MTV Snags Pop Star Justin Timberlake For New Reality Show

Date: 05/11/08 | Singersroom News
Filed under: R&B News, Justin Timberlake

Pop/R&B superstar Justin Timberlake have been summoned to producer a new reality game show for MTV, network bosses have said.

The program is based on a Dutch production and begins each time with two hidden mobile phones ringing in different locations of a big city. Contestants who answer the phones will have five seconds to decide if they want to play the game for a cash prize. A guide on the other end of the line then gives them a mission to complete before time runs out.

Last month, production company Reveille Studios also said Timberlake was producing a comedy TV pilot for them.

Timberlake is best known for his singing career in boy band N'Sync and now as a solo artist. He has also appeared in several films, including Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan as well as voicing a character in Shrek the Third. His other ventures include his own record label, launched last year, and co-founding the William Rast fashion line with friend Trace Ayala.