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Peacock Sets 'Assassins' Competition Show Based on Popular School Game;
Scarlett Johansson to Produce
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Watch your back: Peacock has greenlit a new competition series,
"Assassins," based on the popular stealth game played among high school
and college students.

Hailing from executive producer Scarlett Johansson, "Assassins" follows
a group of players as they compete in a "ruthless game of cunning
strategy and wit." Per the synopsis, "From the moment they arrive, each
player is assigned a target - one person they must eliminate before the
season is out. But in this game, every hunter is also the hunted, and
no one is ever safe. With shifting alliances and deception, only the
most calculating player will survive to win it all."

Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or
water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method. (Some
people use plastic spoons or Sharpies.)

"Assassins" is executive produced by Johansson, as well as
B17 Entertainment co-founders Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner.
B17 Entertainment is a part of Sony Pictures Television.

The competition show is a similar format to another Peacock project,
the Emmy-winning hit "The Traitors." Hosted by Alan Cumming, the social
deduction game follows a group of contestants (who are sometimes
celebrities) engaging in a Mafia or Werewolf-style game of deception.

Johansson was recently announced as an executive producer of another
upcoming TV show, a comedy project from her husband Colin Jost and
"The Office" alum Danny Chun. The show was made outside of the
Hollywood studio system and financed with brand deals.



<https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/assassins-reality-show-peacock-1236910332/>





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