A high-concept
comedy, which drew interest
from all major broadcast
networks, has landed at Fox with
a put pilot commitment. Titled
The Henchman, the single-
camera comedy project was
written on spec by Dan
Kopelman (Rules Of Engagement, Malcolm In The
Middle), with feature writer-director John
Hamburg ( Meet The Parents franchise, I Love
You, Man) set to direct and Aaron Kaplan of
Kapital Entertainment executive producing.
Described as a live-action, grounded comedy in
the vein of Despicable Me, The Henchman
centers on a henchman to the world’s worst
super-villain who deals with single parenthood
and impending middle age. The project is yet to
be laid off at a studio, with Fox sibling 20th
Century Fox and Warner Bros. TV considered
strong possibilities.
Source: deadline
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Well, Despicable Me without Steve Carrell and the minions... not sure. Will have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteThe concept is fairly attractive, let's see how this plays out.
ReplyDeleteThis actually sounds amusing, I'm interested in hearing more.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting concept but I have my doubts something like this would attract a big enough audience to survive on a broadcast network. Seems more suited to FX (or the upcoming FXX) than it would be to FOX.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't this just be "Venture Brothers" in Live-Action?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can get Steve Carell to play Gru in this custome. :P
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKPnp_7gqNk
it will be interesting to see if a live action adaptation inspired by an animated property like DM will work... I remember the live action version of "The Tick" and loved it but that was probably a bit too offbeat for regular viewers back then... I like the out of the box thinking, and we'll just have to see
ReplyDeleteIt could be brilliant or a complete disaster.... either way I can't see it attracting a HUGE audience.
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