"Paramount has bet on "Dad Can't Lose," signing Will Arnett to star and Joe and Anthony Russo to direct. Jay Martel and Ian Roberts penned the family comedy script. Details of the story, which involves a lifelong competition within a family, are being kept under wraps. Deal is the second within a week for Arnett and the Russo brothers, who have worked together on "Arrested Development"..." (full details)
"Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired comedy spec "No Pain No Gain" from "Roseanne" and "Simpsons" scribe Steve Pepoon. John Jacobs ("Anger Management") will produce the pic, in which a SWAT team's top cop -- who is incapable of feeling emotional or physical pain and is thereby revered for his fearlessness -- undergoes surgery that will allow him to feel everything he's missed in life..." (full details)
"Platinum Studios has hired "Sahara" scribes Joshua Oppenheimer and Tom Donnelly to write its upcoming comic book adaptation, "Dead Of Night." Budgeted at $35 million, "Dead of Night" is based on the Italian comic series "Dylan Dog" and inspired by events in two "Dylan Dog" graphic novels. The studio had set up another "Dylan Dog" project at Dimension Films with Oppenheimer & Donnelly writing. It has re-acquired the rights..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
