Comedy Central has bought Weird Uncles, a single-camera half-hour comedy from writers Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman, with comedy veterans Brendon Walsh and Randy Liedtke attached to star and produce. Written by Jarvis and Freeman from a story by them, Walsh and Liedtke, Weird Uncles is set at the University of Texas in Austin. It follows Nicky, who, in order to get in-state tuition and a free place to live, moves in with her two juvenile uncles Brendon (Walsh) and Randy…...
- 9/12/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Im Global fully financing and introducing to Cannes buyers.
Two-time Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen will star in the thriller Unabomb for The Trouble With The Curve director Robert Lorenz.
Im Global is fully financing the project and lining up additional cast for a January 2018 production start.
Lorenz is producing Unabomb with Michele Weisler and Im Global’s president of feature film production Greg Shapiro.
Unabomb centres on one of the largest manhunts in history as FBI agent Jim Freeman, played by Mortensen, takes on the unsolved case of the Unabomber, who terrorised Americans with 16 bombings over the course of two decades.
Freeman and his unconventional team travel the country piecing together a profile of the infamous hooded suspect.
However the closer they get to narrowing down the terrorist’s identity, the more deadly and personal the attacks become. Randy Brown adapted the screenplay from the book Unabomber by Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald...
Two-time Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen will star in the thriller Unabomb for The Trouble With The Curve director Robert Lorenz.
Im Global is fully financing the project and lining up additional cast for a January 2018 production start.
Lorenz is producing Unabomb with Michele Weisler and Im Global’s president of feature film production Greg Shapiro.
Unabomb centres on one of the largest manhunts in history as FBI agent Jim Freeman, played by Mortensen, takes on the unsolved case of the Unabomber, who terrorised Americans with 16 bombings over the course of two decades.
Freeman and his unconventional team travel the country piecing together a profile of the infamous hooded suspect.
However the closer they get to narrowing down the terrorist’s identity, the more deadly and personal the attacks become. Randy Brown adapted the screenplay from the book Unabomber by Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald...
- 5/15/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Fortune Feimster is ready for her police badge.
The Mindy Project regular is set to star in the action-comedy Bad Cop, Bad Cop, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Amblin Pictures has picked up the spec screenplay from Feimster, Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman. The R-rated title follows two hapless cops who stumble on a case that exposes a conspiracy of corruption in their own precinct.
Scott Stuber’s Bluegrass Films is also in talks to produce the film. It would be its second collaboration with Amblin, as they also paired for 2016's Office Christmas Party, which featured Feimster.
The actress adds the project to...
The Mindy Project regular is set to star in the action-comedy Bad Cop, Bad Cop, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Amblin Pictures has picked up the spec screenplay from Feimster, Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman. The R-rated title follows two hapless cops who stumble on a case that exposes a conspiracy of corruption in their own precinct.
Scott Stuber’s Bluegrass Films is also in talks to produce the film. It would be its second collaboration with Amblin, as they also paired for 2016's Office Christmas Party, which featured Feimster.
The actress adds the project to...
- 3/1/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: DreamWorks Pictures is looking for a few bad men. The production company just picked up the spec screenplay Bad Cop, Bad Cop written by Fortune Feimster, Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman, with Feimster attached to star. Scott Stuber’s Bluegrass Films is also in talks to produce as what is being billed as an R-rated action buddy comedy about two hapless cops who stumble on a case that exposes a conspiracy of corruption in their own precinct. This marks the second…...
- 3/1/2017
- Deadline
Chelsea Handler is backing another young female comedy performer trying to get her own series. ABC has put in development Discounted, a half-hour comedy executive produced by Handler that is co-written by and stars Fortune Feimster, a series regular and writer on Handler’s E! talk show Chelsea Lately. The project, produced by Universal TV and Handler and Tom Brunelle’s Borderline Amazing Prods, centers on half-sisters Julie and Missy (Feimster), who are trying desperately to keep their family’s furniture store afloat. They face multiple hurdles, including dealing with their misfit employees and competition from the giant Danish furniture store “Wüd.” But their biggest challenge will be figuring out their own “Odd Couple-esque” relationship. Feimster will co-write the script with Jim Freeman and Brian Jarvis; all three will co-executive produce. Mike Pennie (Raising Hope) will serve as showrunner and executive produce alongside Borderline Amazing’s Handler, Brunelle and Brad Wollack.
- 11/7/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC is investing in the talents of Chelsea Lately. The network has given script orders to Discounted, a half-hour comedy written, produced and starring comedian Fortune Feimster, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The multicamera workplace comedy from Universal Television revolves around half-sisters Julie and Missy who are desperately trying to keep their Charlotte, N.C., furniture store afloat. Slightly standing in their way: competition from a giant Danish furniture Wüd, their own employees and the challenges of their Odd Couple-esque relationship. Feimster will play one of the sisters. Stand-up comic Feimster, Jim Freeman and Brian Jarvis (Buddy 'n'
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- 11/7/2012
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nice move, Bret Easton Ellis and Paul Schrader, you've definitely got people's attention now. "American Psycho" scribe Ellis has revealed on Twitter that their upcoming L.A. erotic thriller, "The Canyons," will now star Lindsay Lohan alongside porn star James Deen, who was an early pick by Ellis.
Having successfully completed their Kickstarter initiative, casting is well and truly underway with these two the first additions. Deen will play protagonist Christian, a "trust fund kid, power player and major manipulator, who is a film producer that enjoys filming his own three-way sex sessions," while Lohan will play his girlfriend/former model, Tara, who "has sold her pride for the material comforts Christian can provide." Three other lead roles remain unfilled including Ryan, a bartender and young actor who is angling for a role in Christian's horror movie; Gina, who works for Ryan and is in love with him and is...
Having successfully completed their Kickstarter initiative, casting is well and truly underway with these two the first additions. Deen will play protagonist Christian, a "trust fund kid, power player and major manipulator, who is a film producer that enjoys filming his own three-way sex sessions," while Lohan will play his girlfriend/former model, Tara, who "has sold her pride for the material comforts Christian can provide." Three other lead roles remain unfilled including Ryan, a bartender and young actor who is angling for a role in Christian's horror movie; Gina, who works for Ryan and is in love with him and is...
- 6/12/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
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