A week ago, we reported that all the major networks were chomping at the bit to get the rights to a new sitcom Michael J. Fox was pitching. Last night, NBC surprisingly vanquished its competitors by offering a full 22-episode season right off the bat, no pilot necessary. ABC had the advantage going into the war because they could offer the coveted post-Modern Family slot; however, NBC's offer was just too nuts to pass up. Shows just don't get full-season pickups anymore. It was a ballsy but not entirely unbelievable move for NBC. Sure, they have no idea what this show will look or be like but they're [...]
This is how your comedy sausage gets made: after Steve Martin made a cameo during Alec Baldwin's SNL monologue two Saturdays ago, Adam Shankman, who directed the duo when they hosted the Oscars together, thought "hey, those two should make a movie together and I should be involved." And now, that is something that seems like it might happen, with Shankman directing and New Line interested. What would the movie be about? As specific as anyone can get at this point is that it'll be "a bit of Trading Places meets Grumpy Old Men." Haha, OK! Sure, that's almost a movie idea.
So, to recap: the screenplay [...]
Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland, the guys who wrote Due Date, just sold a new script called Swear to God to Warner Brothers. Apparently, Will Ferrell is attached to star and Adam McKay is in talks to direct, and it'll be "a buddy comedy in which Ferrell plays a narcissistic hedge fund manager who thinks he has seen God." I wasn't a big fan of Due Date, but that sounds like a pretty promising premise. We'll see!
