Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte has teamed with film and TV writers-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) for The Last Man On Earth, a single-camera comedy pitch which, in a competitive situation, has landed at Fox with a pilot production commitment. Written by Forte and produced by 20th TV and studio-based Lord Miller, The Last Man On Earth is about two strangers who must overcome their differences and work together to ensure the survival of the human race. Forte will write and executive produce but is currently not attached to star. Also executive producing the project are Miller, Lord and Lord Miller’s President of Television Seth Cohen. This marks a return to writing for Forte, who started off as a writer on the Late Show, 3rd Rock From The Sun and That ’70s Show before hitting stardom on SNL, where he was a cast member for a decade.
- 10/1/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
In a very competitive situation, NBC has landed Joe & Joe & Jane, a multi-camera comedy from writers-executive producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, with a pilot production commitment. I hear the 20th Century Fox TV-produced project also has a series penalty behind it to rank as one of the biggest comedy sales this season. Loosely based on the relationship between Port, Wiseman and Wiseman’s wife, Joe & Joe & Jane centers on a conflict-avoidant children’s book author caught in an ongoing tug of war between two needy, flawed people: his wife and his co-author/ best friend. It’s not about a couple, it’s about a trouple. Last season, another Port/Wiseman comedy with semi-autobiographical roots, spec Rebounding, which was inspired by Port’s real-life experiences, was picked up to pilot by Fox with Steve Levitan executive producing, Jason Winer directing and Will Forte starring. The year before, the duo also...
- 10/6/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Comedy pilot Rebounding is looking to live up to its title as producing studio 20th Century Fox TV has been shopping it to other networks since its surprising pass at Fox two weeks ago. Meanwhile, one of USA Network’s main priorities is getting an original comedy series ready by next summer to launch as a companion to its prized off-network acquisition, ABC hit Modern Family. Could Rebounding fit the bill? I hear USA is looking at the pilot starring Will Forte as a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with help from his idiot buddies on a pickup basketball team. Related: Fox Passes On ‘Rebounding’: Will Steve Levitan Ever Again Sell A Show There? Rebounding and Modern Family seem like potentially great companions — the two single-camera shows share a sensibility (comedy with heart) and a lot of creative DNA. Rebounding, which was created by Joe Port...
- 5/25/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fresh off the Oscar-nominated success of "The Descendants," Alexander Payne is currently en route to Cannes, where he'll serve on the competition jury alongside the likes of Andrea Arnold, Diane Kruger, Ewan McGregor, Jean-Paul Gaultier and chairman Nanni Moretti. But it looks like our favorite David Strathairn impersonator made a big decision before he got on the plane to the South of France: as he's apparently decided on who he'd like to star in his next film.
The director's been working on "Nebraska," a comedy-drama, planned to be shot in black-and-white, about a father and son who hit the road together when the dad thinks he's won a sweepstake, for a while now, and names like Robert Forster, Jack Nicholson, Robert Duvall and Bryan Cranston have all come up in connection with the father's role, although it was widely reported that the director's Plan A was to try and lure...
The director's been working on "Nebraska," a comedy-drama, planned to be shot in black-and-white, about a father and son who hit the road together when the dad thinks he's won a sweepstake, for a while now, and names like Robert Forster, Jack Nicholson, Robert Duvall and Bryan Cranston have all come up in connection with the father's role, although it was widely reported that the director's Plan A was to try and lure...
- 5/15/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
The highest-profile casualty at Fox, which picked up three new comedy series today and passed on everything else, was the Steve Levitan-produced pilot Rebounding. The single-camera project was written on spec by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman under the watchful eye of Modern Family co-creator Levitan. Inspired by Port’s real-life experiences, the 20th TV-produced project is described as an uplifting comedy about a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiot buddies on his pick-up basketball team. It has had a roller-coaster ride. First the spec didn’t create a bidding frenzy as it hit the marketplace very late, on January 30, when networks were pretty much done with their pilot orders. There were also some concerns over the subject matter and whether it could translate into comedy. Fox ultimately stepped up and gave Rebounding a pilot order, bringing Levitan back to the...
