Tracy Morgan is continuing his comedic comeback.
The 30 Rock actor and comedian is teaming up with fellow star Jordan Peele to star in a new project, Variety announced.
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Morgan will star as a “career criminal” who “has hopes [of] reintegrating into a society that long ago left him behind.”
Peele wlll come on board to the production as an executive producer along with Morgan.
FX original programming president Nick Grad said that developing the project with Morgan and Peele will be an “unbeatable combination.”
“Tracy Morgan and Jordan Peele—two exceptional comics joining forces with a great team of writers and producers to create and produce this pilot for FX networks.
“We’ve been committed to Tracy from the start and are thrilled that Jordan, John, Eric and Joel are joining him in developing this new project.”