IMDb TV gets Sprung from Amazon Studios

Amazon-owned free streaming service IMDb TV has greenlit a comedy series about a convicted criminal who is released from prison during a global pandemic.

Garret Dillahunt

From writer Greg Garcia and produced by Amazon Studios in association with 3 Arts Entertainment, Sprung is a single-camera comedy series that follows a convicted criminal who is determined to change course and reclaim his lost years after serving over two decades in prison.

With no place to live post-release and a global pandemic bringing the world to a virtual standstill, he moves in with his former prison girlfriend, his former cellmate and his former cellmate’s mum.

Bound by their marred past and unusual living circumstances, they decide to start righting some of society’s wrongs, targeting those people selfishly taking advantage of others during the pandemic.

Garret Dillahunt (ER, Fear the Walking Dead) stars alongside Phillip Garcia (Criminal Minds) and Illeana Douglas (Six Feet Under).

Sprung is exec produced by Garcia, Dillahunt, 3 Arts Entertainment founder Michael Rotenberg and manager Jonathan Berry. Tim Stack, Michael Pennie and Bobby Bowman are consulting producers and Gina Gari is coproducer.

Garcia will direct the series’ pilot episode.