- 5/10/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Tamera Mowry is expecting her first child ten months after her twin Tia welcomed her first baby. The 33-year-old 'Sister Sister' star is pregnant with husband Adam Housley's baby. She told People: ''Adam and I are excited about having a baby and the blessing that he or she will bring to our lives and to our family and friends. We can't wait to meet this little miracle!'' Tamera and her partner will welcome their first child in November. The 'Rebounding' actress continued: ''The first trimester was a little rough. I was extremely fatigued and had morning sickness -- more like evening sickness. ''Luckily, it has...
- 5/10/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Tamera Mowry is expecting her first child ten months after her twin Tia welcomed her first baby. The 33-year-old 'Sister Sister' star is pregnant with husband Adam Housley's baby. She told People: 'Adam and I are excited about having a baby and the blessing that he or she will bring to our lives and to our family and friends. We can't wait to meet this little miracle!' Tamera and her partner will welcome their first child in November. The 'Rebounding' actress continued: 'The first trimester was a little rough. I was extremely fatigued and had morning sickness -- more like evening sickness. 'Luckily, it has subsided in my second trimester. I feel great as of now -- more like myself.'...
- 5/10/2012
- Monsters and Critics
With the upfronts three and a half weeks away, we are in the final stretch of the the mad dash we call broadcast pilot season as pilots are being cut, re-cut, tested, delivered and screened. Because so may pilots were so late, it’s hard to get a full picture yet, so keep that in mind. And also check out the first Early Buzz buzz edition of Primetime Pilot Panic from two weeks ago. The biggest move at the network over the last week has been the ascent of Rebounding, Joe Port and Joe Wiseman’s uplifting comedy about a man (Will Forte) recovering from the death of his fiancee with the help of his buddies. The pilot, which has Modern Family‘s co-creator Steve Levitan as an executive producer and helmer Jason Winer as director, has been testing very well and is red-hot. Also hot on the comedy side...
- 4/19/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC's sexy drama "Mistresses" has tapped Alyssa Milano as the last of the four leading ladies in the pilot based on a British show of the same name. The show focuses on four women, April (Rochelle Aytes), Katie (Yunjin Kim), Josslyn (Jess Macallan) and Josslyn's older sister Sarah (Milano) and their various romantic entanglements. Sarah is a lawyer in a high-powered L.A. firm and is married. [Deadline]
After Aly Michalka was removed from "Rebounding" in order to revamp her character of Taryn, Fox has announced that Amanda Walsh has stepped into the role. Walsh plays the girlfriend of one of Will Forte's basketball teammates, who are helping him recover from the death of his fiancee. [Deadline]
Dakota Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, has landed the female lead in Fox's comedy "Ned Fox Is My Manny," about a single mom (Johnson) whose brother (Nat Faxon) moves in...
After Aly Michalka was removed from "Rebounding" in order to revamp her character of Taryn, Fox has announced that Amanda Walsh has stepped into the role. Walsh plays the girlfriend of one of Will Forte's basketball teammates, who are helping him recover from the death of his fiancee. [Deadline]
Dakota Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, has landed the female lead in Fox's comedy "Ned Fox Is My Manny," about a single mom (Johnson) whose brother (Nat Faxon) moves in...
