Funny to watch on screen, Leslie Jones is setting up a Stand-Up Special with Netflix.
Featured as guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, Jones announced of the upcoming stand-up stationed at Netflix, “I am doing a Netflix special, so y’all finally get to see what I really do. I mean it’s great to be an actress but I’m actually a stand-up hardcore. That’s what pay the bills.”
The special has no name yet, but set for global launch on Netflix in 2020. Jones, however disclosed that no title has being chosen for the special because the project is close to her, “I’m playing with the titles because the material is so close to me. It’s going to be so good.”
Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing the hour long special, which joins the growing number of Netflix comedy specials which include, ‘Best Time of Our Lives’ (Adam Devine), ‘Live: Your Welcome’ (Miranda Sings), ‘Son of Patricia’ (Trevor Noah), ‘Homecoming King’ (Hasan Minhaj), ‘Growing’ (Amy Schumer), ‘Make Happy’ (Bo Burnham) and ‘Noble Ape’ (Jim Gaffigan).
Already a ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast official, Jones has scored three Emmy nominations in past times for her work on the show and is set to appear in Sony Pictures ‘Angry Birds’ spinoff coming to theaters soon.
