Here's an interesting combo: Greg Mottola, director of Superbad, Adventureland and Paul, has signed on to direct the new HBO pilot from Aaron Sorkin. The pilot, which is a drama, is going to focus on Will McCallister, played by Jeff Daniels, and will go "behind-the-scenes of his own cable news show as well as his female executive producer and staff." Practice those walk-and-talk steadicam shots, Greg!
Here's a fun upcoming guest star for 30 Rock: Aaron Sorkin. He'll be playing himself, and it should set up the writers nicely for some more jokes at the expense of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
As for why he'd subject himself to mockery like that, well, I assume being nominated for an Oscar makes you more willing to laugh about your past failures. After all, where's your Oscar, Tina Fey? That's what I thought. SORKIN OUT!
Last month, NBC picked up 30 Rock for a sixth season, which must be celebrated as a miracle when one considers what Tina Fey’s “comedy show about a comedy show” was up against during its first year.
In 2006, 30 Rock wasn’t the only NBC show focusing on the off-camera lives of the people who run a live sketch comedy show. The bigger, more highly anticipated, and frankly more popular show was Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, from power-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing creator and since-then writer of The Social Network). Of course, Studio 60 was a drama while 30 Rock a comedy, and NBC [...]
