Fox greenlights time-travel comedy from “Last Man On Earth” producersJanuary 12, 2016 - 20:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Phil Lord and Chris Miller are going 2-for-2 at Fox. The network has given the second comedy greenlight this season, a pilot order to an untitled single-camera time-travel comedy (formerly In Time) from Last Man On Earth executive producers Lord and Miller, Deadline said. It comes on the heels of a series order to the Lord and Miller-produced live-action/animated comedy Son of Zorn starring Jason Sudeikis. The time-travel comedy, Fox’s first half-hour pilot of 2016, was written by Julius Sharpe (Family Guy, The Cleveland Show). It revolves around three friends who find a way to travel through time for truth, justice, and riches, which complicates their lives in 2016. They visit some of the greatest moments of the past as they try to resolve their personal problems, while history and pop culture comically collide. The project, which originally had a put pilot commitment, scored a very quick pickup after Fox brass read the script over the weekend and loved it. Lord, Miller and Sharpe executive produce. 20th Century Fox TV, where Lord and Miller are under an overall deal, is the studio. Lord and Miller, who have 3 movie franchises on their resume, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, are directing the Han Solo Star Wars movie. Under their 20th TV deal, they have a couple of other high-profile sales, including a Greatest American Hero remake written-directed by Rick Famuyiwa, which has a pilot production commitment at Fox. Sharpe, a long-time Seth MacFarlane collaborator, currently works on the Fox/20th TV freshman comedy The Grinder. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |