The studio behind The Traitors is bringing another back-stabbing competition to life, with another indie-film favorite as its host.
Parker Posey will take on a similar role to Alan Cumming in The Traitors as host of The Mob, a Hulu competition show that will gather a group of reality veterans and other celebrities for a series of “mob movie-inspired jobs.” The show is from The Traitors producer Studio Lambert and STV Studios’ Primal Media.
The Mob is one of several new unscripted series and specials Hulu has ordered. Among the others is House of Stassi, starring Vanderpump Rules and Vanderpump Villa alum Stassi Schroeder; The Girls, featuring Khloe Kardashian and several of her close friends; dating show Ring by Spring Break; docuseries Million Dollar Nannies (which will also air on Freeform); and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit runway special. Hulu is also launching a weekly podcast called Get Real (its first episode streams Thursday) covering the happenings in the streamer’s expanding and increasingly interconnected reality slate.
The Mob will find Posey (The White Lotus, Best in Show) and its cast ensconced in an Italian villa, where they will “shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Every episode, they will tackle mob movie-inspired jobs to survive. But every mob family needs a don, and whoever they choose will have absolute power — deciding who makes money, who stays, and who ultimately gets whacked. In a game where power demands absolute loyalty, can the don stay in control, or will the family rise up and overthrow them?”
The cast includes Willam Belli (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Demi Engemann (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives), Maria Georgas (The Bachelor season 28), Joe Gorga (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), Harry Jowsey (Let’s Marry Harry), Chelsea Lazkani (Selling Sunset), Debi Mazar (Younger), Bella Palk (Love Overboard), Shane Parton (the as yet unaired season 22 of The Bachelorette), rapper Romeo, Dancing With the Stars judge Bruno Tonioli and former Sopranos regular Aida Turturro.
Studio Lambert’s Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O’Driscoll and Stephen Lambert executive produce with Primal Media’s Adam Wood and Mat Steiner, who conceived the format for The Mob, STV Studios CEO David Mortimer, Posey and showrunner Susan House.
House of Stassi is set to premiere July 29 on Freeform, with the full season debuting the next day on Hulu. The show will follow Schroeder as she “steps back into the spotlight to redefine her place in pop culture — but staying on top means confronting the ghosts of her past and a chaotic inner circle with a talent for disrupting her life,” per the logline. Hulu and Freeform also released a short teaser for the show; watch it below.
Scout Productions and Belcheri Productions produce House of Stassi. Erin Foye and Jenna Rosenfeld are the showrunners and executive produce with Schroeder, David Collins, Michael Williams, Renata Lombardo, David Marker, Eric Korsh and Simone Hilliard.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show will bring together models, athletes, entertainers and influencers showing off swimwear and “inclusivity and body positivity,” the special’s description reads. The first confirmed participants are previous SI Swimsuit models Brooks Nader, Nicole Williams English (who’s also in the cast of The Girls), Camille Kostek and Jasmine Sanders. Next of Kin, an EverWonder Studio company, is producing the show.
