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Recent Series Pilot Deals

We saved them up this time for a gangbang clusterfuck one Acme Mountain O’ Writerly Praise:

  • Adam F. Goldberg, creator of BREAKING IN, has a pilot production commitment from ABC for HOW THE F—am I NORMAL?, a sitcom set in the ’80s.
  • Ben Ripley, writer of SOURCE CODE, has a pilot script deal with NBC for VANISHING POINT, a legal drama starring Angela Bassett.Danny Jacobson, co-creator of MAD ABOUT YOU, has a pilot script order from Fox Network for LOVELAND, a sitcom about a Las Vegas wedding chapel.
  • Howard Gordon, co-developer of HOMELAND, is co-writing the pilot, LEGENDS, with Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback for TNT.
  • Shonda Rhimes, creator of GREY’S ANATOMY among others, is co-writing an FBI drama, UNDER THE GUN, with Peter Nowalk for NBC.

When Your Goals Get in Your Way

…And they can, you know. Take our main goal, that of total world domination. Sure makes it hard to slog to our day job, y’all.

Are Your Goals Holding You Back? – by Dan Shipper read article

munchman: With a Name Like This It’s Got to be Good

Looks like your typical munchman met her at the gym kinda girl to me

“Media Design School’s zombie romance ROTTING HILL is invading film festivals across the globe like an epidemic.”

Believe it or not, that isn’t our line, it’s the heading on a press release for a short film fully titled “ROTTING HILL: TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES.” Its makers go on to describe it thusly on their website:

Welcome to Rotting Hill, where a young couple embarking on a new relationship is about to discover that the path to true love is never what it seems. A CGI-Live Action Zombie Romantic Comedy from a team of seven digital artists studying Media Design School’s Advanced 3D Productions. read article

PEOPLE’S PILOT Winners are Here

21st PEOPLE’S PILOT WINNERS
For contest ending June 1, 2012

First Prize–DR.HOPE ON CALL by Anyes Van Volkenburgh – Sitcom read article

The Doctor Puppet Goes Up and Down

Uh-oh, we hate to say this, but the recent inundation of Doctor Puppet blog posts has had an effect on us that we don’t think the Puppet and his trusty pal Alisa intended. We’re starting to flood.

He’s so cute and happy, but…

“I had a splendid time at Dragon*Con just riding the elevators in the Marriot Marquis up and down. They were like glass rocket ships! VROOOM!!! ” (The Doctor Puppet)

What do you think, gang? Should we give this a rest for awhile? Or we could be a little pickier about which posts we pick up. But that would mean we’d have to think about what we were doing, and one of the plusses of working with The Doctor Puppet is that it’s been so darn easy so far. Decisions, decisions. Help us out? read article