Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
Carter Bays & Craig Thomas (HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ) and Emily Spivey UP ALL NIGHT) are writing the pilot for CBS’s comedy, HOW I MET YOUR FATHER. (And, yeppers, it’s the same show only…different. The perfect network TV pilot – that is, unless viewers rebel.)
Paul Scheuring (PRISON BREAK) is writing an “event” series about RASPUTIN, the Russian Imperial family’s favorite healer/sex fiend, for FX. (Politics! Sex! Violence! Sex! Intrigue! Sex! OMG, This baby even has HOW I MET OUR FATHER beat.)
Dan Lagana (ZACH STONE IS GONNA BE FAMOUS) is writing the pilot for the NBC comedy STAND-UP GUY, about a stand-up comedian who also juggles his husband-and-fatherly duties. (A showbiz guy who spends time with his family? No way. This calls for way too much suspension of belief.)
Margaret Nagle (BOARDWALK EMPIRE) is adapting the Spanish series POLSERES VERMELLES into THE RED BAND SOCIETY, a dramedy about a group of teenagers “living in a hospital” who become friends. (Why do we think that the “living in a hospital” thing is a mistranslation? Now we’re wondering what other confusion awaits us in the final conversion.)
Sign of the times: A Chinese company is planning to develop and shoot a Chinese language TV drama series in Seattle. No writer is mentioned so if you know something about the country this could be your lucky break. (Just be sure that you also know how to keep your scenes in as many interiors as possible cuz…Seattle? Outdoors? Lotsaluck!)
