Chris Bruno and David Howard Lee and written with Shukri R. Abdi, follows longtime best friends Janet (voiced by Ross) and Serena (voiced by Henson) as they plan a girls trip to relax and reconnect. The trip goes awry as their party boat crashes and leaves the two as the lone survivors on a Caribbean cay. The podcast launches Nov. 7.
The cast includes Lamorne Morris, Jay Ellis, Tim Robinson, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Larry Wilmore, Keith David, Ashley Nicole Black, Mikey Day, Zazie Beetz, Nicole Byer, Phylicia Rashad, Phil LaMarr and more.
“Joining forces with Tracee Ellis Ross and our hilarious ensemble cast on Stranded has been a dream. I’m excited to share this laugh-out-loud, sidesplitting story with Audible listeners everywhere,” Henson said.
These join a slate of scripted original comedy series at Audible, including Hot White Heist starring Bowen Yang; Hit Job starring Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson; Escape From Virtual Island starring Paul Rudd, Jack McBrayer, Amber Ruffin and Paula Pell; Heads Will Roll created by and starring Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne, featuring Tim Gunn, Meryl Streep and Peter Dinklage and more.
