New Line has set up football comedy "The Refs" with veteran comedy helmer Peter Segal ("The Longest Yard", "Anger Management", "50 First Dates") reports Variety

Segal is also attached to helm upcoming films "Starship Dave" and "Get Smart". Segal is developing "The Refs" with an eye to directing the project, which New Line bought as a pitch from scribes Michael Barker, Matthew Weitzman and Chris McKenna (TV's "Family Guy", "American Dad", "Igor").

The trio's penning the "Refs" script, which centers on a group of underappreciated NFL referees who seek what's owed them by manipulating the outcome of the Super Bowl.