Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy pitch from writers Wellesley Wild, Kevin Biggins and Mike Desilets, the studio announced Friday. The story follows a group of enthusiastically overweight dads who get a wake-up call when a member of their group has a heart attack, forcing them to abruptly change their hard-drinking and hard-eating lifestyle. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark will produce under their Universal-based Bluegrass Films banner. Universal executive Jon Mone will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel and Seth MacFarlane Expertly Sketch ABC Audience Members (Video) Wild (pictured above) wrote and executive produced “Ted” and.
- 1/30/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy pitch from writers Wellesley Wild, Kevin Biggins and Mike Desilets, who all work together on Fox’s Family Guy. The project will be produced by Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark for their Uni-based Bluegrass Films. Family Guy veteran Wild wrote and executive produced the Ted movies which Stuber and Clark produced. The logline of the new one: A group of enthusiastically overweight dads get a wake-up call when a member of their…...
- 1/29/2016
- Deadline
Fox has put in development two comedies from writing duos, one from Andy Mogel & Jarrad Paul, and one from Kevin Biggins & Travis Bowe. Both are produced by Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope executive producing. Mogel and Paul’s untitled comedy, which the two are writing/exec producing, centers on an over-confident optimist who, after being rejected by the girl of his dreams, buys her struggling company in an absurd attempt to get close to her. The UTA-repped duo is currently writing Devils Night for Sony with Gary Sanchez set to produce and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly attached to star. They created Fox’s Allen Gregory and wrote the feature Yes Man. Biggins and Bowe’s School Of Fish is a multi-cam that explores the life and times of crazy fishmongers who are the rock stars of the Pike Place Market in Seattle.
- 10/8/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
In her first sale since launching a production company, Second Season, and signing an overall deal with ABC Studios three months ago, Castle executive producer Laurie Zaks has set up drama Rise & Fall at ABC. Written/exec produced by Tony Basgallop (Being Human), the project is described as a high-concept thriller about the events that precipitate and immediately follow the kidnapping of a wealthy Chicago businesswoman, told from the Pov of her ne’er-do-well son who must unravel the truth about what happened in order to clear his name. Fox has bought The Brew Crew, a comedy project from the up-and-coming comedy writing team of Kevin Biggins and Travis Bowe (Family Guy), Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV. It is about two polar-opposite brothers who try to co-exist as owners of the second-largest brewery in a small town in Oregon. Before joining Family Guy as producers, Biggins and Bowe...
- 9/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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