EXCLUSIVE: USA Network is encouraging a group of contestants to stay anonymous with its latest unscripted competition series.
The NBCUniversal cabler has ordered The Anonymous (w/t) from Studio Lambert, the All3Media-backed production company behind series such as Peacock’s The Traitors and Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge.
The series is a game of social strategy where people are free to say what they really feel behind the safety of a mask. What would you say and do if nobody was watching you?
It is played in two worlds: the real world, where players interact face to face, but also a digital world, where the players communicate behind a mask of anonymity, known as Anonymous Mode. Here in individual private hideouts, each player is free to say whatever they want to advance their game.
The question is: Can they stay anonymous or will the other players guess their identity causing them to lose their power in the game?
It is set to film in Europe and will be exec produced by Stephen Lambert, Jack Burgess, Tim Harcourt, Toni Ireland, Stephen Yemoh and Andy Cadman.
It is USA Network’s latest unscripted order; the network is behind series such as Barmageddon, which recently aired its second season, and Race To Survive, which returns in May.
Studio Lambert is currently working on season two of Squid Game: The Challenge and is behind series such as The Circle and Undercover Boss as well as Amazon’s reboot of The Grand Tour.
