PEACOCK has handed a straight-to-series order to a TV spin-off of “Pitch Perfect.” Adam Devine, who starred in the first two “Pitch Perfect” movies, will headline the series and will reprise his role as Bumper Allen, the vocal villain who fans love to loathe. The series comes from Universal Television and is exec produced by Elizabeth Banks, who starred in and produced the films and directed the second movie. It will follow Devine’s Bumper Allen, several years after viewers saw him in the films, as he moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. The films, which grossed over US$600m, launched in 2012 and followed Barden University’s all-girl a cappella group, The Barden Bellas, as they compete against another a cappella group from their college to win Nationals. Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp and Rebel Wilson were among the stars. Banks and Max Handelman will exec produce via Brownstone Productions, along with Gold Circle Films’ Paul Brooks and Scott Neimeyer as well as Devine and Megan Amram. (SD-Agencies) | 