Fox has given a script commitment plus significant penalty to Bad Sugar, a single-camera comedy from writer-producer Patty Breen (Suburgatory), Divorce and Catastrophe‘s Sharon Horgan and her Merman banner, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, UK’s Tiger Aspect and 20th TV. Written by Breen based on the British format, Bad Sugar follows the sexy and scheming heirs of a wealthy mining mogul as they battle each other to become the next head of his fracking empire. Breen…...
- 10/21/2016
- Deadline TV
A co-founder of Zeppotron and the director of The Inbetweeners movie have joined forced to create an indie that will specialise in scripted comedy.
Neil Webster co-founded Zeppotron in 2000 and produced a wide range of comedy and entertainment as its creative director, including Black Mirror (Channel 4), Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), Lee Mack’s All Star Cast (BBC1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4).
Ben Palmer is a Bafta-winning comedy director who worked on both the series and movie version of The Inbetweeners and Sky 1’s forthcoming Chickens, plus the likes of Bo’Selecta (C4), Bad Sugar for Channel 4.
The duo have launched Happy Tramp having met last year working as the director and producer of Them From That Thing, a two-part sketch show Zeppotron made for Channel 4’sthirtieth anniversary Funny Fortnight season.
Happy Tramp already has several projects underway, including a BBC pilot called Woody that is set on a tropical island.
It stars...
Neil Webster co-founded Zeppotron in 2000 and produced a wide range of comedy and entertainment as its creative director, including Black Mirror (Channel 4), Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), Lee Mack’s All Star Cast (BBC1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4).
Ben Palmer is a Bafta-winning comedy director who worked on both the series and movie version of The Inbetweeners and Sky 1’s forthcoming Chickens, plus the likes of Bo’Selecta (C4), Bad Sugar for Channel 4.
The duo have launched Happy Tramp having met last year working as the director and producer of Them From That Thing, a two-part sketch show Zeppotron made for Channel 4’sthirtieth anniversary Funny Fortnight season.
Happy Tramp already has several projects underway, including a BBC pilot called Woody that is set on a tropical island.
It stars...
- 8/12/2013
- ScreenDaily
The director reveals he is a 'great fan' of the Us standup comic. Meanwhile, Geri Halliwell looks set to star in her own TV comedy show and London's Glee Club isn't happy
This week's comedy news
Woody Allen has been talking to the New York Times about his desire to make a film with standup comic Louis Ck. The latter has a small role in Allen's forthcoming feature Blue Jasmine, but the part isn't "commensurate with his talent", says Allen. "[So] when I finished this picture, I went into my room and thought, what would be a fun picture? My first thought was: can I come up with something that I could do with Louis Ck? … Some day, I will get something that we could do together, because I do think it would be fun. I'm such a great fan of his."
Elsewhere in Hollywood, Mike Myers in hatching a directorial...
This week's comedy news
Woody Allen has been talking to the New York Times about his desire to make a film with standup comic Louis Ck. The latter has a small role in Allen's forthcoming feature Blue Jasmine, but the part isn't "commensurate with his talent", says Allen. "[So] when I finished this picture, I went into my room and thought, what would be a fun picture? My first thought was: can I come up with something that I could do with Louis Ck? … Some day, I will get something that we could do together, because I do think it would be fun. I'm such a great fan of his."
Elsewhere in Hollywood, Mike Myers in hatching a directorial...
- 7/23/2013
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
Bond's back in cinemas and so's Bourne. There's Shakespeare, punk and lots of sport on TV. And Azealia Banks leads pop's rude girls
Film
Prometheus Ridley Scott returns to the Alien "universe" though no one's yet sure how and when. A cast of Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron and Idris Elba makes for a mouth-watering prospect (even if the drool is made of acid) … The Avengers Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) join the already established franchisees (Downey Jr's Iron Man, Chris Evans's Captain America and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow) in Marvel's big tentpole …
The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan's trilogy comes to an end and Batman just might too, at the hands of Tom Hardy's hard nut Bane … The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Martin Freeman is Bilbo as Peter Jackson returns to the Shire. Less unexpected, the fact that the story is being...
Film
Prometheus Ridley Scott returns to the Alien "universe" though no one's yet sure how and when. A cast of Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron and Idris Elba makes for a mouth-watering prospect (even if the drool is made of acid) … The Avengers Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) join the already established franchisees (Downey Jr's Iron Man, Chris Evans's Captain America and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow) in Marvel's big tentpole …
The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan's trilogy comes to an end and Batman just might too, at the hands of Tom Hardy's hard nut Bane … The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Martin Freeman is Bilbo as Peter Jackson returns to the Shire. Less unexpected, the fact that the story is being...
- 12/24/2011
- by Paul MacInnes, Richard Vine, Rebecca Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
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