Peacock has greenlit a new competition reality series, “Assassins,” with Scarlett Johansson serving as an executive producer. Multiple outlets report the project is ordered for the streamer and is built around a structured competition format in which contestants play a strategy-based game.
The series is described as drawing from a popular stealth game commonly played by students in schools and colleges. Variety and Deadline both say the show follows a group of players competing using “cunning strategy” and related skills, presented as a “ruthless” contest.
In terms of production, Deadline identifies the project’s producing unit as Sony’s B17 Entertainment, with founders Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner also serving as executive producers alongside Johansson. The outlets’ coverage emphasizes that Peacock is adapting a youth game concept into a reality competition format, with Johansson tied to the series through her executive producer role.
