KOOL STORY BRO: KIELL SMITH-BYNOE TO PILOT IMPROV-COMEDY SHOW FOR TV

Kiell Smith-Bynoe is to pilot his smash hit improv comedy show Kool Story Bro for TV. A non-broadcast pilot is to record at the Albany Theatre in Deptford on 30th September.

A teaser reads: "Featuring a celebrity guest every night, a cast of the UK's best improvisers and stories from you, the audience, to inspire the comedy! Previous special guests have included: Amelia Dimoldenberg, Lily Allen, Jamie Demitriou, Adam Buxton, Mo Gilligan, Lolly Adefope and Nish Kumar. Previous improvisers have included: Emma Sidi, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Graham Dickson, Lara Ricote, Janine Harouni, Nic Sampson, Brendan Murphy and Rob Gilbert."

Meanwhile, Smith-Bynoe reprises is role for Ghosts: The Possession of Button House this October. Ghosts stars, writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond have written the feature length family adventure film in which Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe will also star.

For award-winning Producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, Ghosts: The Possession of Button House represents the perfect marriage of their long-standing expertise producing films and television.

Simon Hynd (Ghosts, Motherland, Can You Keep a Secret?) directs the film. Alison Carpenter and Andy Brunskill serve as Producers. The creators/writers (also creators and stars of Yonderland and Bill, and the original stars of Horrible Histories), serve as Executive Producers. Jill Forbes is Executive Producer for Monumental. Executive Producer for BBC Film is Eva Yates. Lionsgate will distribute in the UK with Marie-Claire Benson and Emma Berkofsky as Executive Producers. BBC Studios will distribute worldwide, with Richard Acton as Executive Producer.

The creators/writers say: “We thought we had said goodbye to Button House at the end of the final series. We never planned to come back. But when we had the idea for this story, we all got so excited that we couldn’t resist returning to our haunted home for one more adventure. We can’t wait to be together and to welcome some brilliant new faces, to tell this soul-stirring tale of life and death.”

Owen and Hayward say: “We are thrilled to be bringing this hit comedy to the big screen for an even bigger audience to enjoy.”

Carpenter adds: “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with this exceptionally talented team once again, and with Simon at the helm. Die-hard fans and newcomers are in for a real treat”.

Eva Yates, Director of BBC Film says: “At BBC, we are overjoyed to be bringing our beloved ‘Ghosts’ back once again, this time for a hilarious and cinematic adventure, for the enjoyment of audiences on big and small screen alike.”

Marie-Claire Benson, EVP, Head of the Motion Picture Group at Lionsgate UK says: “We’re proud to champion outstanding British filmmaking and excited to work with the remarkable Ghosts team to bring Button House to UK Cinemas.”

Richard Acton, EP for for BBC Studios says: "We are delighted to be partnering again with Monumental and the Ghosts team and can’t wait for international audiences both new and old to see this brilliant latest chapter in the Ghosts story."

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House debuts next month.