…A mutual friend says she, and, more specifically, her web series THE GUILD, inspired DR. HORRIBLE. This makes her a very, very, very important human being in the history of entertainment, does it not?
Of course it does.
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Fox Buys a “Character-Driven Cop Drama”
“Character-driven?” Whenever we hear that label used on a cop show procedural we think of the Helen Mirren UK version of PRIME SUSPECT. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this could be at least half as good?
Fox Buys Detective Drama From Writer Chris Levinson And Chernin Entertainment – by Nellie Andreeva (Deadline.Com)
Fox has made a premium script deal for a character-driven cop-drama from Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Chris Levinson (Touch), the untitled project centers on a major crimes detective who starts slowly losing his memory. Faced with the prospect of losing his career and family, the cop ends up putting his entire life under surveillance. What begins as an effort to restore missing pieces of his waking hours becomes a 24/7 window into a world where nothing is ever as it appears. WME-repped Levinson executive produces with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. The project stems from a two-script deal Levinson inked with Chernin Entertainment last year. She most recently served as a co-executive producer on the Chernin/20th TV drama series for Fox Touch. Her series credits also include Law & Order and Lone Star.
More NBC Development Deals
‘SNL’s’ Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels Developing NBC Brothers Comedy – by Lesley Goldberg
The network also picked up a script centered on a high-end Los Angeles hotel from the screenwriter of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
NBC’s 2013-14 development season is in full swing, with the network giving script orders to a brothers comedy and hotel drama.
The untitled brothers effort is a multicamera comedy from Saturday Night Live‘s Seth Meyers and his younger brother, Josh Meyers (Mad TV).
The duo will write and executive produce alongsideThe Colbert Report‘s Peter Grosz, with SNL‘sLorne Michaels on board to executive produce the Universal Television project through his Broadway Video shingle…
LB: Watch Closely – New Paradigm Shaping Up
by Larry Brody
Or, as Teal’c used to say: “Fascinating.”
Penguin’s Author Solutions Signs First-Look Deal with Thruline Entertainment – by Nellie Andreeva
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Self-publishing firm Author Solutions, which was recently acquired by Penguin Group’s parent for $116 million, has closed a first-look partnership with management/production company Thruline Entertainment. Under the pact, Thruline and its production division Tagline (Psych) will have first crack at all coverages, treatments, and screenplays developed though ASI’s Book-to-Screen and Hollywood Trailer services with an eye at turning them into feature film or television projects.
“Veteran” Comedy Writer Gets Series Go-Ahead from Nick At Night
There’s something about the word “veteran” that just gets the blood flowing, you know? Even though, in showbiz, it’s probably a euphemism for “really, really, really old.”
So we’re glad to report that there’s no sign of age discrimination at Nick.