- 3/23/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
CBS drama "Widow Detective" has added Jennifer Beals and Paula Marshall alongside John Corbett. The pilot focuses on a decorated police detective (Corbett) who becomes a surrogate husband, lover and father to the families of his partners lost in the line of duty. Beals and Marshall are playing two of the widows. [TV Line]
NBC's "Hannibal," the drama series rebooting Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon" characters Hannibal Lecter and FBI agent Will Graham, has cast Claire Danes' husband Hugh Dancy, who was last seen on "The Big C," as Agent Graham. The titular character has yet to be cast. [Deadline]
USA's political drama "Political Animals" has cast the ex-husband of lead character Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver). The ex-husband is a former president who has tumbled in popularity and still holds a candle for Barrish. He has been cast with Ciaran Hinds, who has recently been seen on "Rome" and in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
NBC's "Hannibal," the drama series rebooting Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon" characters Hannibal Lecter and FBI agent Will Graham, has cast Claire Danes' husband Hugh Dancy, who was last seen on "The Big C," as Agent Graham. The titular character has yet to be cast. [Deadline]
USA's political drama "Political Animals" has cast the ex-husband of lead character Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver). The ex-husband is a former president who has tumbled in popularity and still holds a candle for Barrish. He has been cast with Ciaran Hinds, who has recently been seen on "Rome" and in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
- 3/23/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Alyssa Milano has been tapped as the last of the four leads in ABC’s drama series Mistresses. The soap, written by Kj Steinberg, is based on the British format. It centers on four women, April (Rochelle Aytes), Josslyn (Jes Macallan), Katie (Yunjin Kim) and Josslyn’s older sister Sarah (Milano), chronicling their sometimes scandalous romantic lives. Sarah is a classy and elegant married lawyer at a top Los Angeles law firm. Charmed and Melrose Place alumna Milano, recently seen in Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy New Year’s Eve, will next reprise her guest starring role on the Fox comedy Breaking In as the ex-wife of Oz (Christian Slater). She is with CAA and Alchemy Entertainment. Amanda Walsh (Sons & Daughters) has joined Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, exec produced by Steve Levitan and directed by Jason Winer. It is an uplifting...
- 3/23/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Hellcats star Aly Michalka has exited Fox pilot Rebounding. The comedy will focus on Danny (Will Forte), a man who recovers from the death of his fiancé with the help of his basketball team. Michalka joined the comedy earlier this month, signing up to play Taryn, the girlfriend of Danny's friend Dave (Hayes MacArthur). However, the character has been re-conceived and will now be ten years older than the 22-year-old Michalka, Deadline reports. (more)...
- 3/22/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Hellcats star Aly Michalka has departed Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding after her character has been reworked post-table read. The 20th TV project, written/executive produced by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, executive produced by Steve Levitan and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny (Will Forte), a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Michalka was cast as Taryn, the smoking-hot younger girlfriend of one of Danny’s friends, Dave, played by Hayes MacArthur. The Taryn character has now been reconceived, with the revamp including aging her up by a decade to Dave’s age. This is the third comedy pilot where recasting was done when characters were reworked after the table read, following similar moves on CBS’ Partners and ABC’s Mandy Moore project.
- 3/22/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The final trends covered in this brief overview of this year’s pilot season are the new bout of network sitcoms and also the new cable shows that are fighting their way onto your screens.
Sitcoms appear to be following the trend of success stories like Modern Family and New Girl and becoming more single-camera based than traditional multi-camera. Multi-camera sitcoms being the shows recorded in front of audiences on sets a la Friends and Seinfeld, whilst single camera sitcoms are the ones that are shot more like films with plenty of different locations a la Parks and Recreation and Community. This trend doesn’t seem to apply, however, if you’re CBS, the network appears to be enjoying a renaissance of multi-camera sitcoms with the successes of How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory which were both picked up for multiple seasons earlier this year.
The...
Sitcoms appear to be following the trend of success stories like Modern Family and New Girl and becoming more single-camera based than traditional multi-camera. Multi-camera sitcoms being the shows recorded in front of audiences on sets a la Friends and Seinfeld, whilst single camera sitcoms are the ones that are shot more like films with plenty of different locations a la Parks and Recreation and Community. This trend doesn’t seem to apply, however, if you’re CBS, the network appears to be enjoying a renaissance of multi-camera sitcoms with the successes of How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory which were both picked up for multiple seasons earlier this year.
The...
- 3/21/2012
- by Fred Salmon
- Obsessed with Film
There are so many pilots potentially coming your way for the 2012-13 season that Zap2it is trying to help you weed through them all. Here are the Fox pilots that might make it to your TV screen later this year.
