Paramount+ dives into the world of esports with its upcoming Players series. The streaming service has released the official trailer, key art, and premiere date for the documentary-style comedy series. The Players will premiere their 10-episode series on Thursday, June 16. The first three episodes will be available to stream at launch, then the episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays after that. Check out the poster below featuring "the bad guys of gaming."
A League of Legends esports team that includes a 17-year-old rookie and a 27-year-old pro must learn to work together if they want to win the championship after failing over the years in this co-mockumentary series. -created by Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault.
Stars: Alexa Mansour, Stephen Schneider, Moses Storm
Players is a documentary-style comedy series that follows a fictional professional team from "League of Legends," the world's most played PC game and the biggest esport on the planet, as they chase their first championship after years of close calls. and anguish. To win it all, they'll need their prodigy, a 17-year rookie, and their 27-year veteran to put their egos aside and work together.
The series also stars Ely Henry as his trainer, Kyle Braxton. Also appearing are Holly Chou, Stephen Schneider, Peter Thurnwald, Youngbin Chung, Moses Storm, Alexa Mansour, Noh "Arrow" Dong-Hyeon, Michael "Miko" Ahn, Luke Tennie, and Dan Perrault.
Players is a CBS Studios production in association with Funny Or Die. It brings together Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault of American Vandal, who are co-creators and executive producers. Yacenda also directs. Joe Farrell, Mike Farah and Jim Ziegler of Funny Or Die also serve as executive producers along with Tim McAuliffe, Riot Games, Ari Lubet of 3Arts and Todd Sellers of Brillstein Entertainment Partners.