Fox will put a gaggle of celebrities by means of intense military-style coaching in a brand new competitors present.
The community has set a January premiere date for Special Forces: The Final Take a look at, which can observe 16 celebs as they tackle a sequence of challenges pulled from the precise particular forces choice course of underneath the attention of 4 former army operatives.
Fox introduced the sequence Wednesday throughout its time on the Tv Critics Affiliation press tour. The community has additionally added six actors — together with Emmy winner Margo Martindale and Emmy nominee Molly Parker — to its courtroom anthology Accused and set a premiere date for its beforehand introduced Lego Masters movie star vacation version.
Special Forces is predicated on a British present, SAS: Who Dares Wins, that has aired 11 cycles (4 with celebrities) on Channel 4. The present received’t characteristic any eliminations — the objective for the members is simply to make it by means of the coaching.
“Special Forces: The Final Take a look at places celebrities you understand and love by means of essentially the most pure and genuine take a look at of endurance that I’ve ever seen. In some ways, it’s extra about psychological power than bodily power,” stated Rob Wade, president different leisure and specials at Fox. “It’s an eye-opening glimpse into essentially the most intense coaching on this planet and provides a style of the grit and bravado our armed forces present each day, which was a life-changing expertise for these celebrities.”
The 16 members are a mixture of athletes (Danny Amendola, Dwight Howard, Gus Kenworthy, Nastia Liukin, Carli Lloyd, Mike Piazza), actuality TV veterans (Hannah Brown, Kate Gosselin, Kenya Moore, Dr. Drew Pinsky) and actors, singers and TV personalities (Mel B., Tyler Florence, Montell Jordan, Beverley Mitchell, Anthony Scaramucci and Jamie Lynn Spears). Minnow Movies produces, with Sophie Leonard, Alicia Kerr, and Becky Clarke serving as government producers.
On Accused, Martindale (Justified, The Individuals) and Parker (Deadwood) will star in an episode tackling conspiracy theories. The episodic anthology has additionally forged Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, Reid Miller, August Maturo, J. Harrison Ghee, Ian Anthony Dale, Kyle Schmid, Blaine Kern, Chris Coy, Kristen Connolly, Willam Belli, Robert I. Mesa, Natalie Benally, Julia Chan and Takashi Yamaguchi to look throughout its season.
Moreover, Indigenous filmmaker Tazbah Rose Chavez (Reservation Canines, Resident Alien) will write and direct an episode about Native American activists protesting a uranium mine that has polluted tribal lands for many years. Brad Turner, Jonathan Mostow and Lee Rose can even direct episodes.
Lego Masters: Superstar Vacation Bricktacular will air over three consecutive nights beginning Dec. 19. The present will characteristic Leslie Jordan, Robin Thicke, Cheryl Hines and Finesse Mitchell teaming up with previous Lego Masters contestants to construct holiday-themed creations.
