Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
Steve Carell (Um, remember when “ubiquitous” was the interweb word? ) is writing TRIBECCA, a satirical police show, for TBS. (This would be good news except that he’s partnering with his wife, Nancy Carell, and brilliant though she may be, LB has taught us to always be concerned when husbands and wives work together. Cuz divorce, you know, ruins everything.)
Robert Borden (THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW) is writing the pilot for a soon-to-be-named comedy about, um, old guys. (Specifically, it’s about former basketball teammates in their 60s, so expect a lot of kvetching about their bodies instead of stories about how they deal with new and interesting situations. Which is our way of admitting: We miss THE GOLDEN GIRLS!)
Peter Ocko (FAIRLY LEGAL) is developing BALL AND CHAIN, a novel about ex intelligence ops with screwed up personal lives, for Fox. (Um, has anybody ever ever thought spies, ex or current, would have terrific personal lives? Yeah, we thought so.)
Andrew Gurland & Justin Hurwitz (THE GABRIELS) are writing a Fox comedy pilot about Justin’s life. (We know, we know, you’ve never heard of him. But just you wait. He’s led a damned interesting life. Really, we swear. Or he swears. Or Fox swears. Somebody does anyway)
Andrew Leeds & David Lampson (failed pilot BRENDA FOREVER) are writing POOR PAM, an ABC pilot about “that friend everyone feels bad for. (Hmm, it’s new, it’s different, we could love it – but – OMG, it’s being produced by Kelly Ripa and her husband, Whatisname. There goes that one down the, erm, drain.)
Bruce McCulloch (THE KIDS IN THE HALL) is writing a Fox comedy pilot without a name about a mother “at the top of her professional career” who “clashes with her stay-at-home pregnant daughter.” (Which one of those two lovable characters are you gonna root for? Let’s face it, we grew up with a stay-at-home mother and our childhoods were awesome.)
Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
Time to put your hat in the ring, gaming fans, at least if you want to write the live-action TV series version of XBox game HALO. Some newbie name of Steven Spielberg is producing. (Don’t just sit there, bake the dood a cake, send him a stripper. something!)
Mike Gagerman & Andrew Waller (they teamed up on upcoming feature ROAD TO NARDO) are writing a pilot for FX that will star Ray William Johnson, host of the snarky YouTube series #3. (Whoa, does this mean that if your name is now known – for anything – you’re not only automatically qualified to write, you’re also qualified to star? The times are a ‘changin’ after all.)
Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky (THE OFFICE) have made an overall deal with ABC Studios, where they’ll be running two new shows, TROPHY WIFE and HELLO LADIES. (As fans of THE OFFICE, we think this is terrific…but what do we know?)
Jon Vitti (KING OF THE HILL) is moving to feature films and writing the screenplay for – get ready – the 3D film version of ANGRY BIRDS. (We’d really like to find a way to snark the hell out of this, but just the fact that it’s happening lends a whole new depth to the meaning of the S word all by itself.)
Miles Millar & Alfred Gough (SMALLVILLE) just settled their $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros Television, only a couple of weeks before it was due to go to trial. The claim was that Warner’s made sweetheart deals with itself for various ancillary licenses resulting in the two writers ending up with a much smaller piece of the pie than they were due. (Since we’ve never heard of that not happening, we’re hopeful that Millar & Gough scored huge.)
Peter Ocko (FAIRLY LEGAL) has written the comedy pilot, DIVIDE & CONQUER, for USA. (Because this is TV, where nothing succeeds like failure. Let that be a lesson, kids!)