Dramas
"The Asset": Ali Larter is photographer who is also a highly specialized CIA operative. Hamish Linklater plays her handler. Bradley Whitford and Jamie Chung have also been cast.
"Guilty": A false-accused defense attorney (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is found guilty and stripped of his license to practice. So he goes about solving cases his own way, while looking to exact revenge on the man who set him up. Jay Harrington, Eva Amurri and Julian Morris also star.
Untitled Josh Berman/Robert Wright drama: Jordana Spiro plays a thoracic surgeon who works at a hospital and moonlights for the mob in Chicago. Zach Gilford, William Forsythe and Jaime Lee Kirchner...
Dramas
"The Asset": Ali Larter is photographer who is also a highly specialized CIA operative. Hamish Linklater plays her handler. Bradley Whitford and Jamie Chung have also been cast.
"Guilty": A false-accused defense attorney (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is found guilty and stripped of his license to practice. So he goes about solving cases his own way, while looking to exact revenge on the man who set him up. Jay Harrington, Eva Amurri and Julian Morris also star.
Untitled Josh Berman/Robert Wright drama: Jordana Spiro plays a thoracic surgeon who works at a hospital and moonlights for the mob in Chicago. Zach Gilford, William Forsythe and Jaime Lee Kirchner...
- 3/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Alexa Davalos (Defiance) is set for the female lead in Frank Darabont’s TNT drama pilot L.A. Noir, a fast-paced crime drama set in Los Angeles during the 1940s and ’50s that tells the true story of a decades-long conflict between the Lapd, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by mobster Mickey Cohen. Davalos, repped by UTA and Anonymous, will play Jasmine, a beauty with a complicated past. Andrea Savage has been cast in in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written/executive produced by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, executive produced by Steve Levitan and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny (Will Forte), a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Savage, repped by UTA and Mosaic, will play Danny’s smothering sister Amanda,...
- 3/13/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Will Forte has landed the lead in the Fox pilot "Rebounding," TheWrap has confirmed. The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and "MacGruber" star will star in the single-camera comedy, which follows "a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pick-up basketball team." "Modern Family" executive producer Steve Levitan is producing the project, along with "Just Shoot Me" alum Joe Portman and Joe Wiseman, who are also writing the project. "Perfect Couples" vet Hayes MacArthur and "Better Off Ted" actor Malcolm Barrett co-star, as...
- 3/9/2012
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Saturday Night Live veteran Will Forte has signed on to star a new sitcom pilot on Fox.
The comic actor is taking the lead role in Rebounding, a comedy about a man recovering from the death of his fiancée with the help of the guys on his basketball team. This is not to be confused with NBC’s somewhat similarly plotted comedy, Go On, which stars Matthew Perry as a man getting over a personal tragedy with the help from a support group.
Joe Wiseman and Joe Port (Just Shoot Me) are the writer-producers, with Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan on board as executive producer.
The comic actor is taking the lead role in Rebounding, a comedy about a man recovering from the death of his fiancée with the help of the guys on his basketball team. This is not to be confused with NBC’s somewhat similarly plotted comedy, Go On, which stars Matthew Perry as a man getting over a personal tragedy with the help from a support group.
Joe Wiseman and Joe Port (Just Shoot Me) are the writer-producers, with Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan on board as executive producer.
- 3/9/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Will Forte has been cast in Fox's new comedy pilot Rebounding. The Saturday Night Live alum will play a man who finds help from his pickup basketball team while recovering from the death of his fiancée, reports Deadline. Directed by Jason Winer of Russell Brand's Arthur, Rebounding is executive produced by Steve Levitan, Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. Both Port and Wiseman also serve as writers for the pilot. After his stint in SNL, (more)...
- 3/9/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Will Forte has been cast as the lead in the single-camera Fox comedy pilot Rebounding, Deadline reports, which could spell heartbreak for 30 Rock's Jenna Maroney. (And us: Paul, her Jenna-impersonating, wildly kinky boyfriend is the best!) Modern Family's Steve Levitan is executive producing the show, which is based on co-creator Joe Port's life. Forte will play Danny, a guy dealing with his fiancée's death by playing pickup basketball with his friends. Get it? He's rebounding on both an emotional and an athletic level? Oh, wordplay.
