“Ted,” “Family Guy” scribes tackle dad comedy for UniversalJanuary 30, 2016 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal has acquired a comedy pitch from the co-writer of its popular Ted films, Wellesley Wild, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wild's pitch, which he wrote with Kevin Biggins and Mike Desilets, who work on Fox's comedy series Family Guy, centers on a group of overweight dads who get a wakeup call when one of their friends has a heart attack, forcing them to abruptly change their hard-drinking and hard-eating lifestyle. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark will produce for their Universal-based Bluegrass Films banner while eExecutive vp of production Jon Mone will oversee the project for the studio. Wild co-wrote both Ted and Ted 2 and executive produced with Stuber and Clark. The trash-talking teddy bear franchise has earned more than $760 million worldwide. Wild also works as an exec producer, writer and voice actor on Fox's Family Guy. Biggins is currently a co-executive producer on Family Guy, and has previously written for Tosh.0 and The Cleveland Show. Desilets is a producer on Family Guy. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |