Diggy Simmons, The Jetsetter, has landed another major deal that will put him on the TV screen. Today, BET announced that it has greenlighted a pilot for the Untitled Diggy Simmons Project that is being created by the team that did The Game, Being Mary Jane and Sparkle. The show will also star Teyana Taylor.
Deadline reports,
The Diggy Simmons project, said to have an Entourage vibe to it, is described as a fresh and edgy look at Diggy Simmons, his life as a blogger, and the close group of loyal friends who hold him down on his rise to the top. Simmons will play the main character Blake.
Also cast in the project are Allen Maldonado as Manny, Blake’s best friend. Manny lives with his twin sister Tae (Teyana Taylor), who is Blake’s ex-girlfriend, after their grandmother died. Chris Brew will play Dot, a tech geek, now a student at NYU, and a childhood friend of Blake and Manny. Bria Murphy will play Manny’s girlfriend Nia. Stephanie Charles will play Sheri, Dot’s ex-girlfriend.
To read more about Diggy’s new pilot check out Deadline. Congrats to Diggy…can’t wait!
SOURCE: Deadline