- 3/9/2012
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte is set as the lead in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written/executive produced by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, executive produced by Steve Levitan and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny (Forte), a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Forte, repped by UTA and Mosaic, is now seen in Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and has three movies coming out this summer: Rock Of Ages, That’s My Boy and Neighborhood Watch. He recurs on 30 Rock and Up All Night.
- 3/9/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former Saturday Night Live funny guy Will Forte has snagged the coveted lead role in Rebounding, Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot from Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan.
The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is described as an uplifting comedy about a man (Forte) recovering from the death of his fiance with the help of the idiots on his pick-up basketball team.
Hayes MacArthur (Perfect Couples), Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), Aly Michalka (Hellcats) and Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted) round out the cast.
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The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is described as an uplifting comedy about a man (Forte) recovering from the death of his fiance with the help of the idiots on his pick-up basketball team.
Hayes MacArthur (Perfect Couples), Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), Aly Michalka (Hellcats) and Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted) round out the cast.
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- 3/9/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Hellcats star Aly Michalka has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The 20th TV project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny, a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Michalka, repped by CAA and Prospect Park, will play the girlfriend of one of Danny’s friends. Veteran Phylicia Rashad has joined NBC/Uni TV’s Jekyll & Hyde-style medical drama Do No Harm. The project, written by David Schulner, centers on Jeffrey Kohn (Steven Pasquale), a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego Ian Price who threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life. Rashad, repped by Innovative and Parseghian Planco, will play Dr. Vanessa Harris, the powerful, cutting and intimidating Chief of Surgery. David Arquette has been added to ABC...
- 3/1/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Breaking Bad's Matt Jones has been cast in a new Fox pilot. The actor - who plays Badger on the AMC drama - will appear in basketball comedy Rebounding, according to Deadline. Written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, the potential series will focus on Danny, a man who recovers from the death of his fiancée with the help of his basketball team. Jones, who has also appeared on NCIS and Community, will play a rock musician who is one of Danny's close friends. Better Off Ted's Malcolm Barrett and (more)...
- 2/28/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
British TV and stage actor Barry Sloane (Pleasureland) has landed the male lead in the ABC/20th TV drama pilot Gotham. Written by Michael Green and directed by Francis Lawrence, the project centers on Annie Travers, a female cop who, after pursuing a seemingly unsolvable case, discovers a magical world that exists within New York City. Sloane will play Boyo, a detective in the world of magic who is assigned Annie as a new partner. Matt Jones (Red State) has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny, a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Jones, repped by Paradigm and manager Brian Ferrantino, will play a rock musician who is a member of Danny’s quartet of close friends.
- 2/28/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted) has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team, two of them played by Barrett, repped by Gersh and Management 360, and Hayes MacArthur. Port and Wiseman are executive producing Rebounding with Steve Levitan. Toni Trucks (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2) will co-star in the CBS drama pilot Baby Big Shot. The project, from Kevin Falls, Sony TV and Julia Franz’s Fanfare, is a legal drama centered on Martina, a working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm. Trucks, repped by Greene & Associates and Rugolo Entertainment, will play Cindi, Martina’s edgy secretary & comradette-in-arms.
- 2/15/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Actor-comedian Hayes MacArthur (Perfect Couples) has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team, one of them played by MacArthur. Port and Wiseman are executive producing Rebounding with Steve Levitan. The project reunites MacArthur with Winer. In 2005, the duo wrote, directed and starred in a short, The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend, which got the attention of 20th Century Fox TV executives who signed them to adapt the short as a TV series. The project went to pilot at Fox the following year and launched the Winer and MacArthur’s TV careers. MacArthur, repped by CAA, Flutie Entertainment and attorney Todd Rubenstein, will next be seen in the feature Bachelorette,...
- 2/15/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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