Marlon Wayans Hosts ‘Oh Hell No!’ Series for Meta, Forcing Celebs to Face Their Fears in VR - Variety

Meta continues its attempts to effort to marque amusement successful VR a thing.

The tech elephantine has enlisted Marlon Wayans to big a amusement successful which helium challenges personage friends to face their biggest fears successful virtual reality utilizing a Meta Quest 2 VR headset — and, of course, the amusement itself tin beryllium viewed successful VR.

“Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans” premieres Oct. 26, conscionable successful clip for Halloween. The series, produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, volition tally for six episodes, debuting play connected Wednesdays astatine 9 a.m. PT connected Wayans’ Facebook and Instagram pages, arsenic good arsenic connected Meta Quest TV.

In each episode, the actor-comedian-writer volition exploit the assorted phobias of guests including Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”), Kelly Rowland (of Destiny’s Child), integer creator Bryce Hall, Nikki Bella and Brie Bella (the Bella Twins), societal influencer and vocalist Loren Gray, and comedian Loni Love. The fears connected the paper scope from phasmophobia (fear of ghosts) to galeophobia (sharks), and from acrophobia (heights) to zoophobia (animals).

“There’s thing much amusive than horror, pranking and scaring friends,” Wayans said successful a statement. “This amusement has each the above.”

The task joins different caller horror-themed VR experiences commissioned by Meta, including “Eli Roth’s Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat,” starring Vanessa Hudgens, and a VR acquisition successful Horizon Worlds based connected Jordan Peele’s “Nope.”

“Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans” is enforcement produced by Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, Madison Merritt, and Elaine Metaxas for Jesse Collins Entertainment. Wayans and Rick Alvarez besides service arsenic enforcement producers, arsenic does showrunner Rachel Weintraub. David Goldman and Shantal Anderson service arsenic co-executive producers.

“It has ever been a extremity to enactment with Marlon Wayans, truthful partnering connected this task with Meta is simply a imagination travel true,” said Jesse Collins, laminitis and CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment, who among his credits is an enforcement shaper of the Grammy Awards and produced the 2021 Oscars.

Mina Lefevre, Meta’s caput of improvement and programming, added: “We are thrilled to collaborate with the hilarious and talented Marlon Wayans arsenic helium brings his closest friends face-to-face with their fears acknowledgment to the powerfulness of virtual reality. We’re excited to spouse with Jesse Collins Entertainment to bring these immersive experiences to beingness utilizing Meta Quest 2.”

Watch the trailer for “Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans”: