Cinemax Developing China Toy Family Drama From Large Love Designers

EXCLUSIVE: The designers of polygamist series Large Love are developing another unconventional family drama for Cinemax. Mark V. Olsen and may Scheffer are behind China Toy, a show inside the works within the pay cable network of a mixed-race family in addition to their humanoid robot. The project combines Scheffer’s desire for technology and Olsen’s fascination with Chinese background politics. “It is about China, Chinese Us citizens, robots, caused by technology on our life-style as well as the China moment in American awareness,” mentioned Olsen, mentioning to China’s current economic ascendance that's changing the dynamic inside the U.S.-Chinese relationship. China Toy concentrates on a effective California construction subcontractor, his Asian American wife who's a university professor, together with a robot simply because they straddle both sides in the Off-shoreline with extended families on two continents. Despite the presence of a robot, “this is not a sci-fi show,” Scheffer mentioned. “It is ambitious but is occur present.” China Toy originates from CAA-repped Olsen and Scheffer’s overall deal at Cinemax for Anima Sola Prods, that's been ramping up increase in both TV and film. A year ago, the business introduced in Lisa Bellomo just like a development executive.