Further proof that Vince Vaughn is as dumb as he looks (and that CBS development execs are even dumber):
CBS Developing ‘Brady Bunch’ Reboot With Vince Vaughn – by Lesley Goldberg
The network has given a script commitment to a reboot of The Brady Bunch from executive producer Vince Vaughn and CBS Television Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
…Only of course they had to change the name because the original name might mean something to a potential viewer, and that would ruin the fun of failing. Yipes!
BBC America Joins British ‘Musketeers’ Series – by Michael O’Connell
BBC One’s previously announced The Musketeers has gotten a new production partner in BBC America.
The stateside cable sibling will co-produce the 10-episode drama inspired by Alexandre Dumas‘ classic novel, The Three Musketeers. Adrian Hodges, the My Week With Marilyn writer who’s TV work includes British series Survivors and Primeval, is penning the venture, currently slated for a 2013 debut.
We haven’t been this excited about a show since, oh, SUPER TRAIN. (Mom made us watch from the womb.)
Fox Buys Aircraft Carrier Drama From Writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner – by Nellie Andreeva
Longtime House executive producers Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner are back at Fox with a new project. The network has handed out a script commitment with penalty to an untitled ensemble drama written and executive produced by Friend and Lerner. Set at a naval aircraft carrier, the project has an upstairs/downstairs dynamic: the “downstairs” is filled with 18-20-year-olds, their coming-of-age stories heightened by the life and death nature of their everyday jobs; the “upstairs” is anchored by a female fighter pilot and her season long quest to solve a murder that occurs on board…
Lerner and Friend joined House at the beginning of season 2 as co-executive producers and were upped to executive producers at the end of Season 3. They stayed with the show until the end of its eight-season run in May.
Another day, another deal. We’re thinking NBC did Dan a favor:
COMMUNITY’s Dan Harmon Also Signs TV Deal with CBS – by Adam Chitwood
Following his very public ousting from the showrunner position at NBC’s Community, fans were eager to know where Dan Harmon’s inevitable new series would pop up. As the key creative force behind the brilliance of Community, Harmon fielded interest from a number of networks. It appeared as though we had our answer when news broke last week that Harmon was nearing a deal with Fox for a new multi-camera comedy series, but now word comes that Harmon is alsopenning a project for CBS.
…And you can too, once you’re rich, almost famous, and on Charlie Sheen’s Enemies List:
Chuck Lorre Releasing $100 Coffee Table Book – by Margaret Lyons
Chuck Lorre is releasing a coffee table book composed of selections from the vanity cards he airs at the end of each of his shows (Grace Under Fire, Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory). What Doesn’t Kill Us, Makes Us Bitter will cost $100. Yes, $100. The money goes to charity, but that still seems like a lot just to read a rich guy complain about how critics don’t like Two and a Half Men enough. The book doesn’t include all the vanity cards, but they did throw that extra comma in the title for free, so …