Fox is reteaming with Anders Holm.
The Mindy Project alum and Workaholics star is set to topline a private eye comedy from The Office duo Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Pigeon revolves around Simon Pigeon (Holm), a private eye who is uniquely suited to detective work but ill-equipped to manage his personal life.
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky will pen the script and exec produce via ABC Studios, where the duo are under an overall deal. The single-camera comedy landed at Fox with a hefty put-pilot commitment and marks a key off-network sale for ABC Studios at Fox, which last season greenlit shows almost entirely from its in-house studio. Isaac Horne and Holm will also exec produce.
The Mindy Project alum and Workaholics star is set to topline a private eye comedy from The Office duo Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Pigeon revolves around Simon Pigeon (Holm), a private eye who is uniquely suited to detective work but ill-equipped to manage his personal life.
Eisenberg and Stupnitsky will pen the script and exec produce via ABC Studios, where the duo are under an overall deal. The single-camera comedy landed at Fox with a hefty put-pilot commitment and marks a key off-network sale for ABC Studios at Fox, which last season greenlit shows almost entirely from its in-house studio. Isaac Horne and Holm will also exec produce.
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Also, here are 2 more comedy pilot descriptions currently in development at FOX.
93 Til Infinity - 90s Rapper Comedy Pilot in Development
Hamilton and Grease: Live director Thomas Kail and rapper-actor-producer Common have teamed with How to Make It in America creator Ian Edelman for 93 Til Infinity, a single-camera buddy comedy, which has received a script commitment plus penalty at Fox. 20th Century Fox TV is the studio.
Written by Edelman based on an original idea, 93 til Infinity centers on a prolific (black) rapper from the 90’s, struggling in present day to figure out the next chapter of his life, who reconnects with his (white) best friend from middle school, struggling with family and real responsibilities, equally desperate for a midlife reboot.
Written by Edelman based on an original idea, 93 til Infinity centers on a prolific (black) rapper from the 90’s, struggling in present day to figure out the next chapter of his life, who reconnects with his (white) best friend from middle school, struggling with family and real responsibilities, equally desperate for a midlife reboot.
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The Big Package - Fox Adapting UK Comedy Series, Benidorm for Possible Summer Run
Fox is ready to go on vacation this summer.
The network is teaming with Awkward showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler to adapt ITV's successful U.K. comedy Benidorm with an eye on a summer run.
The Fox take, called The Big Package, is a half-hour single-camera comedy about a blue-collar Boston family on the brink of financial disaster who takes a Mexican vacation they can't afford and seeks escape at a third-rate resort whose bargain "big package" also attracts a handful of other boisterous and crude guests.
The comedy is based on Tiger Aspect Productions' U.K. format Benidorm and hails from Endemol Shine Studios (where Tiger Aspect is based). Alberghini and Chessler — currently showrunners on VH1's Daytime Divas — will pen the script and executive produce the 20th Century Fox TV co-production alongside Wetdog Entertainment's Stephanie Davis, Derren Litten and Ben Cavey, the latter of whom exec produces Benidorm for Tiger Aspect. Litten created Benidorm and serves as the show's lead writer. The critically acclaimed series wrapped its eighth season earlier this year and has already been renewed for a ninth run in 2017. The ensemble comedy has won two National Television Awards and also has been nominated for British Comedy prizes and BAFTAs.
The Big Package — which is in development — comes as Fox continues to eye original scripted comedies in the typically low-rated summer. In April, the network went straight to series on comedy Famous, but after difficulties casting the 10-episode summer series, hit the brakes and put the project back into development where it languished. This past summer, Fox focused on a mix of scripted dramas (including the second season of Wayward Pines, which struggled to match the 2015 success) and unscripted (with its Mark Burnett-produced reality dating series Coupled tanking).
The network is teaming with Awkward showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler to adapt ITV's successful U.K. comedy Benidorm with an eye on a summer run.
The Fox take, called The Big Package, is a half-hour single-camera comedy about a blue-collar Boston family on the brink of financial disaster who takes a Mexican vacation they can't afford and seeks escape at a third-rate resort whose bargain "big package" also attracts a handful of other boisterous and crude guests.
The comedy is based on Tiger Aspect Productions' U.K. format Benidorm and hails from Endemol Shine Studios (where Tiger Aspect is based). Alberghini and Chessler — currently showrunners on VH1's Daytime Divas — will pen the script and executive produce the 20th Century Fox TV co-production alongside Wetdog Entertainment's Stephanie Davis, Derren Litten and Ben Cavey, the latter of whom exec produces Benidorm for Tiger Aspect. Litten created Benidorm and serves as the show's lead writer. The critically acclaimed series wrapped its eighth season earlier this year and has already been renewed for a ninth run in 2017. The ensemble comedy has won two National Television Awards and also has been nominated for British Comedy prizes and BAFTAs.
The Big Package — which is in development — comes as Fox continues to eye original scripted comedies in the typically low-rated summer. In April, the network went straight to series on comedy Famous, but after difficulties casting the 10-episode summer series, hit the brakes and put the project back into development where it languished. This past summer, Fox focused on a mix of scripted dramas (including the second season of Wayward Pines, which struggled to match the 2015 success) and unscripted (with its Mark Burnett-produced reality dating series Coupled tanking).
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