NBC has passed on its remaining comedy pilot, the Untitled Ornelas, Keliiaa and Wilson Project. From the Rutherford Falls trio of Sierra Teller Ornelas, Jackie Kaliiaa and Bobby Wilson, the ensemble comedy revolves around the employees at a Native community center in Oakland, CA who hustle to keep the lights on while lifting up those in need. Related Stories NBC …
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In the early 1990s, the writer-director Amy Heckerling was feeling down. Heckerling had burst on to the scene a decade earlier with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a groundbreaking coming-of-age comedy of libidinous teens, and scored a surprise box office hit with 1989’s Look Who’s Talking. But she was struggling to fit Hollywood demands. “I was thinking: ‘Oh, I’m never …
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Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell ready for a tough new project. The duo are in talks to star in and produce Tough Guys, an action-comedy being set up at Amazon MGM Studios. Longtime Workin’ Moms scribe Daniel Gold penned the script as a spec, which has the following logline: “Fed up with being ‘disposable,’ two henchmen break free from the …
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A sure sign podcast ecosystem has become inextricable from the comedy community is The Basement Yard headlining the 2025 New York Comedy Festival with a show at Madison Square Garden. The pod (hosted by New York natives Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez) is the first headliner mentioned in the New York Comedy Festival promo video, followed by Giggly Squad‘s Hannah …
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